Students

NEW online training, changes due to coronavirus, claiming benefits in the summer vacation, and more

This factsheet is relevant to care experienced students in Scotland.

Overview of benefits and tax credits for students in Scotland

If you are a full-time student with a long-term illness or disability you may be able to stay on benefits while you are studying.

Factsheet explaining when a parent, or someone responsible for a child, can continue to claim benefit for a child aged 16 or over.

Student handbook new edition, online training, disabled students and universal credit, and more

CPAG represented the appellant in a challenge to the universal credit (UC) rules that prevent certain 19 year olds who are in full-time, non-advanced education from being included in their parents’ UC claim, while they are also prevented from claiming UC in their own right, on the basis that the provisions are discriminatory and irrational. The appeal was heard by the First-tier Tribunal on 24th November 2020 and was dismissed.