Scotland welfare rights conference
Our annual face to face conference returns to the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1 RD on Thursday 19 June 2025.
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19 Jun 2025
Courses
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Benefits overview for debt and money advisers
This two-morning course provides an overview of the benefits system and examines how the system fits together.
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19 Jun 2025
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23 Oct 2025, 12 Feb 2026
Benefit basics in Scotland
You do not need to be a benefit expert to make a difference. This course is for anyone working with people in Scotland on low incomes or with additional needs.
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24 Jun 2025
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1 Dec 2025, 17 Mar 2026
Benefits for EEA nationals - advanced
This advanced level course looks in detail at the social security rights of EEA nationals in the UK. It provides an opportunity for advisers who are familiar with some of the more commonly occurring scenarios to focus on specific complex areas and recent significant developments.
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24 Jun 2025
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20 Nov 2025, 4 Mar 2026
Judicial review
Judicial review is an essential tool for challenging decisions that affect benefit and tax credit claimants where there is no right of appeal. This interactive course gives advisers a clear understanding of its potential use and helps them to develop their skills in challenging unlawful decision-making.
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24 Jun 2025
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2 Dec 2025
Personal independence payment - disputes & appeals
This training course looks at how to ensure that a PIP revision or appeal should work to the best advantage of claimants. A good PIP challenge means getting the PIP entitlement arguments right.
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26 Jun 2025
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20 Oct 2025, 4 Mar 2026
Universal credit - transitional protection
This half-day course looks at the transitional protection available to claimants on migration from legacy benefits to universal credit (UC). It focuses on the protection available for claimants getting income-related ESA, the benefit that will be the subject of most remaining migration activity during 2025
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1 Jul 2025
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24 Nov 2025, 19 Mar 2026
Universal credit - work capability case law and best practice
This course looks in detail at some of the more difficult advice topics around the work capability assessment (WCA). Aimed at advisers with a good background knowledge of the WCA rules, the course focuses on the ‘substantial risk’ criteria and how to apply them to clients who do not fit into point-scoring categories. The course also looks at how to optimise WCA challenges at the revision and appeal stages by taking a technical approach, based on identifying the relevant regulations and supporting case law.
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1 Jul 2025
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8 Dec 2025, 16 Mar 2026
Appeals to the upper tribunal
This course is essential for anyone who wants to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) effectively.
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2 Jul 2025
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4 Nov 2025, 18 Mar 2026
Universal credit - students
This one-morning course gives a practical overview of the universal credit rules for further and higher education students.
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3 Jul 2025
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24 Nov 2025, 10 Mar 2026