Appeals to the Upper Tribunal
This course is essential for welfare rights advisers in Scotland who want to challenge decisions of the First-tier Tribunal effectively.
Event on
9 Sep 2025
Courses
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Understanding revisions and supersessions
The benefits system is a decisions-based system. This course gives advisers the technical understanding needed to successfully navigate it, by explaining in detail the rules about how a decision can be made and then changed.
Event on
14 Oct 2025
Also on
25 Feb 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.
Event on
4 Nov 2025
Also on
18 Mar 2026
Students and benefits - an update
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Event on
20 Nov 2025
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.
Event on
2 Dec 2025
Understanding decisions, revisions and supersessions
The benefits system is a decisions-based system. This course gives advisers the technical understanding needed to successfully navigate it, by explaining in detail the rules about how a decision can be made and then changed.
Work capability assessment - exceptional opportunities
The work capability assessment (WCA) test dominates employment support allowance (ESA) and universal credit (UC) in relation to sick claimants.