Students and benefits - an update
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Event on
13 Jun 2024
Also on
21 Nov 2024
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
This course focuses on the transitional issues for claimants who are moving from legacy benefits and tax credits to universal credit (UC). It is expected that the majority of claimants in Scotland
Older people commonly do not claim all that they are entitled to.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
Pension age disability payment (PADP) is replacing attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.