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.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
‘Kinship care’ is the situation in which a child goes to live with a member of their extended family or with a family friend. This course looks at benefit issues that arise for kinship carers.
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education.
This course provides an overview of benefit support for families in Scotland from pregnancy to school age.