Students and benefits - an update
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Event on
29 May 2025
Also on
20 Nov 2025
Courses
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Universal credit - students
This one-morning course gives a practical overview of the universal credit rules for further and higher education students.
Event on
3 Jul 2025
Also on
24 Nov 2025, 10 Mar 2026
Carers' benefits
This practical one-morning course is aimed at advisers who want to know more about the benefits available to carers. If you want to deliver better benefit checks, want to help clients avoid unforeseen consequences of claiming carer’s allowance, and want to be ready for advice queries about backdating or overpayments, this course is for you.
Event on
7 Jul 2025
Also on
5 Feb 2026
Universal credit and students
This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.
Event on
28 Oct 2025
Students and benefits - eligibility
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education. This standard level course explains the different benefits that further and higher education students can claim, in particular universal credit.
Event on
3 Feb 2026
Carer support payment
Carer support payment is a new Scottish benefit which has replaced carer’s allowance in Scotland.
Event on
12 Mar 2026
Scottish social security - an introduction
This course provides an introduction to benefits delivered by Social Security Scotland.
Students and benefits - the basics
This course provides a basic overview of social security benefits, and which further and higher education students in Scotland might be able to claim them.