Students and benefits - an update
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Event on
29 May 2025
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20 Nov 2025
Courses
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Universal credit - complex needs status
This two-morning online training course explains how the universal credit (UC) ‘Complex Needs’ rules work, who is covered, and what this should mean for UC claimants. It also covers how you can ensure the Department for Work and Pensions recognises ‘Complex Needs’ status.
Event on
4 Jun 2025
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10 Nov 2025, 9 Mar 2026
Universal credit - claims to decisions
This essential three-morning training course offers benefit advisers a comprehensive overview of UC, looking at eligibility rules, how to calculate entitlement, and the practicalities of making and maintaining a claim.
Event on
9 Jun 2025
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3 Nov 2025, 2 Feb 2026
Universal credit - managed migration
This course focuses on the transitional issues for claimants who are moving from employment and support allowance (ESA) to universal credit (UC). It is expected that all remaining claimants in Scotland will be moved to UC under the managed migration process during 2025.
Event on
11 Jun 2025
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11 Sep 2025
Universal credit - work capability assessment and disability rules
This two-morning, standard level online course provides an overview of the universal credit (UC) rules for ill and disabled claimants.
Event on
16 Jun 2025
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19 Nov 2025, 23 Mar 2026
Scotland Welfare Rights Conference 2025
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.
Event on
19 Jun 2025
Benefits overview
This two-morning course provides an overview of the benefits system and examines how the system fits together.
Event on
19 Jun 2025
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16 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.
Event on
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.
Event on
24 Jun 2025
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20 Nov 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
Event on
1 Jul 2025
Also on
24 Nov 2025, 19 Mar 2026