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.
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9 Sep 2025
Courses
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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.
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11 Sep 2025
Universal credit - managed migration
This course aims to equip you with the practical knowledge you need to help your clients navigate the migration to universal credit.
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17 Sep 2025
Adviser skills - Understanding social security law and finding it online
Entitlement to social security is determined by whether or not a claimant meets the legal rules relevant to the benefit in question. Similarly, the processes that must be followed. This full-day standard level course is suitable for advisers who undertake benefit casework.
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1 Oct 2025
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10 Feb 2026
Adviser skills - writing benefit challenges
Build your skills with this practical course on effective drafting for benefit casework.
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7 Oct 2025
Social security law update
Social security law and tax credit law can change from day to day and advisers need to keep abreast of developments to advise their clients correctly. Arranged under topic headings and concentrating on regulations and caselaw, this essential course looks at the most important changes in benefit and tax credits law from the previous six months.
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16 Oct 2025
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25 Mar 2026
Social security law update
Social security law can change from day to day and advisers need to keep abreast of developments to advise their clients correctly.
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30 Oct 2025
Also on
19 Mar 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
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18 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.
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25 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.
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2 Dec 2025