Courses

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. 

Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.

A period spent in prison – on remand or serving a sentence – can have far-reaching consequences for social security benefit entitlement, both for the person in prison and for their family.

This course explains in detail which students can claim universal credit and how student funding affects the amount they get.

The requirement to have a right to reside for key benefits such as universal credit, remains a significant barrier preventing many EEA nationals accessing these benefits.