If you are a full-time student with a long-term illness or disability you may be able to stay on benefits while you are studying. This factsheet explains the rules allowing you to do so.
The special rules that apply for young people in further education, or on certain training courses, claiming universal credit, or income support and housing benefit.
When students who have been in local authority care in Scotland and are eligible for a care-experienced bursary might also be eligible for social security benefits, and how the bursary interacts with these benefits.
