This annual handbook is the most comprehensive guide to benefits and tax credits for students in Scotland. Written for advisers, cross-referenced to the law and with easy-to-use checklists and examples, the Handbook explains:
- benefit and tax credit rights for full-time and part-time students
- how Scottish grants and loans affect benefit
- how much benefit is paid in term time and vacations
- studying and claiming jobseeker’s allowance, or benefits for ill-health and disability
- benefits and tax credits for students with children
- benefits for students taking time out of their course
Student support in Scotland is distinct in many ways from the rest of the UK. This Handbook is designed to explain how Scottish grants and loans are treated under the social security system. It has step-by-step guides to benefit entitlement and a quick guide to grants and loans for further and higher education students in Scotland. It is a time-saving and valuable reference source for advice workers, money advisers and student unions.
This online version of the 2009/10 edition is up to date as of 12 April 2010.
All Scottish NUS branches and Citizens Advice Bureaux in Scotland have been supplied with a printed copy.
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