STUDENTSStudents and benefits – eligibility and definitions LDSB0210 10.00am – 4.30pm 9 March 2011 Students and benefits – eligibility and definitions can be booked as a two-day course with Students and benefits – treatment of student income or as a stand alone one-day course. This course covers benefit eligibility when studying and the definitions that apply. The day focuses particularly on means-tested benefits, (income support, housing benefit; jobseeker’s allowance and the new employment and support allowance) for both full and part time students undertaking courses in both the further and higher education sectors. A knowledge of the general rules for means-tested benefits is required for this course.
CPAG PublicationStudent Support and Benefits Handbook: England, Wales and Northern Ireland Students and benefits – treatment of student income
LDSC0210 10.00am – 4.30pm 10 March 2011 This course is designed to follow-on from Students and benefits – eligibility and definitions, or as a stand alone one-day course for those with experience of advising students. This course focuses on the treatment of student income for means-tested benefits at all education levels. Statutory and non-statutory support will be considered – for example, education maintenance allowances, student loans, NHS bursaries and discretionary funds. Sample calculations will be available to follow the full academic cycle of a student. A knowledge of the general eligibility and specific student eligibility for means-tested benefits is needed for this course. “Very friendly and pleasant facilitators who have good specialist knowledge. Well done”
CPAG PublicationStudent Support and Benefits Handbook: England, Wales and Northern Ireland Students and benefits – an update for experienced advisersLDUS0210 10.00am – 4.30pm 11 March 2011 This course, designed for experienced advisers focuses on the impact upon FE and HE students as a result of changes to the benefits system or introduction of new elements of student financial support. Eligibility and entitlement issues will be covered and comparisons between different systems made. Particular reference will be made to the impact of the Welfare Reform Act upon student claimants. Knowledge of both student funding systems and student eligibility for benefits is required.
CPAG PublicationStudent Support and Benefits Handbook: England, Wales and Northern Ireland Students and debtThis is available as an in-house course. Contact the training department for more details. Students and debt – tactics for experienced advisersLDST0210 10.00am – 4.30pm 7 March 2011 This course will build on the information in the introductory level Students and debt course, or the introductory level Dealing with debt course. It will include more advanced tactics for negotiating on behalf of students with debts, further consideration of the legal rights and remedies available to students, and using the legal process to assist students in debt.
CPAG PublicationStudent Support and Benefits Handbook: England, Wales and Northern Ireland “Worth getting up at 5am for. Would recommend it to all money advisers, not just those specifically dealing with students.”
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