UNIVERSAL CREDIT FOR STUDENTS - April 2024 - Child Poverty Action Group works on behalf of the more than one in four

This section sets out the rules for you if you already get UC and you start a course, or if you are already a student and you migrate to UC from legacy benefit (and see Migration to UC section, p2). [...] If you count as a student, you cannot get UC unless you are in one of the groups of students who can claim (below), or if you have claimed UC after getting a migration notice. [...] Otherwise, you are only eligible for UC if you are a student (‘receiving education’) and: • you are a parent (‘responsible for a child’). [...] If you are a student, there are no work-related requirements if you are: • under 21 (or 21 and turned 21 on your course) in full-time non-advanced education and without parental support; or • eligible for UC under the usual student exceptions - eg, a parent, and you are in receipt of student income which is taken into account for UC (ie, a student loan, or a grant for maintenance). [...] Are you a student (‘receiving education)? If yes, are you a If no, you can claim student who is UC under the normal eligible for UC? rules.