2. Who is eligible
As new claims cannot be made, students getting income support (IS) will be those who were already on IS before starting the course, and who are eligible for IS as a student. If you cannot get IS, you may be able to get universal credit (UC) instead - eg, if you are a parent (see Chapter 18).
To qualify for IS, you must be in one of the groups eligible to get it and you must satisfy all the basic rules described on
here.
Only certain groups of students are eligible for IS, depending on your age and your course. To check whether you can get IS if you are:
•under 20 and in ‘relevant education’, see
here;
or •19 or over and a full-time student, unless you are aged 19 and count as being in relevant education, see
here;
or •under 19 in full-time advanced education, see
here;
or •studying part time, see
here.