Students and benefits
If you're a student nurse and are eligible for benefits, this section has advice and useful resources.
Student funding and Universal Credit
Student funding can be complicated, meaning Universal Credit payments are not always worked out correctly. Our guide explains how your student income should be treated if you're one of the students who can claim Universal Credit while studying.
Benefits Advice Clinic for student nurses
We helped RCN student member, Rachel, to increase her benefits by up to £2,000 a year. Read her story and see if we can help you claim more too by assisting you in recalculating your benefits at our Student Benefits Advice Clinic.
Applying for benefits
Our Financial Wellbeing pages include information on benefits, with easy to use calculators to check your entitlement.
Student money guide
Our student money guide has advice on budgeting on a student income, saving money, navigating debt, and more.
Welfare benefits
Advice on how to change or challenge a benefit decision, and guidance for student nurses on benefit entitlement whilst studying.
Dealing with debt
Information and resources to help you deal with problem debt, including overpayment of salary, pension, or DWP benefits.
Housing
We can offer advice on negotiating with your landlord if you are in rent arrears because of a change in circumstance.
