Stress
The first thing that she/you need to ask yourselves is whether doing such a course would be in conflict with the reasons that she has received awards of PIP and UC? You also need to consider whether this is the result in an improvement of her conditions as this would require her to notify the DWP.
Student loans are usually treated as income, so her UC might be reduced during term time.
Gordon
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