Saturday 04 February 2012

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National Union of Students set to unveil new campaign »

Student presidents from across the country's colleges have joined with NUS Scotland in the latest campaign against cuts outlined by the Scottish Government in last month's spending review. The effort, which will become the union's new priority campaig...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Stef Millar | Read more »

Why not put a price-tag on ignorance? »

The recent tripling of the tuition fee cap was something that happened horribly and inexorably, despite continued protests in the run-up to the parliamentary vote. As with several landmark changes in Higher Education, the reasoning behind the decision ...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Dan Finch-Race | Read more »

Fool me once... »

In the last month, The Journal has interviewed the leaders of all five major Scottish political parties. We begin today with Alex Salmond and Iain Gray, respectively the leaders of the SNP and Scottish Labour. One of these men, it is generally accepted...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 | Read more »

Clegg announces fight against unpaid internships »

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has launched a social mobility strategy designed to halt the growing trend of unpaid internships, stating that people should gain opportunities based on “what they know”, not who they know. Deputy Leade...

Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Andrew Barr | Read more »

Liam Burns: Now more than ever, we need a united student movement »

You would be forgiven for thinking that I’d be terrified at the prospect of taking on the role of national president of NUS UK after the year my predecessor has had, but I’m really excited at the prospect. Excited because I’ve really ...

Tue 19 Apr 2011 by Liam Burns | Read more »

Labouring the point »

Last weekend, the Scottish Labour Party performed a surprise U-turn, reversing its stance on university funding and pledging not to introduce either tuition fees or a contribution for Scottish students in the next parliament. The party’s intentio...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 | Read more »

Scottish, Not British »

Before the 2007 election, the SNP made a promise to the electorate to abolish £1.9 billion of Scottish student debt. The 'Yoof voter', a demographic with a short political memory, overwhelmingly supported the policy, a rare legitimate articulatio...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Marcus De Wilde | Read more »

The clue is in the name »

In the last fortnight, three of Britain’s top universities have announced their intentions to charge domestic students the maximum £9,000 per year tuition fee rate from 2012. The culprits here are the usual suspects - Oxford, Cambridge and ...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 | Read more »

The First Minister's poker face »

In American football parlance, it might be termed a Hail Mary play. The SNP government in Scotland, facing a general election in May and trailing Labour by up to ten points in the polls, are now betting the electoral house on perhaps the most contentio...

Wed 26 Jan 2011 by Editorial | Read more »

Childish behaviour at Millbank »

It made for beautiful television. The sight of dozens of enraged students venting their frustrations - at rising tuition fees and at harsh education cuts - on the fixtures and fittings at Conservative Campaign Headquarters had both a practical and a sy...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Editorial | Read more »

Time to pay the piper »

The clock is ticking on the future of higher education in Scotland. The democratic intellect is on borrowed time. In less than a month John Swinney, the Scottish finance secretary, must decide whether or not to restore tuition fees in Scotland. If he d...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Iain Macwhirter | Read more »

There's no such thing as a free education? »

Reform Scotland believes that we need to re-examine the funding of higher education in Scotland in order to ensure a better balance, with both taxpayers and graduates contributing towards the cost of university education. We should be doing this bec...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Geoff Mawdsley | Read more »

The end of the experiment »

The Journal congratulates University of Edinburgh graduate Professor Robert Edwards on his winning of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine. Professor Edwards, who was honoured by the Nobel Foundation for his work in the development of in vitro fertilisatio...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 | Read more »

Scottish students drop out due to lack of financial support »

New research from NUS Scotland shows student hardship levels are soaring, causing many to drop out. The ‘Still in the Red’ report comes ten years after the last major reforms in student funding which were outlined in the ‘Cubie&rsquo...

Wed 29 Sep 2010 by Eleanor Bailey | Read more »

Education funding proposals must put student support first »

I wonder what type of student you are? Are you someone who comes from a privileged background, whose parents pay all your living and study costs? Whose parents both went to university and could give first-hand advice and support? Or are you a diff...

Wed 29 Sep 2010 by Liam Burns | Read more »