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Glasgow rakes in after RUK fee level decision  »

University of Glasgow

A decision by the University of Glasgow to undercut rivals across Scotland in the setting of fee levels for rest of UK (RUK) students appears to have paid off after applications to the ancient institution from outside of Scotland jumped. Figures publi...

Thu 02 Feb 2012 by Aimee Beveridge | Read more »

HWUSA outlines new strategic plan »

The Heriot-Watt University Students Association (HWUSA) has launched a new strategic plan to outline how the Union should be run. In a statement to The Journal, HWUSA President Mike Ross said: “The strategic plan will look to set ...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Scottish Lib Dems call for Westminster-style fair access test »

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has insisted the Scottish Government introduce a fair access test for university fees. Mr Rennie pointed to the example of England and Wales, where universities who charge more than £6,000 a year in...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Leighton Craig | Read more »

No RUK fees respite for Scottish Government as students march in Edinburgh »

Protesters march against rest-of-UK (RUK) fees

Edinburgh students last week staged another demonstration in the Scottish capital, the latest in a series of recent protests against rising tuition fees and swingeing cuts to higher education. The march from the Scottish Parliament to the Scotland Off...

Mon 28 Nov 2011 by Marcus Kernohan, Greg Bianchi | Read more »

NUS Scotland lash out at Government’s plans for RUK students  »

NUS Scotland have hit out at the Scottish Government’s recent announcement that they will make no fundamental changes to the current system that will have students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland paying up to £36,000 for a four yea...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Brogan Donnelly | Read more »

Met haunted by memory of Millbank as students march in London »

Police officers outnumber protesters in London

Thousands of students once again flocked to central London last week, in a day of protest which saw the Metropolitan Police criticised for what was widely seen as an excessive policing effort. Around 3,000 students joined the National Campaign Against...

Sun 13 Nov 2011 by Marcus Kernohan, Emma Elliott-Walker | Read more »

Updated: Glasgow president resigns amid email scandal »

Stuart Ritchie

The beleaguered head of Glasgow University Students' Representative Council today resigned amid a storm of controversy over his relationship with senior university officials. SRC president Stuart Ritchie had been due to face an open meeting of Glasgow...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »

Elder Miliband returns to the limelight at Edinburgh University »

David Miliband MP appeared in a packed-out George Square Theatre on 26 October to field questions from an audience of students. Starting at 4pm the Question and Answer session lasted an hour and covered diverse areas such as capitalism, nuclear weapons...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Greg Bianchi, Tom Nutland | Read more »

University bodies join in condemning Westminster education policies »

The University of Edinburgh’s ruling court has joined students in condemning the Westminster government’s policies on higher education, which led to the University introducing the most expensive degree in the UK. In a joint statement relea...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Leighton Craig | Read more »

HWUSA by-election hit by low turnout »

The Heriot Watt University Student Association (HWUSA) by-election drew to a close this week with the election of Mike Ross as the new president of the union. Mr Ross, who had been interim president since July following the resignation of Michael Bott...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Rachel Watson | Read more »

University occupies unwelcome territory among big boys »

Garry Quigley, UWS student president

The University of the West of Scotland's (UWS) decision to make their degrees, at £29,000, the third most expensive in the UK for students from England and Northern Ireland is, put simply, an astonishing one. It is a decision that is entirely ou...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Garry Quigley | Read more »

Students occupy Strathclyde University in wake of RUK fees »

Occupiers at the University of Strathclyde

Demonstrators last week occupied Strathclyde University overnight in protest at the recent decision to increase tuition fees for rest-of-UK (RUK) students. Around 30 students from universities across Scotland staged a sit-in protest inside the institu...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Strathclyde occupies £9k territory »

University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde last week became the latest Scottish institution to set tuition fees at £9,000 a year for students from the rest-of-the-UK (RUK). Undergraduates from England, Wales and Northern Ireland attending the Glasgow-based i...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Degree costs continue to soar as Napier and QMU announce RUK fees »

Edinburgh Napier RUK fees are set to rise to £26,000

Two Edinburgh universities this week became the latest Scottish universities in announcing drastically increased tuition fee costs for rest-of-UK students from 2012. Edinburgh Napier University announced on 29 September that RUK fees would be raised t...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

QMU announce £27,000 RUK fees »

Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh will set tuition fees for rest of UK (RUK) students at £27,000, it announced today. The cost of studying at the University for students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland starting the 2012/2013 ...

Fri 30 Sep 2011 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

Napier announce £26,000 RUK fees »

Napier University

Edinburgh Napier University today announced an increase of tuition fees for rest-of-UK (RUK) students to £6,500 a year. The new fees will affect students starting the academic year 2012/2013 onwards and puts the price of a four-year honours cour...

Thu 29 Sep 2011 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

Students occupy Strathclyde University »

Occupiers at the University of Strathclyde

Students from institutions across Scotland have occupied a leading university in Glasgow in the wake of recent announcements over fees rest of UK students are to face. A reported 30 students have staged a sit-in of Strathclyde University's Court Senat...

Thu 29 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Glasgow University sets £6,750 RUK fee for majority »

University of Glasgow

Glasgow University today opted to partially undercut ancient rivals St Andrews and Edinburgh in setting fee levels for rest of UK (RUK) students. The institution is to charge the majority of students from England, Northern Ireland and Wales £6,7...

Wed 28 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Strathclyde University set £9k per year RUK fees »

University of Strathclyde

The University of Strathclyde has become the latest Scottish institution to set tuition fees at £9,000 a year for students from the rest of the UK. University Court, Strathclyde's governing body, today announced the increased charge for students...

Tue 27 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Glasgow Caledonian heap pressure on city colleagues with RUK fees undercut »

Glasgow Caledonian University

Pressure is mounting on higher education institutions in Glasgow to resist charging maximum fees to students from the rest of the UK (RUK) after Glasgow Caledonian University last week became the first university in Scotland to declare levels lower tha...

Mon 19 Sep 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

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