Saturday 11 February 2012

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More and more young people face future on the dole, say NUS Scotland »

Student leaders have launched one last-ditch appeal to politicians across Scotland to reverse proposed cuts to student support – or else face more and more young people out of work. More than 80,000 emails have been sent to MSPs as part of the N...

Tue 07 Feb 2012 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

Ministers need to consider Scottish families »

A fair and efficiently functioning social security system is essential to eradicating child poverty in Scotland; a goal shared by UK and Scottish government alike. Yet the UK coalition government’s Welfare Reform Bill, about to return to the Comm...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by John Dickie | Read more »

Drop in funding leaves college leaders fearful »

Education Secretary Mike Russell this week swapped the corridors of the Scottish Parliament for City of Glasgow College where he was on hand to launch their latest innovation, a Merger and Research Partnership Centre designed to offer information to fe...

Fri 20 Jan 2012 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

University and college staff walk out in protest »

Thousands of students at universities and colleges throughout Glasgow this week saw classes cancelled and service disrupted as public-sector workers from across Scotland walked out in a nationwide day of action. University lecturers at higher and furt...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Alan Robertson | 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 »

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 »

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 »

Time to confront the hatred »

On 22 October, a man was found dead, savagely beaten and badly burned, on an industrial estate in the small Ayrshire town of Cumnock. The victim, Stuart Walker, was 28 years old and well-liked in Cumnock, where he worked as a barman. He was also gay. B...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 | 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 »

Walking side by side in equal rights »

Everyone around me rushes by in panic stressing about things they can no longer change. "Do the flowers match the dresses? Will that gloomy looking cloud turn into rain? Will the grandparents complain about the seating arrangements?" Strange...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Stef Millar | Read more »

Where is Scottish Labour going? »

Embarrassing. Historic. Theoretically unusual. Many things passed through the minds of Labour supporters in Scotland during the parliamentary elections in May. The Scottish National Party (SNP) won over the country, long a bastion of support ...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Climate of opportunity »

During the last session of the Scottish Parliament, MSPs put in place tough climate change targets but it will fall to this and subsequent parliaments to deliver on them. With the right leadership from the Scottish Government, our efforts to tackle cl...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Sarah Boyack | Read more »

Spending review good news for Scottish universities »

The Scottish Government’s spending review has been praised by the higher education sector, after committing to protect the Education Maintenance Allowance and a £7,000 minimum income provision for the poorest students. The review also...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 by Tom McCallum | Read more »

A zero-sum game »

Finally, some good news in the debate over education funding in Scotland. The Scottish Government's spending review, with which the SNP administration has committed to a £7,000 minimum income for the poorest students, protected the Education Main...

Tue 04 Oct 2011 | Read more »