Learning Link Scotland’s Annual Conference

In May 2009 the Scottish Funding Council issued its Learning to Work Two consultation on developing the Council’s employability strategy.

This consultation sets out proposals for a new set of four subject price groups for higher education institution (HEI) formula teaching funding.

Changes of Personnel in Learning Connections

One of UN’s top children’s rights representatives, Professor Lothar Krappmann has helped to launch the Scottish Government’s action plan on children’s rights, ‘Do the Right Thing’.

Latest figures show 14,386 Scottish university students applied for emergency funds in the past year, including 1,142 at Edinburgh University, 1,005 at Napier, 662 at Heriot-Watt, 448 at Queen Margaret and 408 at Edinburgh College of Art.

One of Scotland’s leading university principals has used his final interview before stepping down to call for an expansion of higher education to help safeguard the future economic security of the nation.

Marking of university degrees is to be shaken-up in the wake of concerns about standards, it was announced yesterday.

Funding is a key issue for Scottish universities. Before the last budget settlement, Scottish principals said the sector would need £168 million over three years – to be matched with private funding – to remain competitive with universities south of the Border, which have access to extra funding by charging tuition fees.

Thousands of 18 and 19-year-olds who are leaving home to enter university for the first time are still waiting for confirmation of loans to pay for fees and rent.