Following the publication of the UK Government’s immigration white paper, we have responded detailing the affects of today’s announcement on Scotland’s universities. Claire McPherson, Director of Universities Scotland has said; “Universities recognise their responsibility to ensure that international student recruitment practices are robust and that growth is well-managed and sustainable. We are happy to work…
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Tertiary Education Bill; Stage 1 evidence continues at the Education Committee
We appeared at the Scottish Parliament's Education, Children and Young People Committee to provide evidence on stage 1 of the Tertiary Education and Training Bill. Sir Paul, our Interim Convener, highlighted the opportunity to go further in the Bill and liberalise the graduate apprenticeship framework.
Our response to the UK Government's immigration white paper
Following the publication of the UK Government’s immigration white paper, we have responded regarding the changes to the length of the graduate route, tighter compliance metrics and the introduction of a levy on international student fee income.
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Are we fair yet?
Rebecca Curran-Scarlett, Senior Policy & Information Officer at Lead Scotland shares the lived experience of disabled people in the university admissions process and why the Guarantee of Fairness and Guide for Disabled learners is so important in their application journey to university. In 2019, we launched a campaign to make access to university fairer for…
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