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National Statistics published today (28 June) by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show graduates from Scotland’s universities have the highest level of positive destinations, the highest starting salaries and the lowest levels of unemployment in the UK six months after graduation. The figures will make for encouraging reading for graduates at Scotland’s 19 universities,…

A report published today (Friday, 18th), which considers university engagement with the senior phase of Curriculum for Excellence, sees University Principals deliver a firm commitment to ‘fair and equal’ consideration of the varied range and routes to qualifications soon to be available to pupils in Scotland’s schools. This commitment will be of interest to school…

Universities Scotland today (Monday 2 April) welcomes Professor Bob Webb to his new role as Principal of the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC). Universities Scotland’s Director, Alastair Sim said:   “I look forward to working with Professor Webb over the coming weeks and months as Universities Scotland continues to pursue key priorities for the sector. Professor…

Universities in Scotland made greater progress in the last year on widening access measures than anywhere else in the UK. Universities Scotland responded to today’s (Thursday, 29th March) performance indicators for universities as published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) welcoming steady progress in the right direction. The statistics released today show the proportion…

Universities Scotland welcomed Mr Russell’s announcement this afternoon on aspects of his post-16 reform agenda. Responding to the statement Alastair Sim, Director of Universities Scotland, said:   “We share the fundamental belief that the learner should be the focus of and reason for any and all necessary change in Scotland’s post-16 education. Universities also share…

Responding to the publication of the review into university governance earlier today (Wednesday 1 February), Professor Seamus McDaid, Convener of Universities Scotland, said:   “We welcome the affirmation this report gives to the importance of university autonomy. It is reassuring that all members of the review panel attach as much significance to the continuation of…

Responding to today’s UCAS figures which show the rate of applicants by the 15 January deadline, Alastair Sim, Director of Universities Scotland said:   “Last year around five per cent of English applicants applied to university in Scotland. What’s really interesting from today’s figures is that whilst the overall number of English applicants is down,…

Professor Seamus McDaid,Convener, Universities Scotland and Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of Scotland has been awarded the CBE for Services to Higher Education in the New Year Honours 2012.

Universities Scotland warmly welcomed today’s (Wednesday, 21st) indicative grant letter from the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) for teaching and research in Scotland’s 19 universities for academic year 2012/13. The indicative grant letter translates the Scottish Government’s spending plans, as set out in September’s spending review, into academic year (AY) funding allocations for individual universities. Overall,…

Professor Seamus McDaid, Convener of Universities Scotland, will today [24 November] announce that Scotland’s universities have taken the unprecedented step of signing-up to a single set of contracts to aid the commercialisation of their research. The announcement comes at a conference on Scotland’s universities held in the capital (1). This step-change in process answers a…