Universities and Scotland

Scottish Affairs Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 5 Aug 2020 Closed: 22 Apr 2022 Parliament page
The future funding of Scotland’s universities and fees for overseas and non-EU students will be the subject of this inquiry. The Committee will also use this inquiry as an opportunity to examine the impact policies made in Whitehall will have on Scottish Universities, their students, their employees and on research. … Read more
29 Recommendations
122 Conclusions
1 Report
7 Oral sessions
4 Letters
11 Events
Activity timeline 17 events
16 May
2022
Correspondence
27 Apr
2022
Report published
27 Apr
2022
Correspondence
7 Mar
2022
Correspondence
2 Mar
2022
Correspondence
28 May
2021
Report published
28 May
2021
Informal meeting · Virtual meeting
19 May
2021
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Virtual meeting
25 Feb
2021
Oral evidence
2 Feb
2021
Outreach event · Virtual Meeting
28 Jan
2021
Oral evidence
13 Jan
2021
Outreach event · Virtual meeting
Oral evidence sessions 7 sessions
25 Feb 2021
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Iain Stewart MP · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland Rebecca Hackett · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
28 Jan 2021
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Lauren McNamara · Student Awards Agency Scotland Richard Lochhead MSP · Scottish Government Roddy Macdonald · Scottish Government
9 Dec 2020
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Professor Nigel Seaton · Abertay University Professor Tim Bedford · University of Strathclyde Rachel Sandison · University of Glasgow
25 Nov 2020
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Professor Chris Pearce · University of Glasgow Professor Katherine Smith · University of Strathclyde Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE · University of Strathclyde
11 Nov 2020
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Dr Stuart Fancey · Scottish Funding Council Karen Watt · Scottish Funding Council
21 Oct 2020
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Mary Senior · University and College Union Scotland Matt Crilly · NUS Scotland
8 Oct 2020
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Alastair Sim · Universities Scotland Dr Vicky Johnson · University of the Highlands and Islands Professor James Conroy · University of Glasgow
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Report - Universities and Scotland HC 54 28 May 2021 151 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
52 Recommendation Accepted in Part
First Report - Universities and Sc…
Public sector funding for higher education in Scotland has reduced by 12% in real terms...
Public sector funding for higher education in Scotland has reduced by 12% in real terms in seven years. In addition, despite the policy of free tuition for Scottish students, and a cap on Scottish student numbers, only 90% of the … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the importance of ensuring diversified student recruitment for sustainable growth, outlining its International Education Strategy and Graduate Route as measures to attract international students, and states it will work with DAs on this aim, but does not explicitly commit to a joint effort to seek best practices in diversifying away from international student fees as the primary gap-filler.
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94 Recommendation Accepted in Part
First Report - Universities and Sc…
In terms of improvements that Minister Lochhead wanted to see to the Turing Scheme, he...
In terms of improvements that Minister Lochhead wanted to see to the Turing Scheme, he made similar points to us as many in the higher education section, namely that it should be expanded with a longer-term budget, include other sectors … Read more
Government Response
The government committed to three years of funding for the Turing Scheme, confirmed it prioritises inward mobility funding, and stated it will continue to engage closely with Devolved Administrations in the scheme's future development.
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Government Response AI assessment · 141 of 29 classified
Accepted 44
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 48
Deferred 5
Not Addressed 32
Rejected 10
Total 29 recs + 122 conclusions
Correspondence 4 letters
16 May 2022 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Scotland on the UK Government response to the Universities and Scotland report, dated 10 May 2022
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27 Apr 2022 From committee Letter to the Secretary of State for Scotland on the UK Government response to the Universities and Scotland report, dated 25 April 2022
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7 Mar 2022 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Scotland, on Government responses to Committee reports, dated 4 March 2022
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2 Mar 2022 From committee Letter to the Secretary of State for Scotland on Government responses to Committee reports, dated 21 February 2022
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