No tuition fees for Scots university students
Youngsters planning to start undergraduate degree courses in Scotland in 2012 will welcome confirmation that the government does not intend to introduce tuition fees for students from the country.
The Scottish education secretary, Michael Russell, confirmed that the SNP government was maintaining the principle of free education, as promised during the election.
"There are not and will not be tuition fees for Scottish domiciled students," he insisted.
"This means that young people living in Scotland will not be burdened by huge levels of debt which detracts from their own personal success and from economic growth and job creation."
The news provides a welcome reprieve for Scottish students, but may come as a blow to their fellow students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland, all of whom will have to pay tuition fees to attend universities in Scotland.
Some universities, including Edinburgh and St Andrews, have already announced their intention to charge the maximum £9,000 a year from students from elsewhere in the UK.
Mr Russell added: "Clearly, in an ideal world we wouldn't charge fees for students from the rest of the UK.
"However, we had to act as a result of the UK government's decision to charge fees of up to £9,000 a year in England."
Posted on Sunday, 11 September 2011 under Edinburgh Storage
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