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Free tuition in Scotland is under threat as university leaders warn it is “inconceivable” that the volume of foreign students needed to subsidise the policy will be maintained following the coronavirus outbreak. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/student-fall-threatens-free-tuition-hgdkm3q0h

Coronavirus in Scotland: foreign student fall threatens free tuition

Free tuition in Scotland is under threat as university leaders warn it is “inconceivable” that the volume of foreign students needed to subsidise the policy will be maintained following the

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/student-fall-threatens-free-tuition-hgdkm3q0h

Here’s a Thunderer on the challenges to the sector by @AbertayVC: ‘Financial model of Scots universities is unlikely to survive’ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/financial-model-of-scots-universities-is-unlikely-to-survive-b8v3flmbp

Financial model of Scots universities is unlikely to survive

Scottish universities have responded vigorously to the coronavirus pandemic, moving teaching online, supporting our students from a distance and contributing to the national effort to tackle the

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/financial-model-of-scots-universities-is-unlikely-to-survive-b8v3flmbp

‘Degrees of Difficulty’

@thetimesscot leading article on the future of university funding https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/degrees-of-difficulty-mbssrm6vb

Degrees of Difficulty

Universities are engines of knowledge but also of economic growth. The higher education sector is worth more than £7 billion to the Scottish economy and supports almost 45,000 jobs. Just as

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/degrees-of-difficulty-mbssrm6vb

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