SCOTTISH postgraduate student numbers will be given a boost from an initiative worth nearly £11 million.
SCOTTISH postgraduate student numbers will be given a boost from an initiative worth nearly £11 million.
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Andrew Denholm
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has allocated £10.6m from existing budgets to expand provision in 2013/14 as part of moves to develop higher skills in the workforce.
Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea, principal of Edinburgh University, said the nation's economic future depends on an expansion in the number of Scottish postgraduates. Since 2001, the number of postgraduate students in Scotland – including those from overseas, Europe and the rest of the UK – has risen by 41% from 40,120 to 56,580.
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