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Universities facing fines for breaching student ‘cap’

Scottish universities face being fined or having to slash numbers if they recruit too many students under a Government initiative to boost the economy, The Herald has learned.

The position has arisen after a Scottish Government decision to restrict numbers for the coming academic year in science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- the so-called Stem subjects -- because of pressure on budgets.