Scottish Funding Council

Exclusive

Reports earlier this year that Heriot-Watt University was at capacity for Scottish student places reignited questions about whether international students are taking places from qualified Scots.

Heriot-Watt University

Explained: International students are not taking Scots' places at university

Some claim that Scottish students are being “squeezed out” of university places in favour of international recruits, but this is not the case.

Scotland's college sector is getting a long-awaited review of its funding model.

Scotland's college sector is getting a long-awaited review of its funding model.

Plans to transform Scotland's colleges laid bare: 'Massive opportunities'

Ben Macpherson was pressed on his party’s support for colleges

Ben Macpherson was pressed on his party’s support for colleges

2026 Holyrood election

Minister teases sweeping review of college sector funding

The initiative is led by Queen Margaret University

The initiative is led by Queen Margaret University

Queen Margaret University

Six universities join forces to commercialise research for Scotland’s future

Culture Secretary Angus Robertson

Culture Secretary Angus Robertson

Angus Robertson

If we can’t police these minnows, what does that say about the wider public sector?