Tue 24 Apr 2012
Students have successfully campaigned to reverse a proposal to introduce £40 charges for students to re-sit exams and increase fees for students re-sitting modules to £300.
Elmwood students win top prize for community horticultural project
Mon 02 Apr 2012
Think Positive receives additional funding from the Scottish Government
Edinburgh's Telford College student Surya Prakash Bhatta re-elected NUS Scotland's Black Student's Officer for 2012-13
Awards ceremony recognises LGBT student achievements
NUS Scotland has written to Home Secretary Theresa May following reports that a number of Scotland's colleges have had their Highly Trusted Sponsor Status revoked or downgraded
New statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that in 2010/11, Scotland's universities have the worst record in the whole of the UK for widening access and drop out.
Thu 15 Mar 2012
Gordon Maloney finishes third at Young Scottish Green List 2012
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Welcome to NUS Scotland. My name is Robin Parker and, as President, I head up the 12 other executive officers who lead the organisation.
We’ve won much for students in the past two years. Our Budget for Bursaries campaign secured £15million in bursary support for FE students and we were able to save EMA. Our Reclaim Your Voice campaign resulted in over 85% of new members of the Scottish parliament committing to not introducing tuition fees, protecting graduate numbers and college places and improving student support.
We secured a third party tenancy deposit scheme, delivered £1,200 additional cash for the poorest students, abolished the graduate endowment, stopped the drinking age being raised to 21 and secured £2million in dedicated childcare funding for student parents.
Over the next year we’re prioritising getting more money into students’ pockets and making sure access to education is based on ability, not the ability to pay.
If you have any questions about our campaign, please get in touch.
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