Summary
SCOTLAND'S universities want an extra GBP 168 million from the Scottish Executive to increase student numbers, improve facilities and pay for lecturers' wage rises.
The increase would be worth 15 per cent above the rate of inflation and bring about a rise in state funding for the sector to GBP 1.2 billion a year by 2011.See the full content of this document
Extract
Universities Call for an Extra Gbp 168m
Sir Muir Russell, principal of Glasgow University and convener of the umbrella body Universities Scotland, said that the rise would also prevent the need for top-up fees to be introduced north of the Border in the near future.
In all, the universit...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
