Sep. 23 2024
Source Page: Scottish Building Safety Levy: consultationFound: . • School premises to be used for the sole or primary purpose of housing its students 5.2 Removing
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: Law sandwich placements offered at GLD for the first timeFound: GLD is offering law sandwich placements for the first time Students will join GLD from September 2024
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: OSCAR II – publishing data from the database: September 2024Found: TOTAL DEL DEL PROG Department for Education X022A354 X022A354-Office for Students (ALB) DEL PROG AND
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Equalities Impact Assessment – ResultsFound: Future regulations could impact (in varying degrees, depending on how they are used) on staff and students
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Fairer Scotland Duty Impact AssessmentFound: The results showed that three in five students say that Covid has had some degree of impact upon their
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Fairer Scotland Duty Impact AssessmentFound: areas: • ‘Digital poverty’ has put students from more socially deprived backgrounds at a serious
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: Coronavirus(Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Islands Communities Impact AssessmentFound: This may be able to measure the number of island based students: both students at island based colleges
Sep. 20 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 18/09/2024 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Barran regarding a correction to a statement made about the treatment of further education institutions under the proposed draft legislation, as discussed during the debate on Independent Schools: VAT Exemption. 2p.Found: confirm, in answer to questions from the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, that local authority funded students
Asked by: Kidd, Bill (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Anniesland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the rate of interest is on student loans for students from Scotland, and how this compares with other parts of the UK.
Answered by Dey, Graeme - Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans
The interest rate for Scottish domiciled students is currently 4.3%.
The interest rates currently applied across the UK are as follows:
Plan 1 – Northern Irish borrowers, English and Welsh pre-2012 borrowers – 4.3%
Plan 2 – Post 2012 Welsh borrowers, English borrowers between 2012 – 2023 – 7.3%
Plan 3 – English and Welsh postgraduate borrowers – 7.3%
Plan 4 - All Scottish borrowers – 4.3%
Plan 5 – English post 2023 borrowers – 4.3%
Information on student loan interest rates and further terms and conditions across the UK can be found here: Repaying your student loan: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Gosal, Pam (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - West Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to financially support the 19 Afghan medical students that are completing their medical degrees in Scotland.
Answered by Gilruth, Jenny - Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
The Afghan medical students are eligible for support under paragraph 12B of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022, as amended by the Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2024. This provision enables the students to be considered as Scottish domiciled for the purposes of funding and entitles them to apply for tuition fees and living cost support in the same manner as other Scottish domiciled students.