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NUS Scotland Awards 2024
The NUS Scotland awards are an annual celebration of the excellent work students’ associations, officers and staff do across Scotland. -
NUS Scotland calls on Scottish Government to protect student renters as industry body declares Scotland is in a housing emergency
NUS Scotland President Ellie Gomersall says Scottish Government must ‘take its head out of the sand’ and bring rents down -
Ellie Gomersall: Scottish Government needs to rethink its slashing of education budget
"Tommorow at 1pm, I’ll be joining students from across Scotland, as well as politicians, trade unionists and others, outside the Scottish Parliament to rally for our education and call for a reversal of the devastating cuts to tertiary education planned in the Scottish Budget for 2024-25..." -
Five ways the education system in Scotland is broken and failing students
Education is a public good, it’s the best route we have to tackling poverty and inequality. A good education system that benefits people, not profit is the key to the prosperous future we all want for Scotland. However, that’s not the tertiary education system we have just now. Despite some... -
NUS Scotland to launch new report: Broke Students, Broken System
NUS Scotland set to release report detailing the crises facing Scotland's further and higher education -
5 reasons the Scottish Government must Stop the Cuts to our Education
In December, the Scottish Government published its draft budget statement for 2024/25. Buried within it are the plans to cut funding for both higher and further education in Scotland, amounting to over £100 million in total. These cuts continue a pattern of colleges and universities having been undervalued and underfunded... -
Budget 24/25: Cuts to colleges and universities undermine the welcome boost in student support
After the Scottish Government published its draft budget statement for 2024/25, NUS Scotland has welcomed the recent increase in student finance for HE students - but warned the continued underfunding of the sector is having dire consequences. -
NUS Scotland celebrates a big win as student support rises by £2,400
As the cost of living crisis continues to hit students hard, the Scottish Government’s new announcement of a £2,400 uplift to financial support for higher education students is a big win for the student movement. -
NUS Scotland urges government to go further in its commitments to students in the Programme for Government.
NUS Scotland is pleased that the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government for the next year will benefits students who use the train to get to class and who rent in the private rental sector, but urges the government to go further in increasing the rights of students in purpose-built student...Written by Lauren Chedgy
September 05, 2023 -
Politics Explained: Programme for Government
We believe that politics should be accessible to everyone, but unless you are a politician, it can be really hard to keep up with all the different political events. Politics Explained is NUS Scotland's series making simple what is (sometimes intentionally) difficult to understand in Scottish politics. So, what...Written by Lauren Chedgy
September 05, 2023
