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Parliament urged to implement all of Cubie

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The Cubie committee report into student finance in Scotland is being considered by some members of the Scottish parliament. Many of the interested parties have called on the parliament to adopt the whole of the report. They are pleased the report advises the abolition of tuition fees. Adopting the report is likely to cost 71 million pounds sterling and parents will be expected to increase their expenditure by 32 million pounds. Although the parents of students studying in further education establishments will have their fees cut by 2 million pounds sterling.

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Scots say firm 'no' to two-tier system

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Jim Wallace, the deputy prime minister of the Scottish Parliament and the minister for enterprise and life-long learning, has promised to maintain research funding for all institutions in Scotland and has made it clear that he has no plans to follow proposals being made in England to create an elite tier of research universities. Wallace states that he would be wary about the creation of a two-tier university system in Scotland. He acknowledges that it is important that the strongest research universities receive proper support and that they can compete at the highest level, but, he notes, that he would not wish to see other, non-research intensive, institutions get left behind.

Government expenditures, Government domestic functions, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Scotland, Colleges and universities, Wallace, Jim, Government finance

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Powers go to funding council

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The new Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC) has awarded over 500,000 pounds sterling to colleges in Scotland, since it was set up in Summer 1999. The members of the SFEFC gave the money to a number of colleges in remote parts of Scotland, to help improve access and the standard of further education in those areas. The government has called for colleges to admit an additional 8,000 students in 1999-2000. The SFEFC is expected to develop plans to encourage colleges to collaborate and are also helping colleges plan for the future by making their financial plans earlier.

Adult education

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