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Colleges offer warm spaces and breakfast clubs as cost-of-living concerns grow

Colleges across Scotland are putting in measures such as warm spaces in libraries and free breakfast clubs as concerns mount over how the cost-of-living crisis will affect students. Nineteen out of Scotland’s 26 further education colleges responded ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Students need summer support payment urgently, NUS Scotland says

Financial support for students during the summer is urgently needed to help with the cost-of-living crisis, the Scottish Government has been told. NUS Scotland president Matt Crilly said the poorest students could fall into poverty if a summer ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

NUS Scotland to launch one-stop-shop for mental health support

A website designed to help students struggling with their mental health has been launched. The Think Positive Hub went live on Wednesday, with its creators at NUS Scotland saying that it will be a one-stop-shop for information about mental ...

30 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Vice-chancellors urged to help solve pension dispute as university staff strike

Staff at eight Scottish universities will walk out on Monday as a union begins 10 days of industrial action in its battle to stop what its leader has described as “brutal pension cuts”. Over the next five days university workers from ...

14 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Students demand inclusion in £150 council tax rebate

Student leaders have called for the £150 council tax rebate designed to help with the cost of living to be extended to students. The president of the National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland said he was “utterly stunned” that ...

11 Feb 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Students stage Holyrood protest against education budget cut

Students and lecturers have staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament over plans to cut more than £100 million from the education budget. Around 200 people gathered outside Holyrood to urge the Scottish Government to ...

21 Feb 2024 at 16:44

Scotland

Students to protest over education cuts outside Scottish Parliament

Students are set to hold a rally outside the Scottish Parliament protesting over what they describe as “short-sighted” education cuts. Members of the National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland will gather outside Holyrood ...

21 Feb 2024 at 08:00

Scotland

More than half of students have skipped meal due to lack of cash, study finds

More than half of students in Scotland have skipped a meal due to lack of money, new research has indicated. A total of 52% of the more than 5,000 college and university students and apprentices responding to an NUS ...

22 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Students welcome ‘significant step’ as support funding receives boost

Scotland’s largest student body has welcomed a Scottish Government announcement that will lead to an increase in student support. The National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland said the decision to introduce a £2,...

12 Dec 2023 at 15:02

Scotland

Halve transport fares for students over 22, union urges

Student leaders are demanding transport costs are halved after research suggested nearly a third of learners could not afford to eat due to excessive travel costs. In a report into the travel barriers facing ...

01 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

University staff walk out in pensions dispute

Staff at eight Scottish universities walked out on strike on Monday as a union began 10 days of industrial action in opposition to “brutal pension cuts”. The strikers, who received support from MSPs and a ...

14 Feb 2022 at 16:55

Scotland

Students and trade unions call for action on education ‘crisis’

Students and trade unions have written an open letter urging the Scottish Government to take action to fix the “crisis” in Scotland’s education system. They warned that the country’s higher and further ...

01 May 2025 at 17:59

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