Public opinion on tuition fee funding

Quick link to an interesting piece analysing data, over time and comparative with England, about attitudes to free tuition in Scotland.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/john-curtice-tuition-fee-policy-far-from-popular-1-3521000

The piece notes

support for the principle of free tuition … according to the most recent reading, taken in 2013,  stands at little more than a quarter (26 per cent) – though this represents something of a turnaround after dropping to just 20 per cent in 2010.

The most popular option over various surveys is mean-testing for fees.

It really ought not to be so hard to have a decent debate about all aspects of student funding, not least the disproportionate debt burden on the poor,  in Scotland.