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Posts from the ‘Debating and reporting student support’ Category

Student support review #7: more trouble with comparisons on December 3, 2017

Student support review #5: changes to loan scheme – welcome, but there’s a dislocation between claims and evidence on November 22, 2017

The review of student support #2: its consideration of grants vs loans on November 21, 2017

A case study in the brutalism of small decisions: the changing threshold for maximum grant in Scotland on November 1, 2017

Sauce for the goose? on January 2, 2016

“A gulf is opening within our own generation”: a reminder of why debt distribution matters on November 14, 2015

Why an increase in the attainment gap really does matter on November 6, 2015

Is the gap on access to university closing faster in Scotland than the rest of the UK? on November 2, 2015

The TES story: an update on November 2, 2015

Verdict on recent TES reporting on university access in Scotland: could try harder on November 1, 2015

FMQs on grants and loans October 2015: the annotated version on October 29, 2015

Can a Scottish student be too much in Scotland to get funding? Apparently so on October 10, 2015

Proud of … what exactly? A Scottish Minister comments on student support on October 8, 2015

The quiet sale of some Scottish student loans in 2013 was worth £21m on October 2, 2015

The Greens and grants: a cross-border contrast on September 6, 2015

EMA in Scotland: a case study in getting political value for money on August 25, 2015

Rent rises for students highest in Scotland? on August 16, 2015

80% of clearing places for Scots in 3 institutions on August 4, 2015

Grants make for an early Holyrood/Westminster problem for the SNP on July 31, 2015

Paging Stewart Hosie MP: grants are not the best advertisement for devolution on July 31, 2015