Reading Time: 2 minutesThis four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support for
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Student support and fees part 3: Support for Higher Education students
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support for
Student support and fees part 2: Support for Further Education students
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support for
Student support and fees part 1: Eligibility and applying for funding
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis four-part blog series is intended to help MSPs and their staff with queries they receive on student support eligibility and entitlements. It covers support for
Guest blog: The impact of financial challenges facing Scotland’s universities
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis guest blog from Dr Dely Lazarte Elliot and Professor Sajjad Hussain of the University of Glasgow looks at their research carried out as part of the SPICe Academic Fellowship Scheme. As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author and not those of SPICe, or of the Scottish Parliament.
Accreditation and regulation of qualifications
Reading Time: 6 minutesA blog that explains the accreditation function in Scotland and briefly provides a comparison to England and Wales.
The Final Countdown to election 2026: Programme for Government 2025-26 – Building the Best Future for Scotland
Reading Time: 26 minutesThis extended, long-read blogpost provides a summary of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2025-26 and highlights areas that are likely to be of particular interest to MSPs and the Parliament over the next year.
UKRI Policy Internships at the Scottish Parliament – what are they all about?
Reading Time: 4 minutesAcademic research can have a crucial role in the formation and scrutiny of policy. One of the ways in which PhD students can engage with
National Care Service Update: September 2024 – January 2025
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe story of the National Care Service Bill so far, and news of a (possibly) surprising ending. This blog will consider what has happened over
Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) Budget 2025-26
Reading Time: 7 minutesA look at the 2025-26 Budget allocations for Scotland’s colleges and universities.