Reading Time: 2 minutes SPICe regularly receives enquiries from MSPs and their staff on behalf of constituents looking for information on funding for undergraduate or postgraduate studies. This blog
Tag: Education
How can academics engage with SPICe and the Scottish Parliament?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Relevant, credible, and independent research is essential for good scrutiny and debate. Within the Scottish Parliament, research is used for many purposes including committee work,
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those
Drop-out and returns: UK students at Scottish universities
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the second blog about students dropping out of university. The first blog considered statistics published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on
Drop-out rates: UK students at Scottish universities
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes annual statistics on the non-continuation (“drop-out”) rate among first degree students at higher education institutions (HEIs) across the