SCOTLAND: Students 'could lose out' to fee refugees

Scottish universities have warned they could be swamped with thousands of students from England escaping higher fees, writes Andrew Denholm for The Herald. Fears over 'fee refugees' pushing out Scottish students were raised at a national summit on future funding of higher education, held in Glasgow and chaired by Michael Russell, the Education Secretary.

Universities Scotland, which represents university principals, gave the warning in the wake of an announcement by the UK Government that students in England could pay up to £9,000 (US$14,466) a year in tuition fees, almost three times the current level.

The fear is that institutions north of the border, which currently charge £1,800 a year to students from England, will be overwhelmed with applications from bright candidates who can save thousands of pounds by attending university here. Because universities cannot discriminate on the basis of nationality, such an influx of talented students from England could push out Scottish students.
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