Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 27 January 2016
27 Jan 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
European Union Students
Education and Lifelong Learning
I hope that Mr Pentland is not going to become obsessed with the constitution or hark back to old debates that took place in and around 2014. However, in terms of the spirit of his question, lots of evidence gives testimony to the excellence of our higher education system. That is why it is attractive to students across Europe who want to come and study here.
It is important that, while there has been an increase in EU students coming to Scotland, there has also been an 11 per cent increase in first-time degree undergraduates from 2006-07 to 2014-15, which has to be good news, along with the record levels of Scottish-domiciled students being accepted into universities.
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