Motion
Widening Access - Equality of Access to Higher Education
S6M-12642 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Dey, Graeme
Lodged on
25 Mar 2024Heard / answered on
26 Mar 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 26 Mar 2024
That the Parliament notes the recent report by the Commissioner on Fair Access; welcomes the progress that has been made to widen access to university, with a 45% increase in students from the most deprived communities entering university since 2013-14; is grateful for the work of the higher education sector in achieving this success; agrees with the commissioner’s finding that increasing the share of students from the most deprived areas has not led to fewer students progressing to higher education from less deprived areas; reaffirms its commitment to widening access and to meeting the 2026 interim target and the 2030 target, which it agrees will require concerted effort from government and institutions to meet this challenge; agrees that it is vital that higher education continues to be based on the ability to learn rather than the ability to pay, and further agrees that undergraduate students in Scotland should not be expected to pay any form of tuition fees, whether up front or in the form of charges during their course or after graduation, such as graduate endowments or graduate taxes.
Backed by
Supported by 2 additional MSPs
SNP 2
Lodged by
Dey, Graeme
(Scottish National Party).
- Don-Innes, Natalie (SNP)
- Gilruth, Jenny (SNP)
Final vote on motion (no amendments carried)
26 Mar 2024
Carried
Show MSPs
For
69Against
49Abstain
1Not voted
10Amendments were lodged but none were carried; the motion was decided as originally lodged.
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Possible final motion text as originally lodged
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That the Parliament notes the recent report by the Commissioner on Fair Access; welcomes the progress that has been made to widen access to university, with a 45% increase in students from the most deprived communities entering university since 2013-14; is grateful for the work of the higher education sector in achieving this success; agrees with the commissioner’s finding that increasing the share of students from the most deprived areas has not led to fewer students progressing to higher education from less deprived areas; reaffirms its commitment to widening access and to meeting the 2026 interim target and the 2030 target, which it agrees will require concerted effort from government and institutions to meet this challenge; agrees that it is vital that higher education continues to be based on the ability to learn rather than the ability to pay, and further agrees that undergraduate students in Scotland should not be expected to pay any form of tuition fees, whether up front or in the form of charges during their course or after graduation, such as graduate endowments or graduate taxes.
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 5 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
Chamber
· 26 Mar 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 26 March 2024
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-12642, in the name of Graeme Dey, on widening access and equality of access to higher education. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate t…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 26 Mar 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 26 March 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-12642.1, in the name of Liam Kerr, which seeks to amend motion S6M-12642, in the name of Graeme Dey, on widening access and equality of access to higher educa…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 26 Mar 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 26 March 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-12642.2, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, which seeks to amend motion S6M-12642, in the name of Graeme Dey, on widening access and equality of access to high…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 26 Mar 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 26 March 2024
The final question is, that motion S6M-12642, in the name of Graeme Dey, on widening access and equality of access to higher education, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 26 Mar 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 26 March 2024
The result of the division on motion S6M-12642, in the name of Graeme Dey, on widening access and equality of access to higher education, is: For 69, Against 49, Abstentions 1. Motion agreed to, Th…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-12642Selected itemCarried 69/4925 Mar 2024 · Motion For Debate · Dey, GraemeThat the Parliament notes the recent report by the Commissioner on Fair Access; welcomes the progress that has been made to widen access to university, with a 45% increase in students from the most deprived communities entering university since 2013-14; is grateful for the work of the higher education sector in achieving this success; agrees with the comm...
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S6M-12642.1Linked amendment/itemDefeated 31/6925 Mar 2024 · Amendment · Kerr, LiamAs an amendment to motion S6M-12642 in the name of Graeme Dey (Widening Access - Equality of Access to Higher Education), leave out from ", and further" to end and insert "; acknowledges that a cap on university places for Scottish domiciled students exists due to the Scottish Government’s underfunding of Scotland’s institutions; condemns the ...
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S6M-12642.2Linked amendment/itemDefeated 22/9725 Mar 2024 · Amendment · Duncan-Glancy, PamAs an amendment to motion S6M-12642 in the name of Graeme Dey (Widening Access – Equality of Access to Higher Education), insert at end "; notes the Scottish Government’s own Equality and Fairer Scotland Budget Statement accompanying the 2024-25 budget, which warns of 'a significant risk that the reduction in the HE resource budget will increa...