This week, NUS Scotland published a new report into Scotland’s tertiary education system: Roadmap to a New Education System. The publication of this report continues a series that begun with Broke Students, Broken System report which was released in February. As with the earlier report, Roadmap to a New Education System focuses on the five key pillars of the education system: …
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NUS Scotland’s ‘Broke Students, Broken System’ report launch
NUS Scotland have launched a new report – Broke Students, Broken System. The report looks at five key areas: the realities of Scotland’s funding model, student finance, housing, transport and mental health, and the need to build a new education system that works for students. It highlights a number of challenges within the student mental health …
Scottish Government creates student mental health and wellbeing transition fund
The Scottish Government have confirmed an additional £3.21 million to extend mental health support for the upcoming academic year. Scottish Government funding for mental health counsellors in colleges and universities was set to conclude at the end of the 2022/23 academic year, following a £16 Million investment. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Graeme …
NUS Scotland launches ‘Cost of Survival’ report
Both Thriving Learners Research and Think Positive research have highlighted how money concerns have an impact on students mental health. A new report from NUS Scotland shows the scale of the financial challenges facing students at the moment. The research is based on a survey of over 5,300 college and university students and apprentices. The …
Save Our Counsellors Campaign
In 2019 following lobbying from NUS Scotland, Scottish Government committed to funding an additional 80 counsellors in Scotland’s colleges and universities over four years. Currently, this funding is being reviewed and not confirmed past July 2023. In response to this, and feedback from it’s members NUS Scotland have launched their ‘Save Our Counsellors’ campaign. Think …
