Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 48
48
Universities Scotland made the point of the pandemic has “exposed just how dependent the Scottish...
Conclusion
Universities Scotland made the point of the pandemic has “exposed just how dependent the Scottish higher education sector now is on international student fee income to subsidise publicly-funded activities of teaching undergraduate Scottish [ … ] students and to underpin publicly funded research.”114 In their view this problem had arisen due to “many years of cuts in SFC funding.”115 The SFC has itself noted the risk of international students staying away.116
Government Response
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