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Fourth Special Report - Universities and Scotland: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report

Published 27 April 2022

Scottish Affairs Committee Universities and Scotland Report on parliament.uk ↗

At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to First Report - Universities and Scotland.

This is the government's response, published 27 April 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response sets out continued work with the devolved administrations and existing UK-wide policies on international students, immigration, research funding and talent, and states it will submit a response to the earlier Immigration and Scotland report "shortly".

  • On the Turing Scheme, it confirmed funding for three years, including "£110 million for the 2022/23 Academic Year". It states the scheme "prioritises pupils, students and learners over staff and inward mobility funding", and says the first year's impact will be evaluated.
  • On Erasmus+, it states that President Von Der Leyen "has previously confirmed that association by part of a country is not legally possible".
  • On UKRI, it states that Board appointees "are not recruited to represent any constituency, sector or regional grouping", while a legal requirement to have regard to research conditions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is taken into account. It says Research England's place on the Executive Committee reflects its status as a legal component of UKRI.
  • On visa costs, it states that "UK visa fees are broadly in line with our competitors" and that it will "continue to keep visa fees under review".

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