PE01769: Higher Education in Scotland

• SPICe Briefing (124KB pdf) 

Summary

30 January 2020: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government. It also agreed to write to Quality Assurance Agency Scotland and the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman. Link to Official Report of meeting 30 January 2020

24 September 2020: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science and the Scottish Funding Council. Link to Official Report of Meeting 24 September 2020

9 December 2020: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government states that it has no current plans to seek to extend the existing powers currently available to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, and the Scottish Funding Council states that there is “no evidence that that the current approach is not effective in protecting the interests and rights of students”. Link to Official Report of Meeting 9 December 2020

Written submissions

PE1769/A: Quality Assurance Agency Scotland submission of 26 February 2020 (184KB pdf)