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1. Higher education in Scotland: differentiation and diversion? The impact of college-university progression links.

Author

Gallacher, Jim

Subjects
*UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *RIGHT to education, *EDUCATION, *EDUCATION policy, *EDUCATIONAL equalization, *BACHELOR'S degree, *HIGHER education, *FURTHER education (Great Britain)
Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of the impact of expansion and differentiation on widening access to higher education. In particular, it considers the impact of the growing importance of full-time short-cycle higher education in Scotland’s colleges of further and higher education, the progression pathways which have now been established from these programmes to bachelor degrees in the Scottish universities and the policy initiatives to strengthen these pathways. It concludes that while these developments have helped promote inclusion, they have also resulted in some outcomes which can best be understood as diversion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2014
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2. Scots need to counter England's fees bonanza.

Author

Caldwell, David

Subjects
*UNIVERSITIES & colleges, *HIGHER education, *EDUCATION policy, *EDUCATIONAL finance, *EDUCATIONAL standards
Abstract

Comments on the impact of the English White Paper and the Higher Education Act on the management of higher universities in Scotland. Changes in the overall level of funding; Lack of areas to generate extra income; Concerns over the ability of Scottish schools to maintain competitive position in higher education.

Published
2004