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scottish unis
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i was told that you dont have to pay to go to a scottish university and thats its based entirely on brains. is that true?
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If you're from the EU, then it's probably free.
Oh well.
Um, isn't that the case with all universities?
You are accepted for university places on grounds of ability, "brains" if you will.
If you are a student from England and Wales, then you are liable for up to the first £1150pa of tuition fees. This is regardless of the university you apply to. For an arts degree the actual costs is somewhere in the region of £9000pa, and for a science degree it is more like £15,000pa. Scottish students studying in Scotland pay tuition fees after they graduate, not before, but they still have to pay something towards their education.
In 2006 the system changes: you will be liable for up to the first £3000pa of tuition fees, dependent on how much the university you apply to asks for, but these will be charged after you graduate, and students from low-income families will not have to pay as much as £3000pa. Universities that aren't filling their courses may end up charging less than £3000pa, but this does not mean that entrance to university remains anything other than entirely dependent on intelligence.
According to my careers advisor this is true.
Scottish students don't pay tuiton fees at all - they were abolished.
Student loans are paid back after uni, once you reach a certain level of wage.
A worry lack of knowledge indeed :thumb: .
Sort of.
Although they wouldn't need to "pay tuition fees" they would have to pay a graduation fee of £2000. So, in essence, it is still paying for fees.
Here is a linky to the story: clicky
It would work, as was said, once the student starts earning over £10,000 and be paid back like the student loan is to be paid back.
Which is a way of saying "fees" without using the word fees and therefore giving the impression they were abolished.
Taken from the official scottish website.
This is different to how it was pre-2000 when you paid fees and didn't have to pay this "graduation" tax. It means that you don't pay as much to the institution. However, previously it was means tested which meant that there were a certain amount who were exempt from paying fees. This new system is not.
Anyway, this isn't the issue for the original poster as she is from Tamworth, so would still have to pay tuition fees like normal.