Priority network

My name is Robin Parker and, as President, I head up the 12 other executive officers who lead the organisation.

Over the past three years, NUS Scotland has co-ordinated the efforts of students across Scotland to get more money in their pockets. Victories include:

A commitment by over 85% of newly elected MSPs to not introduce tuition fees, to maintain places and to improve student support.
An increase in university funding of over £135m by 2014/15.
£260 million in additional student loans for students, as part of a commitment to introduce a £7,000 minimum income guarantee, starting with the poorest students, from 2013/14.
Government agreement to repeat the additional £11.4m provided in student support for college students following NUS Scotland’s Reclaim Your Voice campaign.
A commitment to create an entitlement to support for the poorest college students.

Making access to education fairer

In the coming year, we’ll be focusing our priority campaigning on making access to education fairer, so that it is someone's ability and potential, not their financial means or social background, that determines whether they have the opportunity to enter higher education.

Scotland currently has the worst rate of widening access in the UK and we'll be working with the Government and universities to change that.