First Minister Humza Yousaf Yousaf 'committed' to free tuition for Scots
"It is a shame that we have had recently Keir Starmer say that he won't do the same for students in England," Mr Yousaf told BBC Scotland.
The endowment was scrapped by the SNP government in 2008, with universities allocated funding to cover the free tuition. The university principal said that move could potentially allow government funding for universities to be improved - or for the cap on the number of Scottish students to be raised.: "Wealthy families in Scotland can currently pay for their offspring to go to university in England or abroad but not in Scotland, therefore talent and money are leaving Scotland. Changing any of this would be a political decision beyond my control, but it is worthy of calm consideration.
"The number of overseas or RUK students that we take has no effect on the chances of Scottish-domiciled applicants, RUK and international applicants are considered as separate groups."
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