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City services face £41 MILLION cut
The City of Edinburgh Council has published draft budget proposals for the next financial year, outlining ‘savings’of £41m, and its ‘Strategy for Change and Delivering Services 2019-2023’ which lays out the long-term approach to meet the ‘changing demands on the city and its services’. Continue reading Edinburgh’s Budget: Have your say on council cuts
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New benefit will increase eligibility by around 40%.
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Positive progress on equal access to higher education
A record number of full time first degree students at Scottish universities were from the most deprived areas in Scotland last year.
New figures show that, in 2017/18, 15.6% of students entering university were from the 20% most deprived areas. This is 0.4% short of the Government’s target for 2021.
Last year also saw an increase in the total number of Scottish students enrolling in Scottish universities.
The statistics, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), show the latest progress in the drive to widen access to higher education.
Higher Education Minister Richard Lochhead said: “These statistics highlight the good progress being made on widening access to higher education. I’m pleased to see more Scots going to university here and a record increase in entrants from our most deprived areas.
“Combined with recent UCAS statistics, this shows demonstrable progress towards giving every young person in Scotland an equal chance of success, no matter their background or circumstance.
“It is also great to see a record number of enrolments and an increased number of qualifications achieved in 2017/18. All of this speaks to the level of excellence found across our higher education institutions.”
Between 2016/17 and 2017/18:
Following the Commission on Widening Access, a target was set that, by 2021, 16% of students entering university will be from Scotland’s most deprived backgrounds, increasing to 20% by 2030. At 15.6% for 2017/18, this is just 0.4 percentage points off the 2021 target.
The latest UCAS statistics from the 2018 End of Cycle Report showed an increase in acceptances for 18 year old students from deprived backgrounds.
The full set of information on 2017/18 enrolments published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency is available as an interactive publication.
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BURNS COMMUNITY CEILIDH
SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 5pm-9pm
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FROM Royston Wardieburn Community Centre.
£2 in advance only. Note: this event is likely to sell out early!
Featuring live music and live performances from some of the many very talented people in our community.
We’ll need a big team of volunteers on the day, so if you’d like to help please message Granton Community Gardeners – Volunteers get in free!
