The Herald newspaper carried an exclusive today (9 October) to announce that Dame Professor Sally Mapstone, Principal of the ...

The Scottish Government and Universities Scotland have today (28 August) published the first report of the co-owned Future Framework for the Sustainability and Success of Scotland’s Universities ...

Universities Scotland has responded to Scottish Funding Council’s consultation on the Report on Widening Access. Our submission can be summarised around three main points: Strong value placed on the ...

The 15-person strong steering group tasked with securing a sustainable and successful future for Scotland’s universities, through the Future Framework, has been announced today (Monday, 16 February).

The policy and funding choices made in the next Scottish Parliament will not only determine the country’s immediate trajectory but will also shape the social, economic and civic fabric of Scotland for ...

Responding to the Scottish Government’s settlement for university resource and capital budgets for 2026/27, Professor James Miller, Convener of Universities Scotland and Principal of the University of ...

The Scottish Government and Universities Scotland have today (Thursday 18 December) announced the launch of a new, joint process that will co-design a Framework for a successful and sustainable future ...

Responding to today’s announcement that the UK will rejoin the Erasmus programme in 2027, Claire McPherson, Director of Universities Scotland said; “Today’s announcement that the UK will rejoin the ...

Universities Scotland and the Committee of Scottish Chairs have worked together to produce a sector response to the Gillies Review. The Professor Gillies and BDO report into the University of Dundee ...

Ahead of the stage 1 debate on the Tertiary Education and Training (Scotland) Bill (TET) this brief focuses on an opportunity regarding Graduate Apprenticeships, which could be realised from the Bill ...

Professor Mark Parsons, Director of EPCC and Dean of Research Computing at the University of Edinburgh. EPCC, part of the University of Edinburgh, is the UK’s leading centre of Supercomputing and Data ...

Universities Scotland welcomes news on SQA results day on the number of Scottish students securing an undergraduate place at university via UCAS in 2025. Commenting, Universities Scotland’s Deputy ...