Common Weal opposes call for Scottish tuition fees
Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine has opposed calls for Scottish students to pay tuition fees, after the think-tank Reform Scotland urged the return of the graduate endowment, which would mean students have to pay back part of their fees once they are earning the average Scottish salary. McAlpine, formerly of Universities Scotland, backed criticism of the graduate endowment policy from UCU Scotland and the Scottish Greens, saying the crisis was being used as an opportunity to further “commercialise our universities”. (The National)