Dr Keith Baker, fuel poverty researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University, explains why he is heading up Scientists for Global Responsibility in Scotland, and why you should get involved

Liam McCabe, NUS Scotland President, highlights new research by the students’ union on graduation fees, showing students can be out of pocket by as much as £225 just for graduating

Fear that rising cost will price out postgraduate courses for people from disadvantaged backgrounds

THE Strathclyde Students’ Union is campaigning for post-graduate taught fees to be made affordable, after their analysis showed the University had increased fees by 42.7 per cent for 2018-19.

Unlike undergraduate degrees, post-graduate tuition fees are paid by students themselves in Scotland, with a SAAS loan totaling £10,000 per year for tuition and living costs made available.

Common Weal director Robin Mcalpine argues our society does not place value on people with creativity and energy, instead rewarding mediocrity and bureaucracy

AT THE weekend I hunted out Karine Polwart's truly wonderful 2012 album Traces for a re-listen. I'm glad I did. It reminded me how good it is.

But it also pissed me off. Not the music I hasten to add, the fact that what prompted me to play it again was an interview with Karine in which she talked about the financial difficulty of trying to make a living making music in Scotland.

Five month rent strike victory means cost cut and higher bursaries for London students

THE FIGHTBACK AGAINST sky-high rents at a major London university has won a multi-million pound set of concessions from management organisations through organising a rent strike.

‘UCL Cut the Rent’, at University College London, have coordinated two years of protests against the rapid escalation of rent costs in campus managed accommodation. Campaigners said the high costs were pushing young people into ever increasing debts and limiting access to higher education.

Anni Donaldson, a member of the a Strathclyde University project team which has just secured the backing of the Scottish Government, explains how the team's work aims to tackle gender-based violence on campuses

Pilot at University of Strathcylde gets boost of PS300,000 government funding

SEXUAL HARASSMENT and assault on university campuses are to be tackled by a new initiative being developed by a team at the University of Strathclyde.

The pilot project will develop a tool-kit for higher education institutions and is one of several education institutions to receive Scottish Government funding.

One in four female students had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour while at university.

Bill will support election of university management leaders

REFORMS to improve the democratic governance of Scotland's leading universities and colleges have been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

The Higher Education Governance Bill seeks to improve participation in decision making through expanding elected posts.

The result, passed by 92 votes to 17, has been welcomed by student and staff campaign organisations.

Lecturers union freedom of information requests unveil extent of pay increases to university bosses

GLASGOW CALEDONIAN and Strathclyde university bosses have topped expenses lists released by University and Colleges Union.

The figures were published by the union as part of a larger body of data, retrieved through freedom of information requests to universities across the country, which showed that university principals received some of the largest increases in pay, pension contributions and expenses in the UK for the year 2014/2015.