Professor Sheila Riddell concludes in her new book that free university fails to break social inequalities

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The Herald Scotland in its front-page cover and the leader comment (2nd December 2015), as well as several other newspapers (3rd December 2015) quoted extensively the comments of Professor Sheila Riddell on free tuition in the concluding chapter of the book "Higher Education in Scotland and the UK: Diverging or Converging Systems?"

 

The book draws upon the findings of our ESRC funded project ‘HE in Scotland, the Devolution Settlement and the Referendum on Independence’, and was launched at our seminar "Widening Access to Scottish Higher Education: Getting in and Getting on" on the 1st December 2015 held at the Universit y of Edinburgh.

Period2 Dec 2015

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  • TitleFree university tuition 'fails to break social inequalities': No evidence SNP's flagship policy boosts access to higher education, say academics
    Media name/outletThe Herald Scotland
    Date2/12/15
    Producer/AuthorAndrew Denholm
    PersonsSheila Riddell
  • TitleLeader letter: True test is to help students from poorest backgrounds
    Media name/outletThe Herald Scotland
    Date2/12/15
    Producer/AuthorAndrew Denholm
    PersonsSheila Riddell
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