MSPs Bruce Crawford and Keith Brown, alongside Stirling MP Alyn Smith, have welcomed students back to the University of Stirling and Forth Valley College, for the start of the academic year. Both educational institutions have taken important steps to ensure the safety of staff and students, including enhanced hygiene measures, physical distancing and changes to […]
SNP announces support for students in Stirling
The Scottish Government has brought forward early access to £11.4 million of discretionary funds – which will be administered by colleges and universities – to support higher education students. Students are, due to UK government rules, unable to claim Universal Credit or other benefits. Scottish students studying in Europe as part of EU Portability or […]
Stirling MP & MSP Call for Universal Credit Support for Students
Alyn Smith MP and Bruce Crawford MSP have called for a temporary relaxation of the qualifying criteria for Universal Credit, to allow students who are in financial difficulty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to claim during the summer months. The SNP have written to the UK government asking them to allow students to […]
