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Student activists voted to support free education yesterday at the national conference of their union NUS.
Delegates approved new policy on education funding which included a section against university and college fees.
“When people say we can’t fight for access and free education it is a lie,” said NUS Scotland president Gordon Maloney as he motivated the amendment.
The controversial proposal failed to gain traction on conference floor in previous years but was passed this week by 50 votes.
Meanwhile the Ukip candidate for the NUS presidency Jack Duffin was “toned down” and “deliberately vague” in his speech.
“His campaign failed both electorally and as an awareness-raising exercise,” said Oxford student Nathan Akehurst.
Mr Akehurst believed that if anything, the Young Independence secretary helped “sharpen the debate” against the far-right.
Incumbent NUS president Toni Pearce was re-elected with a large majority.
Mr Duffin ended merely two points ahead of the Re-Open Nominations option, which came last with 16 votes.
