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SCOTTISH universities have lost out on more than £400 million of investment since Nicola Sturgeon became First Minister, Labour has claimed.
Research by the party published yesterday shows the Scottish government’s budget for universities has failed to keep up with the pace of inflation.
Labour education spokesman Iain Gray said this meant university funding is now 11 per cent lower in real terms than it was in 2014/15.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
It is time to stop tolerating the governing elites incompetence which makes our lives a daily misery, argues MATT KERR
