9th January 2018
Jack Mckenna Writer According to figures gathered by The Scotsman, there has been a significant decrease since 2000 in Scottish-domiciled medical students in Scottish universities. The 12% decline – 63% in 2000 to the current 51% – comes despite an overall rise in medical places and a country-wide lack of GPs. Given the inclination of ...
9th January 2018
Tiffany Amberger Reporter The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has refused to support the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s proposal of creating a “fix room” in Glasgow’s city centre. The fix room would be the first legal drug consumption room in the UK. The HSCP’s controversial proposal seeks to create a safe and supervised ...
9th January 2018
Osama Abou-zeid Writer Universities Scotland has announced a new initiative entitled Working to Widen Access, an outline of 15 steps intended to increase the chances of disadvantaged students entering university. The organisation, which represents all 19 of Scotland’s higher education institutions, is aiming to set minimum entry requirements by 2019 in time for the 2020/2021 ...