Standard Motion · S3M-02233 · Session 3
The Future of Scotland's Universities
The motion
That the Parliament congratulates Scotland’s universities for their good showing in The Times Good University Guide; commends the University of St Andrews for its top-five place; notes that Scotland had St Andrews, Edinburgh and Glasgow universities in the top 20 and Aberdeen, Strathclyde, Stirling, Dundee and Heriot-Watt universities in the top 50 universities in the United Kingdom; further notes that the Scottish Government’s Joint Future Thinking Taskforce on Universities will report imminently; believes that the Scottish Government must ensure that universities have sustainable funding that at least matches funding in the rest of the UK to maintain and enhance Scottish universities’ UK and international standing, and further believes that, unless funding for Scottish universities and student support in Scotland keeps pace with the rest of the UK, the Scottish Government risks squandering the legacy of good performance in the higher education sector left to it by previous administrations.
Signatures by party
18 MSPs besides the lodger · 2 from other partiesLab 16LD 2
Party on the day each MSP signed. Signing a motion is voluntary and not whipped. Who signs whose motions
Vote
No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.
Amendments
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No recorded vote
Supporters
18 MSPsLab 16 LD 2
Show all 18 supporters by party
Lab 16
- Jackie Baillie
- Sarah Boyack
- Patricia Ferguson
- George Foulkes
- Iain Gray
- Hugh Henry
- Marilyn Livingstone
- Ken Macintosh
- Frank McAveety
- Jack McConnell
- Mary Mulligan
- Elaine Murray
- Irene Oldfather
- John Park
- Dr Richard Simpson
- Elaine Smith
LD 2
Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-02233 by reference.