Written Question · S3W-25623 · Session 3
Which universities and colleges (a) ran out of discretionary funds and (b) asked for additional resources for discretionary funds in the la…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive which universities and colleges (a) ran out of discretionary funds and (b) asked for additional resources for discretionary funds in the last year for which information is available.
The answer
The Scottish Government has increased investment in student discretionary funds from the £14.04 million it inherited from the last administration (2006-07) to £16.1 million this year (2008-09). This is a rise of 14.6%.
In academic year 2007-08 the following institutions exhausted the following funds:
A total of three out of 56 institutions exhausted both their higher education discretionary and childcare funds:
Barony College,
Dundee College,
Reid Kerr College.
A further three out of 56 institutions exhausted only their higher education discretionary fund allocation:
Edinburgh''s Telford College,
John Wheatley College,
Newbattle Abbey College.
A further eight institutions out of 56 exhausted only their higher education childcare fund:
Borders College,
Glasgow Metropolitan College,
Oatridge Agricultural College,
Stow College,
Glasgow School of Art,
Heriot Watt University,
RSAMD,
Strathclyde University.
Funds are intended to be spent within the year in which they are allocated, thus providing the maximum sum available to students in each individual year. Any unspent funds are returned for redistribution in the following academic year and are thus returned to the discretionary funds system.
The vast majority of funds should therefore be exhausted in the academic year for which they are allocated.
During academic year 2007-08 the following institutions (out of 56) requested additional funds during the in-year redistribution process.
Adam Smith College
Cumbernauld College
Cardonald College
Napier University
Motherwell College
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
James Watt College
University of Abertay Dundee
Stevenson college
Ayr College
Borders College
Central College of Commerce
Oatridge College
Angus College
Glasgow School of Art
Scottish Agricultural College
Forth Valley College
South Lanarkshire College
Coatbridge College
John Wheatley College
UHI
Dundee College
North Glasgow College
In academic year 2007-08 the following institutions exhausted the following funds:
A total of three out of 56 institutions exhausted both their higher education discretionary and childcare funds:
Barony College,
Dundee College,
Reid Kerr College.
A further three out of 56 institutions exhausted only their higher education discretionary fund allocation:
Edinburgh''s Telford College,
John Wheatley College,
Newbattle Abbey College.
A further eight institutions out of 56 exhausted only their higher education childcare fund:
Borders College,
Glasgow Metropolitan College,
Oatridge Agricultural College,
Stow College,
Glasgow School of Art,
Heriot Watt University,
RSAMD,
Strathclyde University.
Funds are intended to be spent within the year in which they are allocated, thus providing the maximum sum available to students in each individual year. Any unspent funds are returned for redistribution in the following academic year and are thus returned to the discretionary funds system.
The vast majority of funds should therefore be exhausted in the academic year for which they are allocated.
During academic year 2007-08 the following institutions (out of 56) requested additional funds during the in-year redistribution process.
Adam Smith College
Cumbernauld College
Cardonald College
Napier University
Motherwell College
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies
James Watt College
University of Abertay Dundee
Stevenson college
Ayr College
Borders College
Central College of Commerce
Oatridge College
Angus College
Glasgow School of Art
Scottish Agricultural College
Forth Valley College
South Lanarkshire College
Coatbridge College
John Wheatley College
UHI
Dundee College
North Glasgow College
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-25623 by reference.