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| Cash boost for part-time students | Cash boost for part-time students |
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| Part-time students could soon expect to receive extra financial help to attend university in Scotland. | |
| Full-time students currently pay a fee of about £2,000 after they graduate, although that is due to be abolished. | Full-time students currently pay a fee of about £2,000 after they graduate, although that is due to be abolished. |
| Part-time students however have to pay fees of between £500 and £2,000 up front each year. | Part-time students however have to pay fees of between £500 and £2,000 up front each year. |
| Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop is due to make a statement detailing changes to this set-up later at the new University of the West of Scotland. | Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop is due to make a statement detailing changes to this set-up later at the new University of the West of Scotland. |
| Most part-time students are classed as "mature" with responsibilities including mortgages and children. | Most part-time students are classed as "mature" with responsibilities including mortgages and children. |
| Many work full-time but are on low incomes and often have childcare and transport costs. | Many work full-time but are on low incomes and often have childcare and transport costs. |
| Ms Hyslop is expected to outline financial help for part-time students while in Paisley to mark the merger of the town's university and Bell college. It will become the University of the West of Scotland. | Ms Hyslop is expected to outline financial help for part-time students while in Paisley to mark the merger of the town's university and Bell college. It will become the University of the West of Scotland. |