Use this version to print The Scottish coalition government has produced a miserly formula on student tuition fees that will divide UK students and create additional financial difficulties for many.
Tuition fees are deeply unpopular.
During the 1999 Scottish elections the Liberal Democrats campaigned on a platform of abolishing them in Scotland. A Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition government was only assembled after the two parties agreed to refer the matter to a parliamentary committee. At the same time, the Labour government was anxious that this be restricted to Scotland. Non-Scottish students studying in Scotland will have to pay in full. The final deal has technically abolished upfront fees, but it in no way alleviates the overall financial burden.