Student Fees complaints
Dear Scottish Government FOI,
Please specify the following:
a.The number of registered complaint letters or emails you have received regarding English students being made to pay the maximum fee in scotland between the dates of 1/1/2011 - 9/5/2013
b.The recorded minutes from notable parliamentary meetings or general meetings in the scottish government regarding the topic of charging full fees to English students.
c.The justification the Scottish government gives for making English students alone pay the full fee in Scotland (EU, NI, or Welsh students pay roughly a third of the full charge)
d.Digital (scanned) copies of some of the most notable complaint letters you have received regarding the above mentioned topic
I also wish to inform you that I agree with the decision the Scottish government has made on the matter. I will use this information to understand the opposing argument.
Thank you very much for your time.
Yours faithfully,
S.H. Crozier
Dear Mr Crozier
Thank you for your email of 9 May 2013 in which you have requested the
following information about higher education tuition fees at Scottish
Universities for students from other parts of the UK:
“… a.The number of registered complaint letters or emails you have
received regarding English students being made to pay the maximum
fee in Scotland between the dates of 1/1/2011 - 9/5/2013
b.The recorded minutes from notable parliamentary meetings or
general meetings in the Scottish government regarding the topic of
charging full fees to English students.
c.The justification the Scottish government gives for making
English students alone pay the full fee in Scotland (EU, NI, or
Welsh students pay roughly a third of the full charge)
d.Digital (scanned) copies of some of the most notable complaint
letters you have received regarding the above mentioned topic.”
In relation to point b. above, it would be helpful if you would describe
what parliamentary meetings you consider to be ‘notable’. For example,
this might be meetings where the Cabinet Secretary for Education and
Lifelong Learning was present, or meetings of the Education and Culture
Committee where the draft Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order
2011 was discussed.
We received your request on 9 May 2013 and will respond in accordance with
FOISA, that is within 20 days of receipt, excluding the days on which
clarification of the request was sought.
If you have any queries, please contact me quoting case number FoI
13/00716.
Kind regards
Gillian Morrison
HELS, ESLLD, Scottish Government
Tel: 44 (0) 300 244 6759 Ext: 46759
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Work Pattern: Mon/Fri am - work from home
Tues/Wed/Fri - work from office
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Dear Scottish Government,
Below refers to case 13/00716
Thank you for our clear and concise reply asking for clarification.
Apologies for the lack of clarity in my previous request.
Meetings of the Education and Culture
Committee where the draft Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order was discussed would be preferable.
Yours faithfully,
S.H Crozier
Dear Mr Crozier
To allow me to understand exactly what it is you are looking for in terms of 'registered complaint letters' it might be best if I telephone you to discuss.
I would be grateful if you could therefore forward me your telephone number and suggest a convenient time to call.
Kind regards. Gillian
Gillian Morrison
HELS, ESLLD, Scottish Government
Tel: 44 (0) 300 244 6759 Ext: 46759
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Work Pattern: Mon/Fri am - work from home
Tues/Wed/Fri - work from office
Tell us how to make Scottish education even better:
www.engageforeducation.org
Dear Mr Crozier
I refer to my recent email and would be grateful if you would either give
me a call on the telephone number below or provide me with a telephone
number to contact you.
In your FOI request you have asked for the number of ‘registered complaint
letters’ received regarding the decision to remove students from the rest
of the UK from the tuition fees set by Scottish Ministers. As yet, I have
not found any registered complaint letters on this subject. However,
Ministers do receive correspondence on various subjects, some of which
will mention fees for RUK students as part of another enquiry.
Searching through the ministerial correspondence received since 1 January
2011 for all relevant enquiries is extensive work which could push the
enquiry over the financial limit. I therefore need to speak with you to
be clear about exactly what information you are looking for.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards.
Gillian Morrison
HELS, ESLLD, Scottish Government
Tel: 44 (0) 300 244 6759 Ext: 46759
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Work Pattern: Mon/Fri am - work from home
Tues/Wed/Fri - work from office
Tell us how to make Scottish education even better:
[1]www.engageforeducation.org
Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.engageforeducation.org/
Dear Ms Morrison,
Thank you very much for your efforts to reply to my FOI request. As your current research has not found anything I feel my question has been answered and I wish to withdraw my FOI request. I don't want to waste your time or my governments time and risk pushing you over the financial limit.
Again, thank you very much for all of your help. That information is just what I needed.
Kind regards,
S.H Crozier
Dear Mr Crozier
Thank you for your email. I note your comments and that you would like to withdraw your FOI request.
For completeness, I thought you might be interested in the following links which will provide you with relevant information on higher education fees for students from other parts of the UK.
The first is to the papers published in relation to the meeting of the Education and Culture Committee at which proposals were discussed.
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parlia...
The links below are to the published original Consultation documents and to the Consultation Report which includes relevant stakeholder comments on the proposals.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/...
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/...
I hope this information is of interest and confirm that the FOI request has now been withdrawn.
Kind regards. Gillian
Gillian Morrison
HELS, ESLLD, Scottish Government
Tel: 44 (0) 300 244 6759 Ext: 46759
[mobile number]
Email: [email address]
Work Pattern: Mon/Fri am - work from home
Tues/Wed/Fri - work from office
Tell us how to make Scottish education even better:
www.engageforeducation.org
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