Completed my first degree in my teens to early twenties. Got it completely free thanks to SAAS.
I'm starting a second unrelated undergraduate degree in September for which i will have to fund the last two years myself (it's an allied health professional course, so SAAS will still pay the first two years). Each year costs approx £1,850, so I hope to save £4,000 by the time i'm due to start my third year.
However, for the rest of the UK, it's £9,000 a year! For foreign students coming here to study, it's £13,500 a year
Why on earth does it vary so greatly? It's completely unfair.
Makes me realise just how lucky i am to be in Scotland. And i hope SAAS is still around in twelve years' time when my dd will (hopefully) be starting to think about uni.
Not meaning to sound patronising, but hats off to all you non-Scottish students. How on earth can anyone afford to study elsewhere? Do you get loans?
I took out a loan for living expenses during my first degree. Think it totalled to under £3000 for the whole course.
Safe to say, if i wasn't living in Scotland, i'd have moved here in a jiffy if it meant no tuition fees.