Scottish? Don’t bother applying for law at Edinburgh unless you live in a deprived area!

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The funding of Scottish students tuition fees in Scotland is restricted and has remained the same since 2010 so that limits the number of university places available to Scottish students in Scotland. There are also systems of priority applicants with those living in the 20% most deprived areas (which only counts for about 20% of most deprived families - others live in more mixed areas) or care experienced, refugees etc The highest group get guaranteed entry to courses. This means that on certain courses (eg law at Edinburgh) no one outside a priority group stood a chance of getting a place regardless of how good a candidate they were.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-64247475

We are looking at applying to university soon and I am seriously considering following this mother in this article doing FOI requests to see if there is any point in my son applying for certain courses. No point wasting options on Scottish universities if he was never going to get in.

Good news might be that Law at Edinburgh university is a possibility for Dc?! You never know what that postcode will influence!

@TizerorFizz I fully understand the use of postal codes as data inputs into actuarial algorithms.

My comment purported to the intimation that the presence of council estate, in said postal code, increased insurance premiums.

@bguthb90 I looked at all the local crime stats and it was clear that that area pushed the price up. I want making my own assumption.

It’s just a more built up area

Soooo... I guess this policy is going to push up demand for temporary rentals in certain postcodes. That and a redirection service for a year would be a lot cheaper than fees to an English university...

@Shelefttheweb I think so! However your car insurance will go up if a car is registered there! Makes you think!!!

I've heard lots about this. The gist appears to be no matter how good you are (unless what is counted as a very deprived area or in care) do not apply for lots of courses at University of Edinburgh . It's not worth using a place on a UCAS form . The money from English students or foreign students brings in far more money to the University (which is run as a business).

They are all run as businesses. They also run within the policies set by the Scottish Government. They need to pay their way! International students bring in around 3 times that of English ones. The numbers simply don’t add up to be fair to all. There should be clarity.

And English students bring in five times more than Scottish ones. The Scottish Government pay just £1820 per Scottish student.

Per year

@Shelefttheweb Per year for 4 years!

Yes so £7,280 per degree for Scottish students paid by the government, as oppose to £27,750 or £37,000 for English students and well above £100,000 for overseas students. You can see why Scottish students are unattractive even if the Scottish Government did pay for more students.