Question reference: S5W-35540
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 26 February 2021
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Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 12 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that students can access the Higher Education (HE) Coronavirus Discretionary Fund, and whether it will continue payments after 31 March 2020.
Answer
The £22 million HE Coronavirus Discretionary Fund was issued to colleges and universities in February 2021. These funds are available to all students studying a course of Higher Education who are facing financial hardship including EU/ international students and nursing and midwifery students.
Colleges and universities can continue to use up to £5.9 million of these funds through to the end of the 2020-21 Academic Year, being 31 July 2021.