Higher Education (HE)Data on student support in higher education is collected by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS). The following table shows the number of HE students who received financial support (either tuition fee, loan or grant support) from public funds for the period 1999-2000 to 2003-04: Academic Year Students Receiving Support 1999-2000 105,529 2000-01 115,878 2001-02 119,866 2002-03 121,081 2003-04 121,855 Further Education (FE)Data on students in Further Education is collected and held by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC).