The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is holding a two day conference on the funding of tertiary education in Scotland. The event will be held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 May 2025.
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Broadcaster Sally Magnusson will host the conference. STF Chief Executive, Stuart McKenna, will join the first panel session on day one of the event. Other speakers include:
- The Rt Hon Lord David Willetts, former UK Minister for Universities and Science
- Sally Magnusson, Scottish broadcaster and journalist
- Dame Frances Cairncross, economist, journalist and academic
- Professor Graeme Roy, Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission
- Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan, President of NUS Scotland
- Magnus Linklater, Scottish journalist, writer and former editor
- Lucy Hunter-Blackburn, Researcher specialising on Student Funding and HE Policy
- Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute
- Professor Lily Kong, President, Singapore Management University
- Dr Huw Morris at UCL’s Institute of Education and formerly Director of Skills, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning in the Welsh Government
- Kate Ogden, Senior Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Graeme Jackson, Interim Director at Colleges Scotland
- Professor Sandra McNally, Director, Education and Skills Programme at the London School of Economics
- Professor Colm Harmon, VP Students and Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh
- Claire McPherson, Director of Universities Scotland.
