Scotland's university fees 'discriminatory', says lawyer
English, Welsh and Northern Irish students could pay up to
£36,000 more than Scottish and EU students next year University
Scotland fees St Andrews Freshers Freshers' initiations at St
Andrews University. English, Welsh and Northern Irish students
face more expensive fees than Scottish and EU students.
Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian  Scotland is breaking
the law by charging students from elsewhere in the UK for
university degrees while undergraduates from Scotland and the EU
get their education free, according to a leading human rights
lawyer.  Students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland are
currently charged between £1,820 and £2,895 per year to study
for a Scottish university degree – a sum that could increase to
up to £9,000 from next year.  But under EU rules, students
coming to Scotland from other European countries cannot be
charged tuition fees because they have to be treated in the same
way as Scottish students.  If fees go up