Access

I spoke at the opening of the European Access Network for Higher Education Conference being held at Edinburgh University this week.

After my speech Tracey Lyons from the University of Alabama who studies access to Education wanted a selfie with me . The message of free access to education strikes a particular chord in the United States , as it now also does in England - two countries where the barrier of cost and debt increasingly skew educational and research outcomes in HE

The message that there is another way is a powerful one in education across Scotland as the referendum debate moves towards its last hundred days.