The trend is being linked to the strong international reputation of Scottish higher education and absence of fees.
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The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) provides financial support for teaching, research and associated activities in Scottish higher education institutions.
It thanked the actions of the previous and current administrations in Scotland in for ensuring full-time Scottish higher education students studying in Scotland did not pay tuition fees or top-up fees.
On the same day I and the SQA representatives met the Secretary of the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals to discuss how best to protect the interests of young people applying to University.
Scottish ministers told the higher court that a declaration that the men's human rights had been breached was enough to settle the case and no cash should change hands.
Scottish recruitment firms reported slightly higher average permanent salaries in August, in contrast with falls reported in June and July.
Among some Parisian chefs, Scottish beef is now held in higher esteem than France's own beef - a huge turnaround from the jokes about the UK's mad cows.
Green MSP Patrick Harvie said any additional aviation demand would lead to higher emissions on the Scottish Emissions Inventory and asked the minister whether the government had even begun to calculate effect of these emissions.
Then it argues that long-term UK economic policies have been directed at boosting the City of London in particular while, by contrast, it is claimed that policies tailored to Scottish circumstances could have generated a higher level of growth.
The comments came in a leaked response to the Scottish government's green paper on higher education.
Calls for an independent review of institutional funding and student support came repeatedly from the Scottish Labour benches, particularly from its higher education spokesperson Claire Baker.
Earlier this year, a Scottish study concluded that when women earn higher salaries, instinctive preferences for security become less significant while physical attractiveness becomes more important.
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The total Scottish population was just over half a million higher in 2011 than it was 100 years earlier.
MPs from poorer English regions are enviously eyeing Scottish public spending, which is about 25% higher per Scot than per Englishman.
It is not, after all, particularly cutting edge to say that the Scottish government is in favour of more jobs, higher productivity and higher level skills.
There's no sign of the OBR rethinking its reckoning in light of the Scottish government's substantially more optimistic assumptions leading to higher revenue forecasts.
Scottish primary school teachers should have the equivalent of a science Higher before they enter the profession, according to a group of experts.
Unable to reach many rural areas, the local stations were largely replaced in 1929 with a more efficient Scottish 'regional' service, which would be broadcast from higher-powered transmitters.
The best performing daily paper in the Scottish market was the Daily Mail, with its December 2011 sales higher than the year before, at 107, 400.
David McLetchie (Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Lothian) asked about why the business rate in Scotland higher than in England and Wales.
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And if the Scottish government has to spend more to service debts, that's a higher share of government expenditure.
But as one north-west economic development official is quick to point out, that it is only half of what Scottish Enterprise spends on finding jobs for 1.5m fewer people, with higher average incomes.
Conservative peer Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, who had responsibility for Scottish affairs under John Major, said he feared the bill would result in much higher taxes for those north of the border.
The Scottish government said the statistics showed that the Scottish labour market continued to outperform the UK as a whole, with lower unemployment, higher employment and lower economic inactivity rates.
The Scottish Executive said the fire service was concentrating prevention work on areas at the greatest risk, with "higher-risk premises" such as hotels and pubs receiving more in-depth and rigorous inspections than ever before.
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Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie asked if the first minister accepted the principle of a graduate contribution to help fund higher education.
Alastair Sim, director at Universities Scotland, said having four Scottish universities in the world's top 200 was a "recognition of the strength of Scotland's higher education sector".
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