Scottish universities offer cash incentives to lure other UK students

Aberdeen University is offering £3,000-£5,000 ‘merit scholarships’ to students from the rest of the UK based on A-level grades. Photograph: Kay Roxby/Alamy

Universities in Scotland are racing to attract students from the rest of the UK in what promises to be “a clearing campaign like no other”, offering a range of financial incentives to lure them to study over the border.

Tens of thousands of pounds in bursaries and scholarships are being offered to students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to entice them to take up places to study in Scotland this September.