English students 'could get free tuition at Scottish universities'

By Graeme Paton. David Willetts, the Universities Minister, says some 20,000 UK students would be able to study at Scottish universities for free in the event of independence, leaving a £150m "blackhole" in the education budget north of the border.
 Thousands of English, Welsh and Northern Irish students will study at Scottish universities for free in the event of a "yes" vote in this year’s independence referendum, according to the higher education minister. 
Up to 20,000 students from outside Scotland will be eligible for free tuition because of EU rules prohibiting states from discriminating on the grounds of nationality, said David Willetts. More...