* To conduct a comprehensive review of tuition fees and financial support for students normally resident in Scotland participating, part-time or full-time, in further and higher education courses anywhere in the UK
* To have regard to the desirability of promoting access to further and higher education, particularly for those groups currently under-represented, while taking account of the need to maintain and to develop quality and standards, and the position of Scottish further and higher education in the wider UK system
* To make recommendations for any changes to the current system, and provide costed options where these may require additional resources
* To present a report of its findings to the Executive by the end of 1999.