GLASGOW University has reinstated its debt policy, leaving nearly 2000 students at risk of not graduating.

Due to administration issues, last year saw measures to allow students with outstanding debts of £250 or less to the university, for instance in library fines, to register and graduate. But now a previous rule that bans any student in debt from graduating is back in place.

President of the Students' Representative Council (SRC), Jess McGrellis, said: "It is almost inconceivable that a charitable organisation with a turnover of hundreds of millions every year wants to make student life a misery for sums less than £250."

A spokesman for Glasgow University said this has always been the policy but added: "Last year, because of the backlog of administrative work associated with introducing the new student system, the University did allow students with debts of £250 or less to register and graduate. This was a short-term measure, for one year only."