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September 10, 2004
Why another university campus for Edinburgh?
Today I read that Scotland’s first new university campus of the 21st century (for Queen Margaret University College) will be built at Craighall, by Musselburgh, on the edge of Edinburgh.
I don’t understand this. Why does Edinburgh need a new university campus? Why not put it in Perth or Inverness where a university could contribute something new to local life and the local economy?
After the controversy about relocating an unwilling Scottish Natural Heritage to inverness, I can’t see the logic of creating a new, much larger institution in Edinburgh. Can anyone explain this to me?
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3644494.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at September 10, 2004 11:45 PM
Comments
We'd be better off spending the money improving the universities Edinburgh already has. Edinburgh University is a shadow of its former greatness, in millions of pounds of debt, and taking students that should never be there, just to get bums on seats and the associated money.
Posted by: Amy - not a Tory, but a site I help moderate at October 25, 2004 01:49 AM