Fur coat, nae knickers

HOW shameful that one of Scotland’s leading universities is discriminating against applicants who happen to live outside Scotland and the north of England. In the UK we fret about educational standards, and then sit back as just about everything other than academic qualifications are used to determine whether or not students will be accepted at the university of their choice. First it was class, of all things. And now it’s geography?! Given that students from England are already discriminated against when they choose to study in Scotland (it’s significantly more expensive for them than for native Scots), shouldn’t we be doing our best to attract students from elsewhere in the country rather than analysing their home post codes? Edinburgh University is an embarrassment to Scotland. ...