Scotland's future: Higher Education Research in iScotland

Following the publication of the Scottish Government's proposals on Higher Education Research after a Yes vote, Professors Murray Pittock, Bryan MacGregor and Joe Goldblatt give their opinions on the plans.
In the past few months of the Referendum campaign, the status of Scotland's universities has been one of the more debated subjects. It is therefore with great interest that we have been reading the Scottish Government's new paper on 'Scotland's Future: Higher Education Research in an Independent Scotland'.
One of the things we have been putting across to commentators in the UK media in the last few months is the very positive attitude the Scottish Government has to our universities. The leading role of Scotland's universities internationally (five in the top 200 in the world, and the third highest citations per capita), and their role as engines of prosperity, fairness and social cohesion are stressed by this paper. More...