The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland LETTER FROM SCOTLAND 5th October 2012
by John Knox Oh dear, oh dear, our universities are slipping down the international league tables, according to the Times Education Supplement which keeps track of these things. My old university, Aberdeen (and it is old, founded in 1495) has dropped 25 places to 176th in the world. Glasgow is down to 139th, St Andrews