By Shane de Barra At the end of his first game as head coach, Andy Robinson’s head must have been filled with mixed emotions. His primary aim of acheiving victory had been accompolished; victory over a team that was until last weekend, ranked above Scotland in IRB rankings, is on paper a day well spent at the office. But if he [...]
New light shed on ‘Empire of the Son’
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
By Al Innes Gordon Brown looks set to issue a formal apology to the child victims of a forced migration policy. Brown is believed to have commented that in the new year he feels the “time is right” to say sorry for a scheme that sent 150,000 children, some as young as three years old, [...]
Science Policy Row Follows Nutt Sacking
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
By Elliot Adams The government must base it’s drugs policy on scientific evidence not on tabloid opinion, this surprisingly controversial idea is what was demanded by a cross-party group on Drugs Alcohol and Harm Reduction (DATHR) in an Early Day Motion parliament on the 5th of November. The suitably explosive Motion was tabled by Labour [...]
Tuition fees for Scotland?
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
By Alex Haylock Statements made by two senior academics in recent months have prompted a wave of speculation over the possible re-introduction of tuition fees in Scotland. The comments, made by Lord Sutherland, former principal of Edinburgh University and former head of Universities Scotland (An advisory body to the senior management teams of Scotland’s top [...]
