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problems when young people have
Potential university
NEWS IN BRIEF
TVs in their bedrooms and pro-
During a Commons debate on
grammes are watched after being
the issue, he said the airport was at
time shifted.”
full capacity and would fall behind
Rather than simply banning all
federation outlined
European rivals if a third runway were
advertising before a certain time, not allowed.
Graham says the ASA’s approach Exclusive very best… Now you don’t do that
“We remain confident about the
of identifying programmes that By Cera Murtagh in the absence of research funding
robustness of our forecasts,” he said.
are popular with young people and Scotland’s new universities are in and my passion has been to get that
The Conservatives said the new
runway would make a “mockery” of
then forbidding alcohol producers talks that could lead to a federation, funding for the post-92s.
the Government’s new target to cut
to advertise their products around Holyrood magazine has learned “So actually, if we thought
carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per
those programmes is more effec- Scotland’s six post-92 uni- about it, we could deliver the best
cent by 2050.
tive. versities – University of Abertay of our products to each other on a
“The rules that we enforce in Dundee, Robert Gordon Univer- collaborative basis; we could share
BRItISh oBaMa “dIFFICuLt”
so far as television that appeals to sity, Queen Margaret University, technology and of course, all the
A British equivalent of Barack Obama
under-age drinkers goes, identifies Napier, Glasgow Caledonian and money for research,” King argues.
would find it extremely difficult to
become prime minister, according to
programmes disproportionately the University of the West of Scot- “So I’ve proposed to my col-
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equal-
popular with under-18s. A good land - are currently in discussions leagues that we work more collab-
ity and Human Rights Commission.
example would be Ugly Betty or about closer collaboration, with oratively together, that we share
Phillips told The Times the
some of The Simpsons’ reruns and some considering the possibility of more, maybe we share back of problem would not be voters but the
of course, they’re well after the a single federal university. house, we share delivery.”
political “machine”.
watershed but they’re of dispro- Professor Bernard King, princi- Discussions have been con-
He said:
portionate appeal to youngsters. pal of Abertay Dundee and a vocal structive so far, King says. Some
“If Barack Obama had lived here
I would be very surprised if even
“Now under our rules, you advocate for the ‘post-92s’, has of his colleagues have been more
somebody as brilliant as him would
can’t advertise any alcohol products a lead role in the discussions. He enthusiastic about the collabora-
have been able to break through the
around [those programmes]. But if argues that though Scotland’s new tion than others, he reveals but cer-
institutional stranglehold that there is
you said we are not going to have universities contribute directly to the tain universities are keen to make on power within the Labour Party.”
any ads before 9pm but after that economy, their value is not properly progress: “Some of my colleagues
it’s fine, you would get alcohol ads recognised or funded in the Scot- [amongst the post 92s] disagree.
WaLES
around those programmes where tish higher education system. Col- They are prepared to collaborate
presently, they don’t exist.” laboration would be a way for the and would want to collaborate “ICoNIC” SENEdd juStIFIES PRICE
Graham has also questioned institutions to pool resources and but not in the context of a federal
tag
whether the Scottish Government’s maximise their impact, he believes. structure or a federation.”
The Welsh Assembly Government
plans are largely politically moti- “My passion is to ensure that But other universities, “would
“did all it reasonably could” to rein in
the spiralling cost of the Assembly
vated, especially given that broad- Abertay is a university which I am be prepared to establish a federal
building, a committee of Assembly
casting remains a reserved issue. HM proud to lead, employing really university between us, which would
members has found.
bright people who enthuse and allow us to maximise purchasing,
The final cost of the Senedd was
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