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THE University of Glasgow, I feel, risks being seen as mean-spirited in cancelling graduation ceremonies this year for students (as it announced on March 2) and, even now, claiming the pandemic as an excuse for continuing to let the cancellation extend throughout the summer. Rules surrounding restricted activities have been changing month by month and it should not be beyond the wit of experienced academics to restructure graduations to fit. Scotland will be out of lockdown by the summer months and the university has oven-ready annual graduation plans that could easily adapt. Students and their families would certainly race to modify plans to attend.
I READ the article by London-dwelling George Foulkes ( Devolution should change to work for whole of UK , The Herald, March 5) with some interest. I wonder if he did the same before submitting it. Devolution in Scotland and Wales is working reasonably well, but is still not satisfying for most people. Northern Ireland has to contend with the consequences of a UK Government which put Brexit ahead of its constitutional duties. In Scotland our public services tend to be better staffed and remunerated than in England: our waiting times statistics much better: private provision (started in England by Labour’s Market Testing) largely squeezed out. There is little demand to return police and fire services to a regional level: would Lord Foulkes dismantle the Met for borough control?