Balance Quote by Johann Lamont

One of the attractive things about being in Scotland is that we have a very good pipeline of new people coming into the company…

— David Milne

One could argue that our national university system has become a de facto talent drain for much of the country. Many states and communities…

— Andrew Yang

I've never thought that being Scottish should mean there was any kind of barrier to me getting where I wanted to go, and I…

— Andrew Robertson

A perennial problem that has faced the Scottish Highlands is that, time and again, too many of the more talented young people have had…

— Charles Kennedy

It is of course true that many of our universities are large and complex organisations, requiring highly skilled individuals to run them effectively.

— Jo Johnson

Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education.

— Prince Philip

The English, in their ignorance, still have the romantic notion that Scottish schools are superior to English ones; they are at least a generation…

— Andrew Neil

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant…

— Nigel Short

Universities are not like supermarkets: their job is to serve the country, not just the customers who happen to walk through their doors.

— David Lammy

All over the world, as governments retreat from their traditional duty to foster the common good and reconceive of themselves as mere managers of…

— J. M. Coetzee

Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.

— A. N. Wilson

Free movement of people makes it easier for our universities to attract the best talent.

— Jo Johnson