'I don't want degree after Trump offer'
The former principal of a Scottish university has branded the institution's decision to award an honorary degree to the US tycoon Donald Trump as "quite preposterous".
The American billionaire, who is building a 750 million luxury golf resort in the North- east of Scotland, is to be presented with an honorary degree from Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University next week.
But Dr David Kennedy, a former principal of Robert Gordon University, yesterday handed back his own honorary degree in protest. He claimed there were many entrepreneurs in the Aberdeen area who were "far more worthy than Donald Trump" of such an honour.
He said : "I don't wish to have an honorary degree from a university which admires a person such as Donald Trump."
A university spokesman said: "We're disappointed that Dr Kennedy feels compelled to return his degree, particularly given his past connections and major contribution to the development of the university."
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