Need for change

I read with interest Dr Douglas H Lester’s rather poignant letter about universities (27 September). The world is changing and Scottish universities have to change to meet the new challenges.

For example, the College of Liberal Arts is one of 16 colleges and schools that make up the University of Texas in Austin. It has about 14,000 students. It is another world and one in which the Scottish universities have to and can compete.

Staff, students and taxpayers are entitled to a modern, up-to-date, cost-effective Scottish university system with an international outlook. Parochialism is out of date.

Thomas L Inglis

Menzies Avenue

Fintry