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Daily Record
an hour ago
- General
- Daily Record
Scotland's 14 best and worst universities for graduate success
All 14 of Scotland's universities have been ranked in terms of entry standards, student satisfaction and graduate prospects. Students finishing school in upcoming months or years will eventually approach a vital crossroads - choosing which universities to apply for. The decision on where to go to uni can change a young person's life, whether they value the student life, graduate prospects, or academic achievement associated with their chosen university. While this can be an extremely tough decision, The Complete University Guide has released its official 2025 rankings for all the universities in the UK, including the full list of Scottish establishments ranked from top to bottom. Each of Scotland's 14 universities has been scored on their student satisfaction levels, entry standards, student-to-staff ratio, graduate prospects and more. By gaining some insight into how well each of Scotland's universities ranks, you may find it easier to choose the best fit for your or your child's university career. And in the current job market, considering the success rate of graduates from your chosen university is more important than ever. So, here are Scotland's universities ranked from top to bottom, in terms of graduate prospects, based on scores out of 100. Scotland's 14 universities, ranked in terms of graduate prospects 1. University of St Andrews St Andrews came up first in terms of having the most successful graduates, with a strong 89.6 points out of 100. It was also ranked first place in the overall list of Scotland's top universities. This uni also has a 98 per cent continuation rate, which is the proportion of first year students who continue their studies, leave with a qualification or transfer to a different university. St Andrews was also the fourth top-ranked uni in the whole of the UK. 2. University of Strathclyde While Strathclyde is the second-top Scottish uni in terms of graduate prospects, scoring 85.7 in terms of graduate outcomes, it came third in the overall list. Strathclyde has a continuation rate of 95 per cent. 3. University of Edinburgh In third place for graduate prospects came Edinburgh University, with another high score of 83.3 out of 100. This uni scored 98 per cent in terms of student continuation, and a 73 per cent student satisfaction rate. 4. University of Glasgow With a score of 83.2, GU is fourth on the list of the Scottish universities with the most successful graduates, and has a continuation rate of 97 per cent. 5. Heriot-Watt University Only slightly lower than Glasgow University's score, Heriot-Watt comes in fifth place, with a score of 82.2 out of 100 in terms of graduate prospects. 6. University of Dundee The University of Dundee is next up on the list, with an almost-equal score to Heriot-Watt. However, scored out of 100, Heriot-Watt beats Dundee by 0.2 points, with 82.2. 7. Edinburgh Napier University Napier is close on Dundee's tail, with a score of 81.8 out of a possible 100 in terms of graduate success. 8. Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon scored 81.3 for graduate prospects, and has a respectable 91 per cent continuation rate. 9. Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian matched Robert Gordon with 81.3 points. It also scored 77 per cent in terms of student satisfaction. 10. University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen rounds out the top 10 Scottish universities in terms of graduate prospects, with a score of 80. 11. Queen Margaret University QMU is the fourth-worst university in Scotland in terms of graduate success, with a score of 76. It also scored 75 per cent in terms of student satisfaction. 12. Abertay University Graduate prospects from those who went to Abertay University are the third worst in Scotland, with a score of 75.4. 13. University of Stirling Stirling comes in second-last place in terms of graduate success, with a score of 74.2 out of 100. 14. University of the West of Scotland Unfortunately, UWS brings up the rear, scoring the worst out of all of Scotland's universities for graduate success. The University of the West of Scotland scored 71.3 out of 100 in this category, with a 77 per cent student satisfaction rate. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!
STV News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- STV News
Scots students reconstruct John Logie Baird's original television
A team of students have reconstructed a working version of famed Scots inventor John Logie Baird's original mechanical television. Born in Argyll in 1888, Baird gained worldwide fame as the first person to televise moving pictures in 1926. The centenary of his invention will be marked on October 2, when Baird first transmitted an image in his laboratory. The first public demonstration happened in 1926 when images of Stooky Bill, the head of a ventriloquist's dummy created by the inventor, were the first successfully transmitted by television. STV News Baird, born in Argyll in 1888, gained worldwide fame as the first person to televise moving pictures in 1926. Baird was a student of Strathclyde's predecessor institution, the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, and now, 100 years later, Strathclyde students have reconstructed his groundbreaking invention. Molly Barry, Guy Horne, Angus Milligan, Lewis Gibney, and Jade Graham, from the Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and Computer and Electronic Systems programmes at the University, created the replica project. Speaking on the project, Ms Graham said: 'It was important to me that the project has a use after our assignment and it's nice that it will be used for outreach work.' Guy Horn added: 'It was a great project to do, especially with the 100th anniversary coming up, and it was one we were able to be very hands on with.' The team of final-year students recreated the televisor system over nine months using the same principles underpinning the historic invention, but with a digital twist. STV News The team of final-year students recreated the televisor system with a digital twist. In addition to reconstructing the TV, the team produced an interactive demonstration that allowed users to send images from their mobile phones, which were then converted and displayed on the television. One of the engineers explained to STV News how they managed to bring the invention back to life. The mechanical television recreation was designed to follow key characteristics of Baird's prototypes, including the utilisation of spinning nipkow disks for image encoding and decoding. It was found that many historic components, like fluorescent bulbs, used by Baird, weren't available, and modern counterparts, like LEDs, were instead used. Molly Barry explained that the device comprises a recorder and a television or display that synchronises a signal sent from the recorder to the display. 'It's centred around a disk with a spiral pattern, which, when a light shines through and rotates very quickly, can reform and recreate an image in real time,' she said. 'We also added a digital aspect to allow a user to send an image directly from a phone or any other device to be displayed on the TV.' Molly Barry said: 'The further into the work we got, the more we noticed the plaques and posters on John Logie Baird across the campus and the sense of the history of it sank in.' Professor Graeme West, from the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering who oversees the Mechanical Engineering group projects, said: 'It is fantastic to see how John Logie Baird's original innovation is being brought to the new generation of engineers and scientists through this interactive recreation of the mechanical televisor. 'Outreach demonstrators such as this are a great way of explaining the fundamental principles that underpin the technology we use on a daily basis, inspiring school pupils to take up careers in STEM-related fields.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Labour's plan for hereditary peers is more constitutional vandalism
The Labour Party has presided over many acts of constitutional vandalism down the years and the removal of the remaining 92 hereditary peers from the House of Lords represents another ill-judged measure motivated by political advantage and class envy. The Lords today begins four days of detailed scrutiny of the Government's abolition Bill in a rearguard action by the hereditaries that they know is doomed to fail. The legislation was promised by Labour in its manifesto and passed the Commons by 435 to 73. Even if the Lords manage to drag out proceedings they will be ground down in the end by the Government's massive majority among MPs, who will have the final say. But that is no reason not to fight to the bitter end against a so-called reform that will make the governance of the nation worse, not better. Many of the hereditaries bring expertise and specialist knowledge unavailable to other peers, not least in land management and countryside matters. Just as they are about to be shown the exit, dozens of placemen and women are coming through the entrance, many of them former Labour MPs or party aides. Sir Keir Starmer has created 37 life peers since he took office in July. The hereditary peers set to leave comprise 45 Tories and 33 crossbenchers and just four Labour peers. This is being sold to the country as the completion of unfinished business and a necessary break with an outdated hereditary principle, though that argument is not applied to the head of state because Labour knows that would be deeply unpopular. As Lord Strathclyde, former Tory leader in the Lords and one of those facing the axe, observed: 'It is a partisan act to remove (Sir Keir's) opponents while stuffing the place with his friends.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
03-03-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Labour's plan for hereditary peers is more constitutional vandalism
The Labour Party has presided over many acts of constitutional vandalism down the years and the removal of the remaining 92 hereditary peers from the House of Lords represents another ill-judged measure motivated by political advantage and class envy. The Lords today begins four days of detailed scrutiny of the Government's abolition Bill in a rearguard action by the hereditaries that they know is doomed to fail. The legislation was promised by Labour in its manifesto and passed the Commons by 435 to 73. Even if the Lords manage to drag out proceedings they will be ground down in the end by the Government's massive majority among MPs, who will have the final say. But that is no reason not to fight to the bitter end against a so-called reform that will make the governance of the nation worse, not better. Many of the hereditaries bring expertise and specialist knowledge unavailable to other peers, not least in land management and countryside matters. Just as they are about to be shown the exit, dozens of placemen and women are coming through the entrance, many of them former Labour MPs or party aides. Sir Keir Starmer has created 37 life peers since he took office in July. The hereditary peers set to leave comprise 45 Tories and 33 crossbenchers and just four Labour peers. This is being sold to the country as the completion of unfinished business and a necessary break with an outdated hereditary principle, though that argument is not applied to the head of state because Labour knows that would be deeply unpopular. As Lord Strathclyde, former Tory leader in the Lords and one of those facing the axe, observed: 'It is a partisan act to remove (Sir Keir's) opponents while stuffing the place with his friends.'
Telegraph
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Inside the war over hereditary peers about to tear apart the House of Lords
Sir Tony Blair's message to the hereditary peers in the House of Lords was meant to be 'thank you and goodbye'. But it didn't quite go to plan. His Labour government was forced into a compromise after months of backroom plotting, and 92 peers, around 10 per cent of their number, were allowed to keep their seats. Fast forward 25 years and Sir Keir Starmer is hoping to succeed where his predecessor failed, by ejecting all those remaining from the upper chamber with a new Lords reform Bill. But he faces a guerrilla war from the remaining hereditary peers and their allies who have claimed the legislation is tantamount to a 'purge' that would give the Prime Minister unprecedented powers. Lord Strathclyde, one of the remaining hereditary peers and a key player in the talks between the Tories and Labour in the late 1990s, will not go down without a fight. 'There's no need to go to war on it, but I think we will,' the former minister under Margaret Thatcher declared in the House of Lords tearoom. Lord Strathclyde and his band of brothers have pointed out that Labour, and Angela Rayner in particular, has been keen to champion its workers' rights bill. But as Lord Mancroft, a fellow Conservative hereditary peer, says: 'Under her Bill nobody in any workplace in Britain would be allowed to be treated the way that Labour is treating us.' And so the fightback has begun. Series of amendments A total of 91 amendments and counting have been tabled to the Hereditary Peers Bill that will be debated by the Lords next month, despite the text being just five pages long. The amendments cover everything from introducing participation requirements for peers to an enforced retirement age. One amendment, laid by the Earl of Devon, a hereditary crossbencher, demands a consultation on whether the name 'House of Lords' will be appropriate after reform. Hereditary peers claim that they know their time is up, and they simply argue against their instant removal, with a lack of clarity about broader reform of the House. Critics say the flood of amendments is simply an attempt to delay the legislation and force the Government to give ground, a British equivalent to filibustering. Many amendments are unlikely to get through, but some about wider reform do have broad support. It was an amendment to the 1999 bill, by crossbench peer Lord Weatherill, that led to the remaining 92 hereditary peers keeping their seats. If any amendment were to pass, the Bill would return to the Commons only for MPs to likely overturn any changes and send it back to the Lords once more, triggering parliamentary 'ping pong'. It has also been suggested that a series of recent 'unnecessarily' long interventions on other Government bills has come about as an attempt to delay the Lords reform legislation, further frustrating Sir Keir's efforts. Last week peers sat until one o'clock in the morning debating amendments to the GB Energy Bill. The hereditary peers are, however, not without worthy opponents. Lady Hayter, a Labour life peer and former shadow deputy leader of the Lords, accused opponents of 'playing silly games' with the legislation. In her view, they are 'obviously going to try and spin out the committee and the report stage' to play for time. 'They are trying to make us feel, 'Oh, God, this isn't worth the candle'. Well, that's not going to happen. There is no reason, no legitimate reason, for these people to be there.' She believes that Tory peers are 'really messing up the way the House of Lords works' with their various interventions and cited an instance when the Opposition voted to adjourn House of Lords proceedings, breaking a long-held protocol that she said she had not seen in 15 years. It is normally the government whip who moves the adjournment, in prior agreement with the other whips. An unexpected adjournment disrupts the timetable for business in the House and throws plans to get through other key legislation out of kilter. The number of hereditary peers who sided with the Opposition 'far outnumbered' those who backed the Government, meaning that, according to Lady Hayter, their might was used to defeat the Government. Tory sources in the Lords described the claims of filibustering as 'nonsense', insisting that peers had merely been fulfilling their roles as scrutineers. Hereditary peers, of which 45 are Tories compared with just four on the Labour benches and four Liberal Democrats, feel aggrieved that even those who regularly participate in the legislature will be ejected because they are there as a result of heredity. Among peers facing the axe are those who have helped to secure changes to legislation to crack down on water companies, such as Lord Cromwell and Lord Roborough, and Viscount Camrose, who worked on outlawing deepfake pornography. Meanwhile, life peers who do not contribute will be used to force their hereditary colleagues out. Lord Mancroft said: 'There are about 120 peers who don't turn up at all, really. So what they're going to do is they're going to use the votes of the 120 who don't turn up to boot out the 80-odd who do turn up.' 'Classroom rivalry between two eternal children' There is some unease too among crossbenchers, over 30 of whom face the axe, including Lord Kinnoull, their most senior member. A crossbench source said: 'There's always a classroom rivalry between those two eternal children, the Labour Party, with the Conservative Party. 'But there are other hereditaries who are not part of that, who are blowback injured by all of this.' They added: 'I don't think there's anyone who feels that absolutely every hereditary should be just booted out.' To many, it feels personal. Lord Strathclyde spoke of how they would see colleagues passing through the voting lobbies to get rid of them. 'I've lost count of the number of Labour backbenchers who have whispered to me that they don't support this either,' he claimed. Lord Mancroft added: 'We all know each other very well. We sit in the bar together. We discuss our private lives together. We talk about the weather, whatever else. 'They're our colleagues, they're people we share offices with, and suddenly they're going to be asked to turn on us and boot us out.' Constitutional concerns Beyond the personal, there are constitutional concerns about Sir Keir's reforms. If the hereditary seats – which under the 1999 law are put to a by-election among those eligible should a seat holder retire or die – are scrapped, that cuts down the routes by which people can reach the House of Lords. Other than the bishops and crossbench appointments made twice a year, the prime minister would be the only person able to regularly choose whom to appoint to the Lords. Lord Mancroft said: 'We'll have a second chamber which will be wholly appointed by the prime minister, who already has a majority in the first chamber. And that makes for a completely unbalanced constitution. 'The two most powerful chief executives in the world, the American president and the French president, don't have those powers, but we're giving it to Keir Starmer.' Lord Strathclyde accepts it is time for the system of hereditary peerages to come to an end, but is hoping to reach a compromise where the current Lords can be made life peers and stay until they retire. But he said he felt Baroness Smith of Basildon, the Labour Lords leader, was 'a brick wall' when it came to cross-party discussions. The simmering discontent from all sides of the House of Lords will likely erupt in just a few weeks when the legislation is finally discussed. But the hereditary peers are refusing to become turkeys who vote for Christmas without a fight.
