Call for Aberdeen universities to merge
5 Feb 10
Rector says "not sense" for each to have own law school
Aberdeen and Robert Gordon Uiversities should merge to create a stronger institution, Aberdeen's rector claimed yesterday.
Giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's universities group, comic actor Steven Robertson, Aberdeen's current rector, predicted that the two would eventually merge and said the process "just needs accelerated".
Mr Robertson said it "did not make sense" for each university to have its own law school, adding that if Aberdeen had ambitions to be one of the world's top 100 universities, it needed to offer all subjects, including architecture which is one of Robert Gordon's top courses.
Talks on merger have failed in the past and it is understood that there are no current plans to revive them.