Scottish History And Scottish Universities

EDM number 589 in 1991-92, proposed by Margaret Ewing on 30/01/1992.

That this House deplores the decision of Edinburgh University not to appoint a Professor to the Sir William Fraser Chair of Scottish History and Paleography for up to two years following upon the retirement of Professor Geoffrey Barrow; believes that all Scottish Universities should recognise the distinctive traditions of our nation's history, culture and languages as an inalienable right of students attending universities in Scotland; states that the reduction of chairs of Scottish history to only two is a threat to Scotland's identity as a nation; and calls on Edinburgh University to reverse this decision immediately.

This motion has been signed by a total of 2 MPs.