WARNINGS have been issued over the Scottish Government's policy of concentrating research funding on traditional universities.

Lecturers and students have criticised cuts to the research budgets of newer universities, stating they could lead to a two-tier system of university education in Scotland.

The attack comes a week after Ferdinand von Prondzynski, principal of Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, said the move could undermine the Government's wider economic strategy.

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