Scotland’s university of the year is warning of the serious risk that Brexit poses to the recruitment of European students and staff.

Professor George Boyne, principal of Aberdeen University, which has been chosen as the Scottish university of the year and ranks third in the Scottish league in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 published today, says withdrawing from the EU is its biggest challenge.

The university, Scotland’s third oldest, could be hit particularly badly because a quarter of its undergraduates and academics currently come from the EU. “This is why a successful Brexit outcome is so important to us because we have established what is to all intents and purposes a European university that is located in Scotland,” said