MUHAMMAD YUNUS CHANCELLOR OF GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY

That this House welcomes the news that Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunas is to be appointed Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University; congratulates the university on the appointment of the world thought leader in social business and international anti-poverty campaigner to the role; recognises that he already has a well-established working partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University through the Grameen Scotland Foundation and Yunas Centre; notes that Professor Yunus succeeds Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, who has completed a distinguished five-year term of office; and further recognises the world class strengths of the higher education sector in both Scotland and the UK.