[johneth]

> one of the major University cities. So they would be Bath, Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge and perhaps Birmingham / Warwick.

Don't discount Manchester (University of Manchester + incubators, University of Salford, Manchester Met), Leeds (University of Leeds, Leeds Met), Sheffield (University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam), and Liverpool (University of Liverpool, Liverpool Hope). Rail and road links between those cities and between those cities and London are of good quality, and should be improved in the future, not forgetting the fact that they're equidistant between London and Scottish cities!