WEEK IN NUMBERS 80 1,400

The percentage of those asked in a survey who prefer to receive a Christmas card than an e-card. Even the younger generation prefer a card, with only 1.7% saying that a message over WhatsApp would be more meaningful.

£25,000

The sum offered by Dundee University to local entrepreneurs. The money is to be used to help them set up new businesses. There are seven categories in the university’s venture competition including a business student award.

700

The number who took part in the Dundee’s first Santa Dash.

The event, round the city centre streets, was hugely successful and helped raise funds for the ARCHIE Foundation. The number of photographs taken by the public, dubbed the “puffarazzi”, to help research into the puffin.

Numbers are declining and scientists hope that the pictures will help them understand which fish are being fed to the young birds.

250

The number of jobs soon to be lost at Rosyth dockyard. Blue-collar posts and support and office staff are affected. Workers say that morale is low, although a spokesman for Babcock said that prospects for Rosyth remain good.

36,500

The number of Scots accepted to a UK university in 2017. This is an increase of 2.4% and all other UK countries saw a fall in the number accepted.