内容摘要：Alan Riach, professor of Scottish literature at the University of Glasgow, told the BBC he was "appalled" at news of the imminent closure of Arbuthnott Church.

Alan Riach, professor of Scottish literature at the University of Glasgow, told the BBC he was "appalled" at news of the imminent closure of Arbuthnott Church.

"I feel like I am just a grain of sand under the wheel of time. There is nothing I can do."For those who did graduate from US colleges, returning home to China has not been easy either.

They used to be lauded as a bridge to the rest of the world. Now, they find that their once-coveted degrees don't draw the same reaction.Chen Jian, who did not want to use his real name, said he quickly realised that his undergraduate degree from a US college had become an obstacle.When he first came back in 2020, he interned at a state-owned bank and asked a supervisor if there was a chance to stay on.

The supervisor didn't say it outright, but Chen got the message: "Employees should have local degrees. People like me (with overseas degrees) won't even get a response."He later realised that "there really weren't any colleagues with overseas undergraduate background in the department".

He went back to the US and did his master's at Johns Hopkins University, and now works at Chinese tech giant Baidu.

But despite the degree from a prestigious American university, Mr Chen does not feel he has an edge because of the stiff competition from graduates in China.He was the only person in the vehicle and was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries on Thursday, his family said in a recent statement.

The landscape gardener appeared with his mother Jo as they travelled across South America in the second series of the BBC show, which aired in 2020.They were unable to compete in the final leg after running out of money, but Sam described it as a "

While filming for the BBC series, Sam said: "Mum and I are very close - we often think or say the same things."She has travelled a lot in her life, so I think it would be fun to do it with her."