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Heriot-Watt University

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Heriot-Watt University is a public university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1]

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Academic Ranking of World Universities

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings.

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Actuarial science

Actuarial science is the discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in insurance, finance and other industries and professions.

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Adam Crozier

Adam Alexander Crozier (born 26 January 1964) is a Scottish businessman, and was former chief executive officer of media company ITV plc, operator of the ITV television network covering most of the United Kingdom.

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Alistair MacFarlane

Professor Sir Alistair George James MacFarlane (born 9 May 1931) CBE FRS FRSE is a British electrical engineer; leading academic; past Principal and Vice Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and past Rector, University of the Highlands and Islands.

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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 60 national-level liberal parties from across Europe.

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Andrew John Herbertson

Prof Andrew John Herbertson FRSE FRGS FRMS (1865-1915) was a British geographer.

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Anton Muscatelli

Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli (born 1962 in Italy) is the Principal of the University of Glasgow and one of the United Kingdom's top economists.

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Archy Kirkwood

Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, PC (born 22 April 1946) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom.

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Arthur Pillans Laurie

Prof Arthur Pillans Laurie FRSE LLD (1861 – 1949) was a Scottish chemist who pioneered the scientific analysis of paintings.

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Association of Commonwealth Universities

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) was established in 1913, and has over 500 member institutions in over 50 countries across the Commonwealth.

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Auto racing

Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.

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Beer festival

A beer festival is an event at which a variety of beers are available for purchase.

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Bernie Grant

Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant (17 February 1944 – 8 April 2000), known simply as Bernie Grant, was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Tottenham from 1987 to his death in 2000.

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Bob Keiller

Robert Keiller CBE (born 29 January 1964) is a British businessman.

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Borders College

Borders College is a further education institution in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.

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Brian Monteith

Brian Monteith (born 8 January 1958) is a Scottish public relations consultant, politician and commentator, who was a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament between 1999 and 2007.

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Central institution

A central institution (CI) was a type of higher education institute in 20th and 21st century Scotland responsible for providing degree-level education but emphasising teaching rather than research.

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Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the southern extremity of the Old Town.

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Christina Miller

Dr Christina Cruikshank Miller FRSE (29 August 1899 – 16 July 2001) was a Scottish chemist and one of the first five women (also the first female chemist) elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (7 March 1949).

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Computer science

Computer science deals with the theoretical foundations of information and computation, together with practical techniques for the implementation and application of these foundations.

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Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research

The Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research (CESAER) is a non-profit association of leading engineering universities in Europe.

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Currie

Currie (Currach) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated 7 miles south west of the city centre.

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David Baillie (comics)

David Baillie is a writer and artist best known for creating the Vertigo comic series Red Thorn, and for writing stories for 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine - for which he also once wrote a monthly column describing his life as a comics creator.

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Deepak Tripathi

Deepak Tripathi, PhD, FRHistS, FRAS (born 1951) is a British historian with particular reference to South Asia, the Middle East, the Cold War and the United States in the post-Soviet world.

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Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh Business School

Edinburgh Business School (EBS) is the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University (est. 1821), Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Eduniversal

Eduniversal is a university ranking business by the French consulting company and rating agency SMBG specialized in Higher Education.

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Equistone Partners Europe

Equistone Partners Europe Limited was established in 2011 as an independent investment firm following the buyout of Barclays Private Equity (BPE) by its staff.

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Erasmus Mundus

The European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic co-operation between the EU and the rest of the world.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Fiona Hyslop

Fiona Jane Hyslop (born 1 August 1964) is a Scottish politician who is the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs and the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Linlithgow constituency since 2011, having represented the Lothians Region 1999−2011.

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Fiona Watson

Fiona Watson (1968 – 19 August 2003) was a Scottish political affairs officer working in Sérgio Vieira de Mello's office who was killed along with other members of United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq staff in the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad, on the afternoon of 19 August 2003.

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Frances Cairncross

Dame Frances Anne Cairncross, (born 30 August 1944 in Otley, England) is a British economist, journalist and academic.

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Francis Grant Ogilvie

Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie CB FRSE (8 August 1858 – 14 December 1930) was a Scottish educator, museum director, and scientist.

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Galashiels

Galashiels (Gallae, An Geal Àth) is a town in the Scottish Borders and historic county of Selkirkshire, on the Gala Water river.

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Gary Younge

Gary Andrew Younge (born January 1969) is a British journalist, author and broadcaster.

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George Heriot

George Heriot (4 June 1563 – 12 February 1624) was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist.

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George Murray Burnett

Prof George Murray Burnett FRSE FRSA FRIC LLD (1921–1980) was a Scottish mathematician and chemist.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Gordon Shedden

Gordon Shedden (born 15 February 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish auto racing driver, who competed in the British Touring Car Championship for the Honda Yuasa Racing Team, leaving the team in January 2018 for Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team in the newly formed FIA WTCR.

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Graham Watson

Sir Graham Robert Watson (born 23 March 1956) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

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Greg Wise

Matthew Gregory Wise (born 15 May 1966) is an English actor and producer.

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Hassan Ali Khayre

Hassan Ali Khayre (Somali: Xasan Cali Khayre, Arabic: حسن علي خيري) is the current Prime Minister of Somalia.

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Henning Skumsvoll

Henning Skumsvoll (born 15 March 1947 in Farsund) is a Norwegian politician representing the Progress Party.

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Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn

Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 26 October 1779 – Bonaly, Midlothian, 26 April/18 July 1854) was a Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure.

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Heriot-Watt University F.C.

Heriot-Watt University Football Club is a football club based at Riccarton Campus, on the western fringes of Edinburgh.

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Hugh Bryan Nisbet

Prof Hugh Bryan Nisbet FRIC FRSE CBE DLit (1902-1969) was a Scottish chemist who served as the first Principal of Heriot-Watt University.

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Iain Baikie

Iain Douglas Baikie, CPhys (born 27 August 1960) is a Scottish physicist, inventor and company Director.

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Ian Ritchie (entrepreneur)

Ian Cleland Ritchie, is a Scottish businessman specialising in the Information Technology sector.

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Ingvald Godal

Ingvald Godal (born 26 October 1934) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party and later the Conservative Party.

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Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV is a British commercial TV network.

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Jack Ross (footballer, born 1976)

John James Ross (born 5 June 1976) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Sunderland.

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James Cameron Smail

Dr James Cameron Smail FRSE FRSGS PRSSA CBE LLD (1880-1970) was a Scottish university Principal.

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James Nasmyth

James Hall Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Naesmyth, Nasmith, or Nesmyth) (19 August 1808 – 7 May 1890) was a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer.

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James Watt

James Watt (30 January 1736 (19 January 1736 OS) – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1781, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.

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Joanne Yeoh

Joanne Yeoh Pei Sze (is a Malaysian violinist and currently a lecturer in music at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Yeoh began playing piano at the age of four and violin at eight. Although classically trained, she also plays in contemporary settings including pop, dance and rap. She released her solo instrumental debut album Pulse of the Metropolisin August 2005 and her second album After A Dream in 2013.

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Jock Clear

Jock Clear (born 12 September 1963).

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John Stuart Archer

John Stuart Archer, CBE, FRSE, FREng (15 June 1943 – 9 December 2007) was Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Heriot-Watt University from 1997 to 2006.

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John Thomson (photographer)

John Thomson (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller.

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Keith Fraser (skier)

Keith Fraser (born 4 February 1968) is a Scottish-born skier who represented Swaziland (as a bona fide naturalised citizen of that country) at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

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Kinross Gold

Kinross Gold Corporation is a Canadian-based gold and silver mining company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Kourosh Khani

Kourosh Khani (born 3 July 1989) is an Iranian racing driver.

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Kygo

Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (born 11 September 1991), better known by his stage name Kygo, is a Singaporean-born Norwegian DJ, record producer, musician, and songwriter.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Lee Jones (rugby union)

Lee Jones (born 28 June 1988) is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14.

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Leonard Horner

Leonard Horner FRSE FRS FGS (17 January 1785 – 5 March 1864) was a Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer.

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Liam Burns (NUS president)

Liam Burns was President of the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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List of Prime Ministers of Somalia

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Somalia.

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Lombardi Media Corporation

Lombardi Media Corporation is a holding company that owns a group of businesses concentrated in publishing, digital media, customer contact services, consumer goods, direct marketing and product fulfillment.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Mark MacGregor

Mark MacGregor (born 25 February 1961) is a British Conservative Party politician and entrepreneur.

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Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan

Martin John O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan (born 6 January 1945) is a Scottish politician.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Mechanics' Institutes

Mechanics' Institutes are educational establishments, originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men.

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Michael Jamieson

Michael Jamieson (born 5 August 1988) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and Scotland in the Commonwealth Games.

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Michael Lombardi (entrepreneur)

Michael Lombardi, MBA, (born 1964) is a Canadian-born entrepreneur, investor, publisher and author.

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Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie

Michael Goodall Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie (born 1 May 1949), known as Mike Watson, is a British Labour Party politician.

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Muriel Spark

Dame Muriel Sarah Spark DBE, CLit, FRSE, FRSL (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006).

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Nathif Jama Adam

Dr.

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National Student Survey

The National Student Survey is an annual survey, launched in 2005, of all final year undergraduate degree students at institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom.

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National Union of Students (United Kingdom)

The National Union of Students of the United Kingdom (NUS) is a confederation of students' unions in the United Kingdom.

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Office Workstations Limited

Office Workstations Limited (OWL) was a British software company based in Edinburgh.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Petroleum engineering

Petroleum engineering is a field of engineering concerned with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas.

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Polytechnic University of Milan

The italic (Polytechnic University of Milan) is the largest technical university in Italy, with about 42,000 students.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities.

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Putrajaya

Putrajaya, officially the Federal Territory of Putrajaya (Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya), is a planned city and the federal administrative centre of Malaysia.

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QS World University Rankings

QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

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Radar

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.

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Research Excellence Framework

The Research Excellence Framework is the successor to the Research Assessment Exercise.

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Riccarton, Edinburgh

Riccarton is an area in Edinburgh's Green Belt, in Scotland.

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Richard Williams (academic)

Richard A. Williams OBE FREng FTSE, FRSE is a British academic and engineer.

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Robbins Report

The Robbins Report (the report of the Committee on Higher Education, chaired by Lord Robbins) was commissioned by the British government and published in 1963.

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Robert Allan Smith

Robert Allan Smith CBE FRS PRSE (14 May 1909 – 16 May 1980) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist.

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Robert Buchan

Robert M Buchan is a Scottish-Canadian mining engineer, businessman and philanthropist.

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Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)

Robert Stevenson, FRSE, FGS, FRAS, FSA Scot, MWS (8 June 1772 – 12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses.

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Roger Jenkins (banker)

Roger Allan Jenkins (born 30 September 1955Dunne, Helen., The Mail on Sunday, 3 October 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2011.) is a British financier currently awaiting trial for conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance by the Serious Fraud Office.

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Ross Brawn

Ross James Brawn OBE (born 23 November 1954) is the Formula One Managing Director of Motorsports and technical director.

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Ross Jamison

Ross Jamison (born 19 March 1990 in Wales) is a Hong Kong racing driver of British descent.

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Royal charter

A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.

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Royal College of Science and Technology

The Royal College of Science and Technology was the principal predecessor institution of the University of Strathclyde, and now serves as one of the main educational buildings of the University of Strathclyde.

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Russell Group

The Russell Group is a self-selected association of twenty-four public research universities in the United Kingdom.

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Sarah Boyack

Sarah Boyack (born 16 May 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour politician, formerly constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament.

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Sarah Tabrizi

Sarah Joanna Tabrizi FMedSci (born 26 September 1965) is a British-Persian neurologist and neuroscientist in the field of neurodegeneration, particularly Huntington's disease.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union.

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Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders (The Mairches, "The Marches"; Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Scottish Fashion Awards

The Scottish Fashion Awards was an annual awards ceremony honouring Scottish designers, photographers, models and fashion industry leaders.

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba; Scots Govrenment) is the executive of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

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Shirley Robertson

Shirley Ann Robertson, OBE (born 15 July 1968) is a Scottish sailor and Olympic gold medallist.

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Steam hammer

A steam hammer, also called a drop hammer, is an industrial power hammer driven by steam that is used for tasks such as shaping forgings and driving piles.

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Steve Chapman (chemist)

Steven Kenneth Chapman CBE FRSE FRSC CChem (born 1959) is Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.

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Stromness

Stromness is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland.

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Swan Medal and Prize

The Swan Medal and Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Physics in physics, one of the Institute's Gold medals.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Teaching Excellence Framework

The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (or TEF) is a government assessment of the quality of undergraduate teaching in universities and other higher education providers in England, which may be used from 2020 to determine whether state-funded providers are permitted to raise tuition fees.

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Teo Ho Pin

Dr Teo Ho Pin (born 19 January 1960) is a Singaporean politician.

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The Herald (Glasgow)

The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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Thomas Hudson Beare

Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA (30 June 1859 – 10 June 1940) was an eminent British engineer.

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Thomas L. Johnston

Thomas Lothian Johnston FRSE (9 March 1927 in Whitburn, West Lothian – 2009 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish economist.

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Tim Berners-Lee

Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955), also known as TimBL, is an English engineer and computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.

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Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by ''Times Higher Education (THE)'' magazine.

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Trainspotting (novel)

Trainspotting is the first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, first published in 1993.

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UCAS Tariff

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Umeå University

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Universiti Putra Malaysia

University Putra Malaysia (UPM; formally known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia or College of Agriculture Malaya or School of Agriculture) is recognised by the independent government assessments as one of Malaysia's leading research universities offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses with a focus on agricultural sciences and its related fields.

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University Court

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Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.

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Wood Group

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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World Wide Web

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Yield (college admissions)

Yield in college admissions is the percent of students who choose to enroll in a particular college or university after having been offered admission.

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References

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