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19 unusual facts about University of Strathclyde


Amar Latif

Amar Latif gained a BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Finance at the University of Strathclyde, spending part of his course in Canada at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Arthur Eichengrün

The Eichengrün version was ignored by historians and chemists until 1999, when Walter Sneader of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow re-examined the case and came to the conclusion that indeed Eichengrün's account was convincing and correct and that Eichengrün deserved credit for the invention of aspirin.

Careers Scotland Space School

The programme provides support teaching materials and includes provision for 120 pupils to attend a summer school, which focuses on electronics and life sciences, at the University of Strathclyde.

EDINA

Early holdings were the 1981 UK population census, and research data from the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde.

Emerson Cavitation Tunnel

Funding for the tunnel's equipment is raised by numerous organisations, including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Scottish Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.

ESP-r

ESP-r is an open-sourced building performance energy modeling software that was created by the University of Strathclyde.

Ford-class seaward defence boat

HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde.

Franz Thomas Bruss

He held visiting positions at the Universities of University of Strathclyde, Zaire, University of Antwerp, Purdue University, and the Université Catholique de Louvain.

Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital

The building did however fall into serious disrepair by the latter part of the 20th century, and by 2001 the hospital had moved once again to a new extension built onto Glasgow Royal Infirmary, the Rottenrow site being sold to the University of Strathclyde.

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison

He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master's of Applied Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.

Michael Baker

Michael Baker (academic), Professor of Marketing from 1971 to 1999 at the University of Strathclyde, and President from 1986 to 2005 of the Academy of Marketing

Penny sit-up

Others, such as Professor Howard Sercombe of the University of Strathclyde have argued that such institutions were more likely to have been designed in order to control the homeless, or at the very best - a compassionate response to the harsh "moving on" laws of the time, which made it illegal for people to remain vagrantly upon the streets.

Ramshorn Theatre

Owned by the University of Strathclyde, the venue opened as a theatre on 10 April 1992.

Rex Winsbury

He was Thomson Fellow in Mass Media Studies at the University of Strathclyde in 1975-76.

Royal College Building

Royal College Building, Glasgow, Scotland, UK is the oldest building of John Anderson Campus of University of Strathclyde.

Scottish Gaelic dictionaries

A partnership of the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig UHI is working to develop an authoritative, historical Gaelic dictionary comparable to the resources available for Scots and English through the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue, the Scottish National Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary.

Undergraduate gowns in Scotland

A significant example of this is the actions of John Anderson, a professor at the University of Glasgow and founder of what went on to become the University of Strathclyde.

Victor Bulmer-Thomas

His first academic post was at the Fraser of Allander Institute for Research on the Scottish Economy at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra works in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), and the University of Strathclyde to provide musical activities for its members throughout the academic year.


Andy Love

Born in Greenock, Andy Love was educated at Greenock High School (became Inverclyde Academy in 2007) on Inverkip Road before attending the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, where he was awarded a BSc degree.

Benjamin Ward Richardson

He entered Anderson's University (now University of Strathclyde), in 1847, but a severe attack of famine fever (either typhus or relapsing fever) that he caught while he was a pupil at St Andrews Lying-in Hospital (now Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital), interrupted his studies, and led him to become an assistant, first to Thomas Browne of Saffron Walden in Essex, and afterwards to Edward Dudley Hudson at Littlethorpe, Cosby, near Leicester.

James Weir Building

The James Weir Building is an academic building in Glasgow City Centre, Scotland, United Kingdom and is part of the University of Strathclyde’s John Anderson Campus, situated between the Townhead and Merchant City districts of the area.

John Henderson Sinclair

John Henderson Sinclair (5 November 1935-8 November 2009) was Emeritus Professor of Conveyancing at the University of Strathclyde and the first Director of the Glasgow Graduate School of Law in Glasgow, Scotland.

Jonathan Smallwood

The grandson of Joey Smallwood's cousin, Jonathan "Jonny" Smallwood earned his BA (1996) and PhD (2002) from The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Livingstone Tower

Games developer Chris Sawyer, an alumnus of the University of Strathclyde, based one of the skyscraper sprites appearing in the computer game Transport Tycoon on Livingstone Tower.

Scottish local elections, 2007

The notional results in the following table are based on a document that John Curtice and Stephen Herbert (Professors at the University of Strathclyde) produced on 3 June 2005, calculating the effect of the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote on the 2003 Scottish Local Elections.

Shanghai University of Electric Power

It has established 13 joint international schools and researches with foreign universities including Columbia University (USA), Oklahoma Christian University (USA), University of Strathclyde (UK), University of Hertfordshire (UK), Edith Cowan University (Australia), the University of Kitakyushu (Japan).

Strathclyde University Sports Union

The Strathclyde University Sports Union is a sports centre run on campus by students from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, which is currently celebrating its 90th year.

Tariq Rahman

In 1989, he also got an M.Litt in linguistics from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

Thomas Leith

While an apprentice he also studied for the Higher National Certificate exams at Langside College in Mount Florida and, following this, left Weirs to study full-time at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow (now the University of Strathclyde).

University of Strathclyde Faculty of Education

The Faculty Of Education is one of the 5 faculties which make up The University of Strathclyde. in Glasgow, Scotland.