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The EdinburghSchool refers to a group of 20th century artists connected with Edinburgh . Most studied at Edinburgh College of Art during or soon after the First World War, and some taught there together in the mid 20th century. As friends and colleagues, they discussed painting and were influenced by one another s work. One art critic has said, The work of the EdinburghSchool is characterised by virtuoso displays in the use of paint, vivid and often non naturalistic colour and themes such as still life, seascape and landscape. ref Giles Sutherland, the British art critic and writer, in The Times 6 Oct 1999 ref The following are generally thought of as EdinburghSchool painters. William Crozier Scottish artist William Crozier ref Not to be confused with the artist William Crozier Irish artist William Crozier who was born in Glasgow in 1930 and is associated with both Ireland and Scotland. ref 1893 1930 William Geissler 1894 1963 William George Gillies William Gillies 1898 1973 William MacTaggart ref William MacTaggart is often known as Sir William MacTaggart or William MacTaggart the Younger, to distinguish him from his grandfather William McTaggart no a after the M who was also a painter. ref 1903 1981 John Maxwell artist John Maxwell 1905 1962 Robin Philipson 1916 1992 Anne Redpath 1895 1965 Some other painters associated with Edinburgh may also be called EdinburghSchool artists, or a new generation of the EdinburghSchool. Notes references The EdinburghSchool refers to a group of artists whose work shares certain characteristics and is not the same as the EdinburghSchool of Art . This latter name is quite often used for the college even though it has been officially called Edinburgh College of Art since 1907. See also Macmillan, Duncan Scottish Art in the 20th Century 1890 2001 2001 http www.londinium.com pages anne redpath edinburgh school.php Anne Redpath and the EdinburghSchool DEFAULTSORT EdinburghSchool, The Category Scottish painters Category Edinburgh ... more details
Infobox UK school name Broughton High School image size latitude longitude dms motto Fortiter et Recte motto pl established 1887 approx closed c approx type religion president head label head r head label r head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist street city Edinburgh county Midlothian country Scotland postcode LEA City of Edinburgh Council The City of Edinburgh Council City of Edinburgh Council ofsted staff approx. 99 enrollment 983 gender lower age upper age houses Napier, Adam, Scott & Raeburn colours White, Black & Red publication free label 1 free 1 free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website website name Broughton High School is in north Edinburgh , Scotland . It is a local authority school, noted for its music department the City of Edinburgh Music School . It is currently next to Inverleith Park, next to private school Fettes College , but was formerly in Broughton, Edinburgh Broughton proper, where poet Hugh MacDiarmid taught. Broughton High built a new school in the grounds of the former Broughton High School. Mission statement The school s motto Fortiter et Recte is Latin for to have the strength to do the right thing . Alumni Martyn Bennett , bagpiper Shirley Manson , lead singer of Garbage band Garbage , ex Goodbye Mr MacKenzie External links http www.scottishschoolsonline.gov.uk schools broughtonhighschooledinburghcity.asp Broughton High School s page on Scottish Schools Online http www.broughtoncluster.blogspot.com Broughton Cluster Assessment is For Learning Blog http www.broughton.edin.sch.uk files broughto.pdf Broughton High School HMIe Inspection Report March 2006 http www.edinburghmusicschool.co.uk City of Edinburgh Music School Website http www.broughtonrugby.co.uk Broughton Former Pupils Rugby Club coord 55 57 44 N 3 13 22 W display title Category Secondary schools in Edinburgh Category Schools in Edinburgh ... more details
The City of Edinburgh Music School is a state maintained Music schools in Scotland music school in Scotland in Edinburgh , Scotland . Founded as the Lothian Specialist Music School in 1980, it changed its name in 1996 when Lothian Regional Council was dissolved into four separate unitary council s. It is a non residential school, and because it is funded by the City of Edinburgh Council , it charges no fees. Unlike residential music schools, pupils attend comprehensive schools for their academic classes Flora Stevenson Primary and Broughton High School, Edinburgh Broughton High School . The school was the subject of BBC Scotland s EX S documentary, The Music School , on 29 March 2005. Notable alumni Martyn Bennett , bagpiper Helen Grime, composer ref cite news title How this 28 year old Scot wrote some of best classical music of 21st century author Cornwell, Tim newspaper The Scotsman date 2010 03 31 url http thescotsman.scotsman.com arts How this 28yearold .6192395.jp accessdate 2010 03 31 ref Shirley Manson , lead singer of Garbage band Garbage References references See also Music Schools in Scotland List of music schools in the United Kingdom External links http www.edinburghmusicschool.co.uk Official site Music schools in the United Kingdom coord 55 57 44 N 3 13 22 W display title Category Schools in Edinburgh Category Secondary schools in Edinburgh Category Culture in EdinburghEdinburgh stub Scotland school stub ... more details
The University of EdinburghSchool of GeoSciences is a school within the College of Science and Engineering, which was formed in 2002. It is split between the Kings Building and the Central Area of the university. The institutes of Ecological Sciences and Earth Science are located at the Kings Building s, whilst the Institute of Geography is located on Drummond street in the Central Area. The School has collaborated with the University of Edinburgh Business School and the School of Economics to offer the first degree in Carbon Management in the world, which has students from over 20 countries.Source http www.business school.ed.ac.uk msc carbon management The head of the School of GeoSciences is currently Martin Siegert. Famous recent alumni of the School include former BP chief executive Tony Hayward.Source http www.bbc.co.uk news world us canada 10754710 Competition for entry is highly selective, in 2010, the School received 2221 applications, but only 275 offers were made, representing a 16.9 of an applicant receiving an offer. Source http www.ed.ac.uk schools departments student recruitment admissions advice admissions statistics The full breakdown of the 2010 2011 entry is below Course name Applications Offers Offer chance BSc Geography 457 47 10.3 Ecological Sciences 207 68 32.9 Geologoy and Geophysics 697 154 22.1 MA Geography 525 80 15.2 MA Geography Joints 335 26 7.8 Category University of Edinburgh Category Education in Edinburgh ... more details
coord 55.947 3.184 display title region GB scale 10000 The EdinburghSchool of Medicine for Women was founded by Dr Sophia Jex Blake in Edinburgh , Scotland , in 1886, with support from the National Association for Promoting the Medical Education of Women . It was 10 years since the first British women had been licensed to practise as doctors, and female medical education was in its early days it would be another 6 years before Scottish universities would Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women admit women students . Jex Blake had friends in Edinburgh , as well as opponents, from her earlier Edinburgh Seven unsuccessful campaign to persuade the University of Edinburgh to educate women in their medical school. She arranged for the new women students to gain clinical experience at Leith Hospital . Her uncompromising approach to discipline led to problems. When two sisters won a court case challenging their expulsion, the bad publicity meant that both the school and Jex Blake herself lost support, and some students moved to Glasgow , London and Dublin there were no other places in Great Britain or Ireland where women could study medicine at that time. Elsie Inglis left the School and set up an alternative nearby the Medical College for Women . Jex Blake wanted to be involved ... Dr Sophia Jex Blake and the EdinburghSchool of Medicine for Women, 1886 1898 2005 The Oxford Dictionary ... strained. Luckily the female students would soon be allowed to gain practical experience at the Edinburgh ... Scotsman 25 April 1896 ref The school was never free of financial troubles, and in 1897 Jex Blake herself was suffering from exhaustion. The following year the school closed, having educated ... Hospital the Edinburgh Hospital and Dispensary for Women and Children . References reflist Further ... universities and colleges in Scotland Category Education in Edinburgh Category History of Edinburgh Category History of medicine Category Health in Edinburgh Category Higher education colleges in Scotland ... more details
homepage http www.ebsglobal.net ebsglobal.net Edinburgh Business School is the Graduate School of Business of Heriot Watt University est. 1821 , Edinburgh , Scotland . Heriot Watt University is the eighth ... over 9,000 active students studying Edinburgh Business School programmes and more than 13,000 graduates across 150 countries worldwide. Image with unknown copyright status removed Image edinburgh business school.jpg Programmes The School offers a range of postgraduate programmes including ... and Edinburgh Business School at Heriot Watt University has a joint agreement to enable ACCA Part ... to face study at a global network of centres. Panmure House Edinburgh Business School acquired Panmure .... It is the intention of Edinburgh Business School to preserve and re instate the building to reflect .... On September 13th 2010, Edinburgh Business School announced a scholarship programme ref name scholarship http www.ebsglobal.net miscellaneous latest news africascholarship Edinburgh Business School ... in Ukraine Category Business schools Category Education Edinburgh stub UK university stub de Edinburgh Business School ru uk ...Coord 55.909 3.321 display title region GB scale 10000 Infobox university name image Image Edinburgh business school.png 180px motto established 1990 HW est. 1821 type Public head label Director head Professor Keith Lumsden MA, PhD, FRSE city Edinburgh state Lothians Scottish Parliament electoral region ... MSc degrees in a number of specialisms are also available at the School. ref http www.ebsglobal.net ... and provide facilities for educational seminars and meetings. African Scholarships Edinburgh Business School launched a major scholarship initiative in Southern Africa in 2009. The scheme, managed in partnership ... and communities. Events References Reflist External links http www.ebsglobal.net Edinburgh Business School , official site http sites.google.com site ebswatercooler EBS Watercooler Portal ... more details
name EdinburghSchool of Medicine image name established 1726 type Medical school dean Professor ... or Liver, Blood and Pus according to the history books city Edinburgh state country Scotland campus The Medical School, Teviot Place The Royal Infirmary Chancellors Building, Little France, The Western General Royal Hospital for Sick Children affiliations University of Edinburgh website http www.mvm.ed.ac.uk index.htm http www.mvm.ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh Medical School is part of the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Edinburgh . Established nearly 283 years ago, Edinburgh Medical School is one of the oldest medical schools in Scotland and the UK ... were attracted to Edinburgh Medical School from Ireland, America and the Colonies by a succession of brilliant ... Extra Mural School. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh The origins of the Edinburgh Royal ... of classes in the School of Medicine, enrolling Edinburgh in the heated international battle for women to enter medicine. Full equality between the sexes was not achieved at Edinburgh Medical School ... of corridors. The Polish School of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh The Polish School of Medicine ... Officer at the Military Hospital in Edinburgh Castle, and Lt. Col. Dr Antoni Jurasz, the School s organiser ... school index.htm title The Polish School of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh accessdate 2009 ... of many Edinburgh Medical School graduates and students. History drapes the walls in the forms ... University Of Edinburgh Medical School Category University of Edinburgh Medicine, School of Category ... in Edinburgh Medical School Category Robert Rowand Anderson buildings ar fr University of Edinburgh Medical School pt Escola de Medicina da Universidade de Edimburgo ru .... As of 2008 the school accepts some 218 British EU medical students per year and an additional 16 ... stats title www.ukmedicalschools.com UK Medical School Statistics publisher ukmedicalschools.com ... more details
Coord 55 56 50.6 N 3 11 13.9 W display title Infobox university name University of Edinburgh br School of Law latin name image Image University of Edinburgh, Old College.jpg 170px caption Old College, by Robert Adam home of Edinburgh Law School established 1707 Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations type dean head label Head of School head Professor Douglas Brodie ref cite web ... The University of EdinburghSchool of Law , founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh , Scotland , dedicated to research and teaching in law . Known today as Edinburgh Law School, it is located in the historic Old College, University of Edinburgh Old College , the original site of the University. The School is near George Square and the University s central campus, not far from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile , and also finds itself at the heart of the Scots law Scottish legal system , with Parliament House, Edinburgh Parliament House , home to the High Court of Justiciary , and the Court of Session nearby. In 2010, the Guardian University Guide ranked Edinburgh Law School as the fourth best law school in the UK and the best in Scotland. ref cite news url .... Current members of Edinburgh Law School include current Regius Professor Neil Walker lawyer Neil ... Students of the School of Law are represented by the Law Students Council. The University of Edinburgh ... References reflist External links http www.law.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Law School Official Site http www.law.ed.ac.uk ... University Of EdinburghSchool Of Law Category University of Edinburgh Law Category Law schools in Scotland ... of Edinburgh ref endowment staff 67 academic ref cite web url http www.law.ed.ac.uk staff title Academic Staff publisher University of Edinburgh ref faculty students undergrad postgrad doctoral ... 000000 td td bgcolor 000000 td table city Edinburgh state country Scotland campus affiliations ... Law and the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh , to which Charles Erskine ... more details
27s School 2C Edinburgh&pqatl google title Music Theatre The Bronze Axe, St George s School, Edinburgh ... and the majority of the boys start primary one at Edinburgh Academy . Junior School Is from the years ... title DEFAULTSORT St Georges SchoolEdinburgh Category Private schools in Edinburgh Category Educational ...Infobox Secondary school name St. George s School logo Image St George logo.png motto Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye type Independent all female city Edinburgh country Scotland established 1888 ... www.st georges.edin.sch.uk St. George s School is an all girls independent school situated in Ravelston , Edinburgh , Scotland . ref cite news url http news.scotsman.com 13119 School of excellence St George39s.4008809.jp title School of excellence St George s School date 23 April 2008 work The Scotsman location Edinburgh accessdate 20 April 2010 ref ref cite news url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com ... members of the Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women began St George s Hall Classes to provide teaching up to university entrance level, either by attendance in Edinburgh or by correspondence ... teachers in secondary schools. In 1888, they opened St George s High School in a converted house in Melville Street in the centre of Edinburgh. It had only fifty pupils. Four years later, Scottish universities finally admitted women and some St George s students were among the first University of Edinburgh graduates. By 1914, numbers had swelled to over three hundred, so the school was moved to a new, purpose built school on its present site in Ravelston. Uniform The Upper School and Lower School uniform consists of a navy blue skirt, pale blue, long sleeved school shirt and ancient red jumper. They wear a short sleeved blue and white checked school shirt in the summer. The junior school ... short sleeved top with school logo, navy fleece shorts with the school logo, and black plimsolls. Girls from primary 4 to upper six s6 wear a white or dark blue short sleeved top with school logo ... more details
display title type edu The University of Edinburgh Business School formerly known as the University of Edinburgh Management School is the business school of the University of Edinburgh , Scotland . The university ... 2007 Research The University of Edinburgh Business School s research strategy is aligned with the strategic ... Entrepreneurship Club at the Business School is a consortium of postgraduate Edinburgh students, researchers ... of EdinburghSchool of Informatics School of Informatics , at which leading entrepreneurs and venture ... School , Barcelona, Spain Nanyang Technological University , Singapore The Edinburgh MBA assists every ... has been designed jointly by the University of Edinburgh Business School and cole nationale des ... University of Edinburgh Business School website Official website http www.edinburgh entrepreneur.man.ed.ac.uk University of Edinburgh Business School Entrepreneurship Club website http www.crc.man.ed.ac.uk University of Edinburgh Business School Credit Research Centre website http www.carbonbenchmarking.org University of Edinburgh Business School Carbonbenchmarking research website University of Edinburgh ... of Edinburgh de University of Edinburgh Business School es The University of Edinburgh Management School and Economics fr University of Edinburgh Management School and Economics ... School logo.png motto established 1918 type Public head label Head of School head Professor Nick Oliver city Edinburgh state country Scotland campus urban area Urban undergrad 880 postgrad 430 postgrad ... business education to the leaders of tomorrow. The School offers a wide range of business oriented degrees at the undergraduate and Postgraduate education graduate levels. The University of Edinburgh Business School focuses on four thematic areas financial services public management entrepreneurship and innovation and carbon management. Academic strengths and reputation The School is double accredited by the prestigious EQUIS and Association of MBAs AMBA . The University of Edinburgh Business ... more details
For the A listed building on Calton Hill, see Old Royal High School, Edinburgh . Coord 55 57 49 N 3 17 ... www.royalhigh.edin.sch.uk The Royal High School RHS of Edinburgh is a co educational state school state comprehensive school administered by the City of Edinburgh Council . The school was founded in 1128 ... of the Royal High School . Edinburgh, Royal High School, 1997, pp. 117 119. ref The Royal High ... documents inspection 5533732RoyalHighSchool.pdf The Royal High SchoolEdinburgh Inspection ... first for Royal High , Evening News Edinburgh, 19 October 2009 . ref History File Royal High School .... The Grammar School of the Church of Edinburgh , as it was known by the rector ship of Adam de Camis ... in Great Britain to be designated a high school . ref James J. Trotter, The Royal High School, Edinburgh ... High School of EdinburghEdinburgh Royal High School Club, 1974 , p. 137. ref In 1566, following ..., The Royal High SchoolEdinburgh Oliver and Boyd, 1934 , p. 74. ref As far as possible, instruction ... years the school maintained a boarding facility for pupils from outside Edinburgh. The boarders ranged ..., Edinburgh Barnton in 1968. It began to admit girls and became a co educational state school ... news.scotsman.com edinburgh City schools private cash revamp.2377618.jp City school s private cash revamp ... The Royal High SchoolEdinburgh Inspection 04 09 2007 , Her Majesty s Inspectorate ... for Higher Scottish Higher grades was joint third in the Edinburgh state school league tables ... SchoolEdinburgh Uniform of the Royal High School The school uniform is black and white, derived from ... a gold badge. The Royal High School coat of arms armorial bearings derive from the Politics of Edinburgh .... ref William Steven, The History of the High School of Edinburgh . Edinburgh, Maclachlan and Stewart ..., Royal High School Rugby Football Club Centenary 1868 1968 . Edinburgh, Royal High School, 1968 .... ref William C. A. Ross, The Royal High SchoolEdinburgh Oliver and Boyd, 1934 , p. 112. ref Earlier ... more details
Infobox UK school name Holyrood Rc High School image size caption image2 caption2 size2 latitude longitude dms motto motto pl established approx closed c approx type religion president head label Headteacher head Mrs Lorraine Legrix r head label r head deputy head label Depute Head deputy head Mr Mike Wilkins, Mr Chris Moore, Mr Martin Connelly r deputy head label r deputy head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist specialist pl street Duddingston Road West city Edinburgh county country Scotland postcode EH15 1ST LEA dfeno urn ofsted staff enrollment 791 gender Mixed lower age upper age houses colours publication publication pl free label 1 Contact No free 1 0131 661 5871 free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website http www.holyroodedin.ik.org website name Holyrood High School Holyrood Rc High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Edinburgh . Headteacher and SLT The Headteacher is Mrs Lorraine Legrix she is assisted by her Depute Headteacher s Mr Mike Wilkins, Mr Chris Moore, Mr Martin Connelly and Business Manager Mr Derek Ferguson. External Links http www.holyroodedin.ik.org official School Website Category Schools in Edinburgh Category Secondary schools in Edinburgh Category Secondary schools in Scotland ... more details
s School was an independent school in the Newington, Edinburgh Newington area of Edinburgh , Scotland . The curriculum was based on the Scottish education system . The school closed its doors for the last time once the summer term ended in June 2010. Latterly, the school was co educational until the age of ten Primary Six . Thereafter the school was girls only. The School is named after Saint ... from strength to strength. In 1903, the school was the first independent school in Edinburgh to offer ... at St. Margaret s School, Edinburgh Buchanan House, showing Buchanan Hall and the Round Hall In 1965 ... s School, Edinburgh One of St. Margaret s newest buildings Since its 100th year, St. Margaret s has ... edinburgh east and fife 10396031.stm title BBC News Parents takeover bid of St Margaret s School fails ... title Use dmy dates date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT St Margarets SchoolEdinburgh Category Schools ...Primary sources date July 2009 Infobox Secondary school name St. Margaret s School logo Image St Margaret ... P6 br Independent all female S1 S6 city Edinburgh country Scotland established 1890 closed 2010 ... school in two identical specifically designed buildings, one on East Suffolk Road in Newington, the other on Egypt Terrace now part of Cluny Drive in Morningside, Edinburgh Morningside . The total ... named his new school The Queen Margaret College for Young Ladies . The inclusion of the word College in the name was to emphasise that secondary education was available. Prior to the school s opening ... left a Trust for the school, and that combined with his life insurance payout provided for the support of his wife and children who would have otherwise had no income and paid off much of the loan on the school ... Higher qualifications . In 1904, the school began Froebel training for staff, another first for the city .... ref name fv In 1926, Mrs Buchanan sold the Morningside school to Miss Muirhead, who renamed it St. Hilary s. In 1929, she sold the Newington school to Miss Matthew, who decided to keep the name ... more details
The School of Chemistry is an academic unit of the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, responsible for research, teaching, outreach and commercialisation in Chemistry. The teaching of Chemistry at Edinburgh began almost 300 hundred years ago in 1713 when James Crawford was appointed to the Chair of Physick and Chymistry. The department has occupied many sites in its history, from a house at the top of Robertson s Close in the city centre, to purpose built facilities in the central campus at Old College through to its current location at King s Buildings. Each move has brought with it expansions in size and status until the department occupied the position it does now, as one of the world s leading Chemistry teaching and research establishments. Today the department carries on the traditions of Chemistry at Edinburgh both in teaching and research. The collaborative research School formed with St Andrews Chemistry department to form EaStCHEM has strengthened research in Scotland in the chemical sciences. The school s teaching is ranked as excellent, and the research was ranked 1st in the UK wide 2008 RAE research rankings when staff volume is factored in ref http www.guardian.co.uk education table 2008 dec 18 rae 2008 chemistry ref . The school has a research staff of approximately 120 individuals, and an academic staff of over 40. Current annual enrollment includes around 200 research students, and 450 taught postgraduate and undergraduate students. Research EaStCHEM is the joint research school in chemistry between the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews. This world class ... . Research Themes The School has four major research themes as part of EaStCHEM The Chemistry Biology ... and nanomaterials analysis. References Reflist External links http www.chem.ed.ac.uk School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh http www.eastchem.ac.uk EaStCHEM Category University of Edinburgh Category Education in Edinburgh ... more details
The School of Informatics is an academic unit of the University of Edinburgh , in Scotland , responsible ... Official school website http www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk Human Communication Research Centre University of Edinburgh ... University of EdinburghSchool of Informatics zh ... Institute and the Human Communication Research Centre . Research in the School of Informatics draws on these component disciplines and much of it is interdisciplinary in nature. The school is especially .... The school has a research staff of over 130 individuals, and an academic staff of 75. Current .... The school was ranked 1st in the UK according to the Guardian University Tables 2008, ref http ... mfourman blogs news 2008 12 rae 2008 results informatics and.html ref Research The School ... possible rating. ref name rae2001 results In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise RAE , the School ... in a number of ways, but place the School first by volume and tied for second following Cambridge with 45 45 10 0 0 by percentage of research rated 3 or 4 . ref name rae2008 interpretation The School ... computer science. The School has seven research Institutes Institute for Adaptive and Neural .... People Professors Established and personal Chairs ref University of Edinburgh Diary, 2006 ... Previous staff and students, including alumni of the departmental forebears of the school Fact date ... , Bernard Meltzer Edinburgh AI Bernard Meltzer , Donald Michie , Robin Milner Fellow of the Royal Society ... Wei Accommodation The Edinburgh Cowgate fire of December 2002 destroyed a number of buildings, including 80 South Bridge, which housed around one third of the school and its renowned AI library. Space was quickly made available in the University s Appleton Tower as a replacement. Until June 2008, the School .... In June and July 2008, the School s research moved into its new home, The Informatics Forum . This building ..., and the Forum s completion in July 2008 finally brings the School s researchers together, under one ... more details
Infobox University name EdinburghSchool of Architecture and Landscape Architecture native name latin name image motto established 2009 type Public endowment staff faculty chancellor principal dean rector free label free students undergrad postgrad doctoral city Edinburgh country Scotland campus Lauriston Place and Chambers Street Edinburgh Chambers Street affiliations Edinburgh College of Art University of Edinburgh website http www.esala.ac.uk The EdinburghSchool of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ESALA is a joint school of Edinburgh College of Art ECA and the University of Edinburgh . It is the result of the merging of the ECA schools of architecture and landscape architecture , and the university department of architecture, and is part of an academic federation between the two institutions. ref cite web url http www.eca.ac.uk index.php?id 798 title The College and the University of Edinburgh publisher Edinburgh College of Art accessdate 2009 08 03 ref The school was ranked 8th in the UK in the 2011 Times Good University Guide and the Complete University Guide. History ESALA opened in September 2009. Curriculum ESALA s curriculum is based on the current programmes of its two components schools, with the aim of satisfying the Architects Registration Board s professional criteria. The architecture programme is awaiting RIBA accreditation. Citation needed date July 2009 Notable alumni and academics Edinburgh College of Art Nicholas Grimshaw Sir Nicholas Grimshaw , architect, president of the Royal Academy Robert Matthew , architect Patrick Nuttgens , architect and academic Sir Basil Spence , architect William Kininmonth architect Sir William Kininmonth , architect ... University of Edinburgh, Architecture school Robert Adam , architect A. R. Hye , architect Robert Lorimer ... web site http www.esala.net ESALA Blog site Category Edinburgh College of Art Category University of Edinburgh Category Architecture schools Category Landscape architecture schools UK university ... more details
Notability date November 2010 The University of EdinburghSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures is a school within the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh . The School was formed in 2002 as a result of administrative restructuring, when several departments of what was then the Faculty of Arts were brought together. The School currently covers five major subject areas Asian Studies Chinese, Japanese and Sanskrit Celtic and Scottish Studies lang gd Ceiltis agus E las na h Alba English Literature European Languages and Cultures French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Russian and Scandinavian Studies Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies It also includes a sizeable Graduate School which includes Masters and PhDs in Film Studies , Theatre Studies, Translation Studies , Cultural Studies and other subjects. The School also supports interdisciplinary research areas such as Word and Music Studies. External links http www.filmstudies.llc.ed.ac.uk Film Studies Masters and PhDs http www.llc.ed.ac.uk School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures http www.llc.ed.ac.uk graduateschool index.html Graduate School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures http www.theatrestudies.llc.ed.ac.uk Theatre Studies European Theatre http www.llc.ed.ac.uk graduateschool translationstudies Translation Studies http www.llc.ed.ac.uk graduateschool wordandmusicstudies Word and Music Studies University of Edinburgh Category University of Edinburgh Literatures, Languages and Cultures ... more details
Scottish Parliament building Image Royal High School Calton Hill Edinburgh.jpg thumb The Old Royal High School File New Parliament House3.jpg thumb Detail of the Old Royal High School from Regent Road The Old Royal High School is the name commonly given to a historic building on Calton Hill in Edinburgh which formerly housed Royal High SchoolEdinburgh the school of that name . The metonym Regent Road , from the street address, is used within the school community to distinguish it from the school s other past sites. The building is also referred to in some official sources as New Parliament House from a 1978 proposal to convert it for that use. After the Old Royal High School was vacated ... . Instead the building has been used as offices for departments of Edinburgh City Council, including The Duke of Edinburgh s Award The Duke of Edinburgh s Award unit ref cite web url http www.theawardinedinburgh.org title The DofE Award in Edinburgh publisher The Duke of Edinburgh Award accessdate ... title Sport and Outdoor Education About The Unit publisher Edinburgh Grid For Learning accessdate ... devolution in 1999, the Old Royal High School was again mooted as a potential home for the new ... Photography Centre. As of February 2010, Edinburgh City Council the building s current owners have initiated a project to lease the building to be used as a hotel and art gallery. Edinburgh s original Parliament House, Edinburgh Parliament House is in the Old Town, Edinburgh Old Town just off the Royal ... . Construction and Royal High School Image High School, Calton Hill, 1829.jpg thumb The Royal High School in 1829 The Listed building A listed building was erected for the Royal High School between 1826 and 1829 on the south face of Calton Hill, Edinburgh Calton Hill as part of EdinburghEdinburgh s Acropolis , at a cost to the Politics of Edinburgh Town Council of 34,000. ref Murray, History ... of royal favour towards a School, which, as a royal foundation, had conferred for ages incalculable ... more details
Official School Website coord 55 55 59 N 3 17 19 W region GB display title Edinburgh stub Scotland school stub DEFAULTSORT Saint Augustine s High School, Edinburgh Category Roman Catholic secondary schools in Scotland Category Secondary schools in Edinburgh Category Schools in Edinburgh Category Educational ...gallery file C Users Ewan Andrew Walker Pictures wp2cb9b04a 0f.jpg School Badge gallery refimprove date August 2009 Infobox Secondary school name St. Augustine s High School native name logo motto established August 1969 type Religious category label category gender label gender affiliations affiliation ... Road city Edinburgh state province country Scotland district oversight label oversight accreditation ... 0f.jpg thumb school logo St. Augustine s High School , established in 1969, is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Edinburgh , Scotland . There are around 800 pupils at St Augustine s. St. Augustine s RC High School was founded in August 1969. It was a merger of two existing Catholic schools ... sense to dedicate the new school in a new name. St Augustine has been given the title Doctor in recognition of the great quality of his teaching. As the business of this school is teaching it is very ... the leadership and vision St. Augustine s RC High School deserves lies with the Senior Management Team. The team is responsible for the smooth running of the school. It is involved in helping departments ... and Families Department formerly the Department of Education have now been passed down to the school ... s RC High School. The three Deputy Head Teachers DHT have a variety of different responsibilities within the school. A list showing the various remits can be downloaded from the Publications section ... New School St Augustine s moved onto a shared campus with Forrester High in January 2010. The new building is situated on the former football pitches of the school .The new school has been linked with the new Craigmount High School building, insofar as its architecture is similar. The PPP ... more details
details Royal High SchoolEdinburgh Image RHS Captain.png thumb left The Royal High School Full Colours The school uniform is black and white, derived from the municipal colours of Edinburgh. ref http www.royalhigh.edin.sch.uk content information history index.htm The Royal High SchoolSchool History . Retrieved on 2 September 2007. ref The school retains the now traditional uniform of a blazer and tie. Boys are required to wear a plain white shirt, official tie, black blazer with school badge, black trousers and black polished leather school shoes. There is the option of a black pullover. Girls must wear a white blouse, official tie, black pullover or cardigan, black blazer with school badge, black skirt or trousers, black tights and black polished leather school shoes. A black and white striped tie is standard a plain black tie denotes a Sixth Year. The school badge features the school motto and the embattled triple towered castle of the school arms. Prefect s are presented with a silver badge gold for school captain to pin on their blazer. A select few 5th formers are also awarded this badge. The school badge features the school motto and the embattled triple towered castle of the school arms. Prefect s and Vice Captains are presented with a silver badge whilst the School Captain ... with the school emblem embroidered in silver wire with the dates of the present academic year either ... 1973. ref Barclay, Tounis Scule , p. 82, Appendix X School Rules of Discipline , pp. 134 6. ref The school garb worn at the end of the eighteenth century is described by Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn ... School , pp. 123 4. ref Clothing patterns were gradually standardised from the 1860s, ref Robert Anderson ... November 1985 , p. 195. ref and an outfitter, Aitken & Niven, was appointed for the school after 1905. The blazer became part of the regular uniform in the early 1930s. The school badge was introduced in 1921, superseding an intertwined monogram RHS in silver thread on a black school cap, which had ... more details
The following is a list of notable former pupils of the Royal High SchoolEdinburgh Royal High School of Edinburgh, Scotland . style width 100 background transparent style vertical align top width 50 Anthropology ... Education John Watson, d. 1762 , benefactor of John Watson s School William Fettes 1750 1836 , List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh lord provost and benefactor of Fettes College Leonard Horner 1785 1864 , geologist and a founder of the Edinburgh Academy and University College School Engineering ... prizes. ref John Murray, A History of the Royal High SchoolEdinburgh Royal High School, 1997 , p. 52 ... School of EdinburghEdinburgh Oliver and Boyd, 1920 , p. vii Additional Names 1922 , pp. 1 12. ref .... ref William C. A. Ross ed. , 1939 1945 Roll of Honour of the Royal High School of Edinburgh ... 1779 1854 , lawyer, Senator of the College of Justice , author, and a founder of the Edinburgh Academy ... of Edinburgh lord provost and Liberal Party UK Liberal backbencher George Borrow 1803 1881 , writer ... Wood 1903 1977 , writer and a founder of the Edinburgh Festival Robert Garioch 1909 1981 , poet and translator ... W. D. Ross 1877 1971 , philosopher Politics George Drummond 1687 1766 , List of Lord Provosts of Edinburgh ... Landsborough Thomson 1890 1977 , ornithologist Although the Royal High School long enjoyed a near monopoly on boys education among the Edinburgh burgesses and county gentry, roll lists before the mid ... 1617 and the philosopher David Hume 1711 1776 is unconfirmed and may be legend. On occasion the school ... are commemorated by the memorial porch and brass tablets in the school hall. The upper architrave ..., where a grand pavilion was presented to the school by the Education Authority and opened by Royal ... above is the word Meminerimus Let us remember , taken from the Vivas Schola Regia school song . ref .... ref Second World War In 1949 memorial windows in the school hall were dedicated to the dead of the Second ... heritage. The west window is called the Heroes Window. It carries the school crest and military insignia ... more details
as elderly or pre school. ref name Edinburghpop Over 95 of Edinburgh respondents classed their ethnicity ... and descriptions of usage name City of Edinburgh official name City of Edinburgh other name small Scots Language Scots Edinburgh small native name small Scottish Gaelic Language Scottish Gaelic D n ... City motto Nisi Dominus Frustra small Except the Lord in vain associated with Edinburgh since ... small images and maps image skyline Edinburgh from The Salisbury Crags. geograph.org.uk 84623.jpg imagesize 260px image caption View over Edinburgh in September 1979, showing Edinburgh Castle in the background image flag flag size 50 image seal seal size image shield Edinburgh coa.png shield link shield size image blank emblem Edinburgh Council.svg blank emblem type Logo of the Council blank emblem size 150px blank emblem link The City of Edinburgh Council image map mapsize map caption image ... of Scotland Council area subdivision name2 City of Edinburgh subdivision type3 Lieutenancy areas of Scotland Lieutenancy area subdivision name3 Edinburgh subdivision type4 Admin HQ subdivision name4 Edinburgh City Centre Politics government footnotes government type Subdivisions of Scotland Unitary ... Politics of Edinburgh The City of Edinburgh Council leader title1 List of Lords Provost of Edinburgh ... name2 Collapsible list title Politics of Edinburgh Scottish Parliament 6 Kenny MacAskill ... election, 2005 MPs leader name3 Collapsible list title Politics of Edinburgh Parliament of the United ... inspiringcapital.com www.edinburgh inspiringcapital.com Visitor facing site footnotes Edinburgh IPAc ... Kingdom settlements by population seventh most populous in the United Kingdom . The City of Edinburgh ... council areas . The City of Edinburgh Council council area includes urban Edinburgh and a 30 square mile 78 km sup 2 sup rural area. Located in the south east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt , along the Firth of Forth , near the North Sea . Edinburgh is the seat ... more details
Notability date November 2010 primarysources date November 2010 The University of EdinburghSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is a school within the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh . The School was formed in 2002 as a result of administrative restructuring, when several departments of what was then the Faculty of Arts were brought together. The School covers three disciplines Philosophy Psychology Linguistics and English Language LEL It also houses much of the http www.ccace.ed.ac.uk Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology . External links http www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk Philosophy Department http www.psy.ed.ac.uk Psychology Department http www.lel.ed.ac.uk Linguistics and English Language http www.ppls.ed.ac.uk School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Science University of Edinburgh Category University of Edinburgh Literatures, Languages and Cultures Category Philosophy academics ... more details
Disambiguation for the island, also near Edinburgh, please see Craigleith Craigleith is a district of north Edinburgh , Scotland . Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Creag liath meaning grey rock which was obtained from Craigleith quarry. Much of the Craigleith sandstone was used to build the old and new town houses in Edinburgh as well as many famous buildings including Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace . Because of its particular hardness, Craigleith sandstone was also favored in the making of Lead glass cut glass during the Victorian era . ref Tomas Tisch, http www.tomastisch.org history.html Brilliant Cut Glass Engraved Decoration for Doors and Windows ref The Craigleith area extends from Ravelston Dykes, to Crewe Toll and the Ferry Road , and Comely Bank on the east. Queensferry Road and Craigleith Road both pass through here. The area is generally middle class, across the entire range, and may sometimes be known as Bungalow Land . There is a disproportionate number of private schools near here, notably Stewart s Melville College and The Mary Erskine School . Broughton High SchoolEdinburgh Broughton High School and a campus of Edinburgh Napier University Napier University are also here. Craigleith Retail Park was built upon the infilled Craigleith Quarry in 1995 and is situated at the junction of Queensferry Road and Craigleith Road. The Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh Royal Victoria Hospital is off Craigleith Road while the Western General Hospital and the Lothian and Borders Police HQ in Fettes Avenue are close neighbours. The quarry at Craigleith was the source of much of the stone that was used in the construction of New Town, EdinburghEdinburgh New Town . References Reflist See also Edinburgh Crystal External links http www.craigleithhill.co.uk A History of the Craigleith Hill District Areas of Edinburgh coord 55 57 42 N 003 13 43 W type city region GB EDH scale 30000 display title name Craigleith Category Areas of EdinburghEdinburgh geo stub ... more details
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