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University Of Strathclyde Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) is one of four faculties at the University of Strathclyde. The faculty was formed in August 2010 from the merger of the Faculty of Education with the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences. It is the largest faculty in the University and the restructuring saw some significant changes to the courses on offer. Since it was formed the faculty has been headed by the Dean, Professor Tony McGrew. Schools The faculty is divided into six schools. School of Social Work and Social Policy The school hosts the '' Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland'' (CELCIS) and the ''Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice''. School of Education The School offers a wide variety of honours and master's degrees such as Primary Education, Education and Social Sciences, Childhood Practice and Teaching with (Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics). School of Government and Public Policy Established in 2010 by the merger of the Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde, it is Scotland's third-largest university by number of students, with students and staff from over 100 countries. The institution was named University of the Year 2012 by Times Higher Education and again in 2019, becoming the first university to receive this award twice. The annual income of the institution for 2019–20 was £334.8 million of which £81.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £298.8 million.. History The university was founded in 1796 through the will of John Anderson, professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, who lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald (Glasgow)
''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in 1992. Following the closure of the ''Sunday Herald'', the ''Herald on Sunday'' was launched as a Sunday edition on 9 September 2018. History Founding The newspaper was founded by an Edinburgh-born printer called John Mennons in January 1783 as a weekly publication called the ''Glasgow Advertiser''. Mennons' first edition had a global scoop: news of the treaties of Versailles reached Mennons via the Lord Provost of Glasgow just as he was putting the paper together. War had ended with the American colonies, he revealed. ''The Herald'', therefore, is as old as the United States of America, give or take an hour or two. The story was, however, only carried on the back page. Mennons, using the larger of two fonts available to him, put it in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 50 foreign news bureaus with more than 250 correspondents around the world. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, the BBC also has regional centres across England and national news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre For Excellence For Looked After Children In Scotland
The Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS), based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and is an organisation that supports the rights and well-being of children and young people and teenagers. History CELCIS was established in 2011 with the intention being to provide a holistic approach, rather than serving a specialist part of the professionals who deal with looked after children. It was established to facilitate collaboration and therefore works with a range of organisations to improve outcomes relating to the lives of looked after children in Scotland. The centre was preceded by the Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care (SIRCC), which was a centre of excellence that had been set up in 2000, under the social care leadership of Prof. Joyce Lishman and Chairs Prof Sandy Cameron and latterly Prof Romy Langeland, and was known as the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland until 2019. The revised name - Centre fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Goudie (economist)
Andrew William Goudie Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (born 3 March 1955) is a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde. Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, Queens' College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, he joined the Scottish Office in 1990. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2011 New Year Honours. He published the book ''Scotland's Future: The Economics of Constitutional Change''. Positions * Research Fellow, Queens' College, Cambridge, Queens' College, Cambridge University, Cambridge (1981–83) * Director of Cambridge Econometrics * Economist at the World Bank * Principal Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1995) * Chief Economist for the Overseas Development Administration/Department for International Development (1996) * Director General Economy and Chief Economic Adviser to the Scottish Government (1999) * Visiting Professor at The University of Strathclyde (2011) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathclyde Law School
Strathclyde Law School was established in 1964 and operates within the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland. The Law School currently operates from the Lord Hope Building (named after Lord Hope of Craighead, former Chancellor of the University and former Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court). The Law School offers a full range of undergraduate and postgraduate taught and research degrees. Courses offered Undergraduate LLB (Honours and Pass) LLB in Law and a Modern Language LLB Part-time LLB Graduate Entry (2 years Accelerated Course) LLB (Clinical) LLB Dual Qualifying in Scots and English Law LLB English Law BA (Honours and Pass) Post-Graduate Diploma in Professional Legal Practice LLM/PgDip/PgCert in Law LLM/PgDip in Construction Law LLM/PgDip/PgCert in Internet Law and Policy LLM/PgDip/PgCert in Human Rights Law LLM/PgDip/PgCert in International Law and Sustainable Development LLM/PgDip/PgCert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheppard Robson
Sheppard Robson (previously Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners ) is a British architecture firm, founded in 1938 by Sir Richard Herbert Sheppard, with offices in London, Manchester, and Glasgow]. It was particularly influential in the 1950s–1960s, pioneering the use of concrete shell structures, and in the present day as a leader in sustainable architecture, building the UK's first net zero carbon house in 2007 as well as designing the LEED Platinum Siemens Middle East Headquarters at Masdar City, which completed in 2014. The latter project was cited as exemplifying "a new generation hathas emerged t the practice which is balancing performance, especially of the sustainable variety, with form" . The practice has offices in London, Manchester and Glasgow and in the 2000s established an award-winning interior design group, ID:SR Sheppard Robson. History Sheppard Robson was founded in 1938 by Richard Sheppard, a technically skilled designer with a talent for developing new mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
