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{{wikipedia|List of universities in Scotland}} Scotland's universities developed in three distinct stages: the ancient universities ('''St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh''') were founded in the 15th and 16th centuries; the plate glass universities ('''Dundee, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Stirling''') raised to university status in the 1960s; and the newest group ('''Glasgow Caledonian, Napier, Paisley, Robert Gordon, Abertay''') elevated to university status in the 1990s.<ref name="he_adoe">'higher education' in Susan Wallace (ed.), ''A Dictionary of Education'', (Oxford University Press, 2009) Print ISBN-13: 9780199212064. Published online: 2009-2012, eISBN: 9780191727443.</ref> | {{wikipedia|List of universities in Scotland}} Scotland's universities developed in three distinct stages: the ancient universities ('''St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh''') were founded in the 15th and 16th centuries; the plate glass universities ('''Dundee, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Stirling''') raised to university status in the 1960s; and the newest group ('''Glasgow Caledonian, Napier, Paisley, Robert Gordon, Abertay''') elevated to university status in the 1990s.<ref name="he_adoe">'higher education' in Susan Wallace (ed.), ''A Dictionary of Education'', (Oxford University Press, 2009) Print ISBN-13: 9780199212064. Published online: 2009-2012, eISBN: 9780191727443.</ref> | ||
A graduate was entitled to use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_nominal|post-nominal | A graduate was entitled to use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_nominal|post-nominal letter[[Category:School records]]to identify their degree and awarding institution. This table shows the accepted abbreviations of Scotland's universities used in post-nominal letters: | ||
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The Family History Library has very few Scottish school records, but there are some records for larger cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow. You can find school records in the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FamilySearch Catalog/frameset_fhlc.asp] | The Family History Library has very few Scottish school records, but there are some records for larger cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow. You can find school records in the Place Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FamilySearch Catalog/frameset_fhlc.asp] | ||
[https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch | [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalo[[Category:School records]]under: | ||
SCOTLAND - SCHOOLS SCOTLAND | SCOTLAND - SCHOOLS SCOTLAND | ||