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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 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: | A graduate was entitled to use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_nominal|post-nominal letter[[Category:School record[[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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==== St. Andrews ==== | ==== St. Andrews ==== | ||
{{wikipedia|University of St Andrews}} After Oxford and Cambridge, the third university founded (1410) in the British Isles. Main campus located in [[St. Andrews and St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland|St | {{wikipedia|University of St Andrews}} After Oxford and Cambridge, the third university founded (1410) in the British Isles. Main campus located in [[St. Andrews and St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland|St Andrew[[Category:School records]]]. | ||
James Maitland Anderson collected the names of early graduates in a series of works: | James Maitland Anderson collected the names of early graduates in a series of works: | ||
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An incomplete list from 1587 (see the note on sources and coverage): | An incomplete list from 1587 (see the note on sources and coverage): | ||
*[http://www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk/alumni Alumni, The University of | *[http://www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk/alumni Alumni, The University of Edinburg[[Category:School records]] | ||
=== Later establishments === | === Later establishments === | ||
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==== Dundee ==== | ==== Dundee ==== | ||
{{wikipedia|University of Dundee}} A university college was opened in [[Dundee, Angus, Scotland| | {{wikipedia|University of Dundee}} A university college was opened in [[Dundee, Angus, Scotland|Dunde[[Category:School records]]] in 1883 as an extension of St. Andrew's University. In the reforms of 1960s, the college gained its institutional independence as a university.<ref>Lindsay Paterson, 'Regionalism among Entrants to Higher Education from Scottish Schools', (1993) 19 (No. 2) ''Oxford Review of Education'' pp 231-255 at p 235.</ref> | ||
(For the University of Abertay also located in Dundee, see below.) | (For the University of Abertay also located in Dundee, see below.) | ||
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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 Catalo[[Category:School records]]under: | [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalo[[Category:School record[[Category:School records]]]under: | ||
SCOTLAND - SCHOOLS SCOTLAND | SCOTLAND - SCHOOLS SCOTLAND | ||
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{{Place|Scotland}} | {{Place|Scotland}} | ||
[[Category:Scotland| | [[Category:Scotland|School[[Category:School records]]] [[Category:School[[Category:School records]]] | ||