The University of Strathclyde 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,its combined enrollment of 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students ranks it Scotland's third-largest university,drawn with its staff from over 100 countries.
Scottish independence is the idea of Scotland regaining its independence and once again becoming a sovereign state,independent from the United Kingdom. The term Scottish independence refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about.
John Anderson was a Scottish natural philosopher and liberal educator at the forefront of the application of science to technology in the industrial revolution,and of the education and advancement of working men and women. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,and was the posthumous founder of Anderson's College,which ultimately evolved into the University of Strathclyde.
Unionism in Scotland is a political movement which favours the continuation of the political union between Scotland and the other countries of the United Kingdom,and hence is opposed to Scottish independence. Scotland is one of four countries of the United Kingdom which has its own devolved government and Scottish Parliament,as well as representation in the UK Parliament. There are many strands of political Unionism in Scotland,some of which have ties to Unionism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland. The two main political parties in the UK —the Conservatives and Labour —both support Scotland remaining part of the UK.
A devolved English parliament is a proposed institution that would give separate decision-making powers to representatives for voters in England,similar to the representation given by the Senedd,the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly. A devolved English parliament is an issue in the politics of the United Kingdom.
Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott,PPRSE,FRCPSG,FMedSci,FRCPath was a Scottish microbiologist who was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011 and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) is an educational charity based in Perth,Scotland founded in 1884. The purpose of the society is to advance the subject of geography worldwide,inspire people to learn more about the world around them,and provide a source of reliable and impartial geographical information.
The 2007 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. These elections took place in most of England and all of Scotland. There were no local government elections in Wales though the Welsh Assembly had a general election on the same day. There were no local government elections in Northern Ireland. Just over half of English councils and almost all the Scottish councils began the counts on Friday,rather than Thursday night,because of more complex arrangements regarding postal votes.
Mona Siddiqui is a British academic. She is Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the University of Edinburgh,a member of the Commission on Scottish Devolution and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She is also a regular contributor to Thought for the Day,Sunday and The Moral Maze on BBC Radio 4,and to The Times,The Scotsman,The Guardian,Sunday Herald.
Richard Rose is a political scientist,author,and academic whose comparative studies in social science have significantly influenced political science and public policy in both practice and theory. He is a Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde (UOS) in Scotland,and is a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
Michael Steed was a British psephologist,political scientist,broadcaster,activist and Liberal Democrat politician. He wrote extensively on political parties and elections.
Denis Ewart Bernard Kingston Shipwright AE FRSA was a British soldier and Royal Air Force officer who served throughout both world wars. In his youth he became a motor racing driver;after a brief political career,he found it difficult to find work but eventually went into the film industry. His later life was spent working as a civil servant but he kept up his hobbies and developed an interest in Unidentified Flying Objects.
John Peter Scott is an English sociologist working on issues of economic and political sociology,social stratification,the history of sociology,and social network analysis. He is currently working independently,and has previously worked at the Universities of Strathclyde,Leicester,Essex,and Plymouth. He is a Fellow of the British Academy,a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts,and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has been a member of the British Sociological Association since 1970. In 2015 he became Chair of Section S4 of the British Academy. In 2016 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Essex University.
Ian McAllister FASSA FRSE is the Distinguished Professor of political science at the Australian National University. He earned his PhD in political science in 1976 from University of Strathclyde. He is a leading election specialist with a research focus on Australian politics which involves co-directing the Australian Election Study,a national survey of political opinion conducted after each federal election since 1987 at the Australian National University. He is a leading scholar in individual level political survey research.
This page lists the public opinion polls that were conducted in relation to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum,that was held on 18 September 2014. Overall,polls showed that support for a "No" vote was dominant until the end of August 2014,when support for a "Yes" vote gained momentum and the gap closed significantly,with at least one poll placing the "Yes" vote ahead. In the final week of the campaign,polls showed the "No" vote to be consistently but somewhat narrowly ahead. There were no exit polls although a YouGov post-election poll was published shortly after the polls closed. For the history of the campaign itself see 2014 Scottish independence referendum,Yes Scotland,and Better Together (campaign).
Alan Alexander is a Scottish academic,writer and public servant. He was General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2013 -2018.
George Murray Burnett FRSE FRSA FRIC LLD (1921–1980) was a Scottish mathematician and chemist. He served as both Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University from 1974 until 1980. He is largely remembered for his work on polymer reactions.
David Cleghorn Thomson,was a Scottish journalist,author,poet,playwright,and Liberal and Labour Party politician. He was notably Director of the BBC's Scottish Region.
Malcolm Macdonald is a Scottish space technology engineer,academic,and director. He is a Professor and the Chair of Applied Space Technology at the University of Strathclyde,and a visiting professor at University College Dublin. He was Director of the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications,SoXSA,from 2014 - 2020,and a non-executive member of the UK Space Agency Steering Board from 2017 - 2020. He is an acknowledged expert in space research,and in 2021 was referred to in the media as "Scotland's leading space expert".
Nicola McEwen, FRSE is professor of territorial politics at the University of Edinburgh,co-director of the Centre on Constitutional Change,and senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe. She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2021. She leads research on devolution and inter-institutional relations. She provides advice to governments and public bodies and gives media expert perspectives internationally. McEwen's research and insights are sought for public engagement and political or business briefings during major events like the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum,and the Smith Commission,UK BREXIT and recent elections such as to the Scottish Parliament. She has a reputation for being authoritative and trustworthy in engaging with senior politicians,civil service and civic society and has regular media engagements on various topics. McEwen is consulted on aspects such as potential impact on welfare of Scottish independence,or informing parliament on the impact of Brexit on intra-UK relations and communicating her findings and explanations to public media.
