Heriot-Watt University
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Muriel Spark | She would have liked to go on to university, but the depression of the 1930s bore harshly on Edinburgh; she needed to earn her living, and at a time when young people were eager... |
| Education | J. K. Rowling | She then enrolled at Moray House
(a teacher training college then attached to Heriot-Watt University
but now part of Edinburgh University
) for a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education, without which she would not be qualified... |
| Reception | Muriel Spark | Three more Scottish universities followed Strathclyde's lead: MS
received Honorary DLitts from Edinburgh University
in 1989, Aberdeen
in 1995, and St Andrews
in 1998. In 1995, she received a DUniv from Heriot-Watt University
, where... |
Timeline
October 1821
The Edinburgh School of Arts
was founded by Leonard Horner
, to educate mechanics, that is workmen, in branches of physical science deemed to be practical in their trades.
October 1821
The Edinburgh School of Arts
was founded by Leonard Horner
, to educate mechanics, that is workmen, in branches of physical science deemed to be practical in their trades.