Talk:University of Strathclyde

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Do we have permission to duplicate content from the University prospectus? Most (if not all) of the content seems to be direct copy and pastes from the 2005 prospectus. http://www.strath.ac.uk/prospectus/pdf/2005/pg/front.pdf AlistairMcMillan 05:50, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I thought it was originally established as "The Andersonian Institute" rather than the "Andersonian Institution?"GiollaUidir 15:07, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Tech?"

Is it true that Strathclyde is known as "The Tech" amongst Glaswegians? I'm sure that it's true that students of GU call it such, mostly as a wind-up, but Strathclyde has been a university for a long time now. "Glasgow Tech" referred for a long time to the now CU, as that was its official name (Glasgow Technical College). I'm quite sure that if you asked the average Glaswegian for directions to the "Tech", they'd send you to CU. Glasgow University students are not "your average Glaswegian". (Full disclosure - I went to Strathclyde, but this doesn't change the fact that "the Tech" is used by GU students, not common at all amongst the average Glaswegian). Camillus (talk) 15:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've only ever heard "the tech" used by GU students and by Strathclyde students when playing (and generally beating) glasgow at sport. on a side note, i didnt think Alex from franz ferdinand actually went to the uni? I thought he went to the art college and his dad is a lecturer at GCU?

Older alumni still refer to it as the Tech and the University runs twice-yearly Tech Club reunions for those who graduated before 1964, when it became Strathclyde.

Alex Kapranos was at Strathclyde - he studied Hotel & Catering Management - and he was Alumnus of the Year in 2005. His father used to be a lecturer at the University.

I'm not really comfortable with Chris Sawyer being billed as 'creator' of the ~Tycoon games when Sid Meier created Railroad Tycoon in 1990 and his company, Microprose, followed up with Pizza Tycoon in 1993, all before Chris published Transport Tycoon with Microprose in 1994. Suggest he is credited as being a developer of the series. Fuzzy 21:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure Montell Williams has never studied at Strathclyde University? 78.32.130.159 23:30, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

University ratings

(I'm posting this to all articles on UK universities as so far discussion hasn't really taken off on Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities.)

There needs to be a broader convention about which university rankings to include in articles. Currently it seems most pages are listing primarily those that show the institution at its best (or worst in a few cases). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Universities#University ratings. Timrollpickering 22:07, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]