Talk:University of Strathclyde

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The article claims that the University is Scotland's second oldest, however this cannot be correct. St Andrews and Glasgow University are older. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.155.112.252 (talk) 13:59, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Take another look. It says Glasgow's second oldest (out of 4 if you count West of Scotland), not Scotland's --Misho (talk) 00:28, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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?"[edit]

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[edit]

(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]

Alumni[edit]

Text and/or other creative content from this version of University of Strathclyde was copied or moved into List of University of Strathclyde people with this edit on 14:57, 11 October 2012. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Should those who haven't actually obtained a degree from Strathclyde still be classed as alumni? For example, ostensibly, Jim Murphy has been on sabbatical since 1992 - depending on how you look at it, he's either a drop out or still a student. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.250.127.116 (talk) 00:46, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Logo[edit]

After proper analysis, and having read the book from the University of Strathclyde's official brand page, I have found that the blue image used previously as a "new logo" for the University is just a "tab" according to the information provided by the university. Therefore I have restored the colour logo and have used the "tab" in place of the website image since the tab can be found as a header in the uni website. Regards,Abesam (talk) 12:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Abesam

You are wrong about the logo. On page 04 of the link you have given it says: "The full colour logo and its variants will no longer be present on client-facing materials and its use will be restricted to the following..."; I understand you are trying to say that the blue logo is a derivation of this, but it is not. An alternative would be to place the shield only without any of the text, because both logos incorporate the badge. This is how most university articles here on Wikipedia are - they have their shield at the top of the infobox and a logo at the bottom (where you have already placed the blue 'tab').

About the "Timeline" section you have added: I previously moved a list similar to that but about the campus to a separate page, since a list like that does not belong to the main page about a topic. Some of them are not relevant enough for the main page about the topic (for example, the year the chair in metallurgy was created). They are better suited to a different page, such as Timeline of the University of Strathclyde. A better solution is to create a free graphical chart which explains the changes the university structure has gone through based on this: http://www.ornaverum.org/images/u-of-strathclyde-large.jpg Secondly, the introductory paragraph Due to the massive changes that the University has undergone since its inception, it is essential to have a good knowledge of the changes that the university has undergone since it was founded. The timeline below can help one to trace the roots of the now modern university to its rich ancient heritage. is not in encyclopaedic style. Also, the list appears to be copy/pasted from other pages on the Internet because it appears in articles from 2009. I believe this whole section must either be removed, moved to a separate article or rewritten into prose.

Looking forward to reading your comments.

--mishobg12 (talk) 21:06, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Regarding logo. On page 2 it states that "the logo is the public face of the university brand and it must be present on all materials" and on page 3 it states "the tabs are NOT our new logos but ...." . the same article also states that the logo should not be modified, i.e removal of text etc. Therfore I think it is better to let this part remain as such.

regarding timeline. I agree with you and you are welcome to style it as a prose as long as you can keep note of all the dates, as these are significant milestones in the university's history. Things like "chair in metallurgy" etc shows the university's technological roots and hence cannot be deemed irrelevant. A graphical chart incorporating all the available data without omission is very good as it would help the readers get the best picture possible. Thank you for your communique!

regards,Abesam (talk) 21:37, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for you answer. Regardless of how you interpret the handbook, the full-colour logo is virtually unused anywhere, except in the cases that are listed on page 4. See the university webpage, and all downloadable print materials (such as catalogues etc.)

You did not comment on my shield preposition. See, for example, the University of Oxford article if you don't understand what I mean. The image_name attribute of the infobox has the seal in full colour and a monochrome logo is positioned at the bottom. I can upload under free use a high-definition version of the shield and we can use that instead.

I would gladly rewrite the timeline as prose if I had the time, but until someone does so it needs to be removed because of copyright violation. Please comment on that as well.

Ragards, --mishobg12 (talk) 20:33, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, regarding placing the shield alone at the top, better examples would be the University of Cambridge and University of Glasgow articles, where the situation is much the same as ours. --mishobg12 (talk) 20:56, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Medical School[edit]

If we are going to have David Livingstone on the front page as an alumnus, we need to clarify the status of Anderson's College School of Medicine, which was split off in 1887 when the rest of the Andersonian University became a technical college and carried on as an independent institution until it merged with the University of Glasgow in 1947. We need more details than are currently to be found in the List of historical medical schools in the United Kingdom. NRPanikker (talk) 10:39, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]