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m. Children. 2. Sir Ian Rankin's voice. from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 6 November 2011. [1] Website. www .ianrankin .net. Sir Ian James Rankin OBE DL FRSE FRSL FRIAS [2] (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Coordinates: 3°11′13″W. The University of Edinburgh School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures is a school within the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh. The School was formed in 2002 as a result of administrative restructuring, when several departments of what was then the Faculty of Arts were ...
The university played an important role in Edinburgh becoming a chief intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the " Athens of the North ". [7] [8] The three main global university rankings ( ARWU, THE, and QS) all place Edinburgh within their respective top 40.
New York University Press. Palgrave MacMillan (UK and Australia, St. Martin's Press in US) Politico's. Polity Press. Routledge ( Taylor and Francis) SAGE Publications. Science Publishers. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press. University of Michigan Press.
The QS World University Rankings is a portfolio of comparative college and university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm.Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with Times Higher Education (THE) magazine as Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings, inaugurated in 2004 to provide an independent source of comparative ...
The considerable disparity in rankings has been attributed to the different methodology and purpose of global university rankings such as the Academic Ranking of World Universities, QS World University Rankings, and Times Higher Education World University Rankings. International university rankings primarily use criteria such as academic and ...
The University of Stirling. / 56.14583°N 3.91944°W / 56.14583; -3.91944. The University of Stirling ( Scots: University o Stirlin, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967.
Heriot-Watt University (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute , and subsequently granted university status by royal charter in 1966.