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To sum up the results of Heriot-Watt's Approved Learning Centre in Tomsk in last three years; this unique and innovative institution which prepares petroleum engineers with internationally respected degrees is continuously delivering what oil and engineering companies require and even more.
The Heriot-Watt Centre was established in September 2001 by collaboration ...
Author: Alumni Administrator, Date Published: Oct 22, 2009
IT IS who you know, not what you know at university that matters. In a survey of Scottish graduates, 62 per cent said they valued the contacts made at university at least as highly as their degree.
In the survey, for student accommodation company Unite, 42 per cent of those questioned ...
Author: Alumni Administrator, Date Published: Aug 21, 2009
A networking website, designed by Russian Heriot-Watt graduates to make connections, has developed into a popular forum for Oil & Gas Industry professionals.
The forum was initially created in 2004 for internal communication for Heriot-Watt alumni who had studied in Tomsk. The communications tool has developed into discussions about professional ...
Author: Alumni Administrator, Date Published: Aug 18, 2009
Following a successful year of fundraising for the Alumni Fund, including two telethons, the Alumni Fund Committee met recently to consider applications for awards. We are delighted to report back to you that a broad range of successful applications were awarded grants. These include:
Access Bursaries
The Committee was delighted ...
Author: Alumni Administrator, Date Published: May 20, 2009
The world's first international sign language degree is being offered at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University.
Around 90,000 people in the UK use British Sign Language as their primary means of communication.
Sign languages vary from country to country as much as spoken languages, but, until now, there has been no course that allows ...
Author: Alumni Administrator, Date Published: May 20, 2009
Scottish Borders Campus
The £20m campus collaboration project in south east Scotland has been completed.
The Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels has been designed to share facilities for Borders College and Heriot-Watt University.
The new building took 15 months to complete on a phased basis and is intended to provide a centre for "educational ...
Author: Alumni Administrator, Date Published: May 20, 2009
Dress using Harris Tweed designed by Judy R Clark
Fashion clothing featuring Harris Tweed was modelled on a catwalk at the Dressed for Kilt show in New York City.
Sir Sean Connery hosted the event, with tycoon Donald Trump and actors Andie MacDowell and Brian Cox due to attend.
The tweed appears in designs by Heriot-Watt University graduate Judy ...
Author: Alumni Administrator, Date Published: Apr 8, 2009
For students on a one-year full-time course the value of the Scholarship is 20% of the tuition-fee level. For part-time or other modes of study the value is pro-rata to the above level, up to a maximum of 20% of a one-year fee.
The Scheme, applicable to many Postgraduate taught courses ...
Author: Rob Morton, Date Published: Feb 24, 2009