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Stewart's Melville College (SMC) is a private day and boarding school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Classes are all boys in the 1st to 5th years and co-educational in Sixth (final) year. Classes are all boys in the 1st to 5th years and co-educational in Sixth (final) year.
George Watson's College is a co-educational private day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh.It was first established as a hospital school in 1723, became a day school in 1871, and was merged with its sister school George Watson's Ladies College in 1974.
Bank holidays in Scotland are determined under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 and the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007.Unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, most bank holidays are not recognised as statutory public holidays in Scotland, as most public holidays are determined by local authorities across Scotland.
Victoria Day (Scottish Gaelic: Latha Victoria) is a public holiday in parts of Eastern Central Scotland, chiefly the cities of Dundee and Edinburgh, although it was formerly more widespread. It is celebrated on the last Monday before or on 24 May and commemorates Queen Victoria 's birthday (24 May 1819), exactly like Victoria Day in Canada .
Edinburgh College is a primarily publicly funded college. Of the college's £91 million income for the period 2014/15, £68.35 million (75.1%) came from Scottish Funding Council (SFC) grants, £14.52 million came from tuition fees, and the remainder came from a mixture of contracts, endowments, and national and EU grants. [3]
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Fettes College (/ ˈ f ɛ t ɪ s /) is a co-educational private boarding and day school in Craigleith, Edinburgh, Scotland, with over two-thirds of its pupils in residence on campus. The school was originally a boarding school for boys only and became co-ed in 1983.
Heriot-Watt was established as the School of Arts of Edinburgh (not to be confused with Edinburgh College of Art [a]) by Scottish businessman Leonard Horner on 16 October 1821. Having been inspired by Anderson's College in Glasgow , Horner established the school to provide practical knowledge of science and technology to Edinburgh's working men.