About GASHE

• Overview
  A brief history of the GASHE Project and its aims. More...
• The Importance of Scottish Higher Education Collections
  HEI records are primary resources for Scotland’s educational, intellectual and cultural history. This area is currently attracting attention from researchers studying the early-modern and modern periods alike, not only from Scotland’s own academic community but also from around the world. More...
• What is Included in the Project
  The ten partners in this project are representative of Scottish Higher Education from medieval Universities to modern post polytechnic Universities and together their HEI collections run to over 10 linear kilometres and encompass well over a million items. More...
• Impact on Research
  The resource generated by this project will greatly enhance access to these research collections in a wide range of academic disciplines in the humanities, social sciences and to a lesser extent, medicine and science. It will especially facilitate comparative study of Scottish HEIs and their predecessor institutions enabling a full assessment of higher education in Scotland and allowing innovative comparisons with other UK, European and international systems. More...
• Methodology and Standards
  An explanation of the methodology and descriptive/data standards employed by GASHE. More...
• Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP)
  GASHE was funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme. RSLP was funded by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils and the Department of Education for Northern Ireland. Funding to higher education institutions started in academic year 1999-2000 and finished at the end of academic year 2001-2002. More...
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
  The Developing Archival Context Standards for Functions in the Higher Education Sector project, which continued and developed the GASHE project, was funded by the Arts and Humanities Resaerch Council. More...
• Collaboration
  The collaboration between GASHE, NAHSTE and EDINA. More...
• Disclaimer
  The GASHE project disclaimer regarding the content of this website. More...

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