ALLAN
MACLEOD
e-mail: allan.macleod AT uws.ac.uk
(trying to reduce spam, but not working too well!)
(The alternating red and black colours are to reflect my
lifelong devotion to Inverness Thistle FC, originally in the Highland League
but now merged with Inverness Caledonian to form the team Inverness Caledonian
Thistle - relegated to First Division for season 2009/2010!!!)
Personal Details
The following shows my family at the wedding of my eldest
son (third from left), which, sadly,
does not include our daughter-in-law Shona - cound not
find a decent picture of the 6 of us and Shona.

Born - 20 November 1953, Inverness, Highland Region, Scotland
Married to Jennifer - a music teacher.
Four children :
(i) Alistair (29) - who works for Deloitte
, currently on secondment for 2 years in Australia.
(ii) Stuart (27) - who used to teach percussion in Edinburgh
schools but gave up before losing his mind, still trying to be a rock star-
his band is called The 48
(iii) Catriona (25) - doing a Ph.D. in French at Glasgow
University
(iv) Duncan (23) - first-year of a Ph.D. in Gravitational
Waves at Cardiff
Current position: Reader in Mathematics
Education:
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1958-1965 Crown Primary School, Inverness
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1965-1971 Inverness Royal Academy
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1971-1975 University of Edinburgh, B.Sc. Hons (1st)
in Mathematics
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1975-1978 University of Edinburgh, Ph.D. in Numerical
Analysis
Employment:
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1978-1979 Medical Computing and Statistics Unit, Edinburgh
University
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1979-1982 Napier College, Edinburgh (now Napier University)
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1982-1986 Scottish College of Textiles, Galashiels
(now part of Heriot-Watt University )
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1986-present Paisley College, became University of
Paisley and is now part of The University
of the West of Scotand
Academic Details
Responsibilities:
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Teaching all or part of the following modules
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Sequences and Patterns
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Maths of Space and Change
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Mathematics for Design
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Dealing with Data
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Multidimensional Mathematics
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Differential Equations
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Mathematics and Statistics Group Timetabler
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School of Science Timetable Coordinator
Research Interests:
Publications:
Last revised: 19 October 2009