New political resource launched in Glasgow
A new online resource on the popular political culture of Scotland in the 19th and early 20th centuries will be officially launched later today. A new website called The People’s Voice has been created by staff More...
Glasgow University helping to fight disease spread by mosquitoes
Findings published today in a scientific journal put the University of Glasgow firmly at the helm of research into disease transmitted by insects. These arboviruses – viruses transmitted by insects such as mosquitoes More...
Report investigates football’s relationship to domestic abuse
A report, published today by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR), highlights a correlation between the occurrence of certain football matches and increased reports of domestic abuse. The More...
Doctor Who was a Glasgow graduate
New research by archivists supports claims made by Doctor Who that the celebrated Time Lord may at some point have received a Doctorate from the University of Glasgow. The question of how and when the Doctor was More...
Commonwealth Games app launched to boost fitness levels
With just a month to go until the opening ceremony of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, smartphone owners are being given the opportunity to boost their fitness and learn more about the host city. An award-winning More...
University of Glasgow awards honorary degrees
Scottish gold medal winners from past Commonwealth Games awarded Doctorates from the University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow will award 14 Honorary Degrees for their services to sport. The Doctorates More...
Govan Stone to be exhibited in London
Rare early-medieval ‘Hogback Stone’ leaves Scotland for the first time in a millennium A half-tonne early-medieval gravestone will leave Scotland for the first time in its 1,100 year history on 27 January when More...
Study to consider UK impact on Scottish literature since 1707
In the week of the launch of the Independence White Paper, a new study will consider what impact the Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England had on Scottish literature over the course of the last 300 years. The More...
Glasgow University honours sports students
The University of Glasgow hosted an inaugural reception to honour the recent success of their students in sport and to celebrate the selection of this year’s sport bursars. The event, held in the university chapel More...
Glasgow University hosting digital media events
Senior figures from both UK and US politics will be taking part in two major events at the University of Glasgow, offering students from the College of Social Sciences an insight into digital media and politics More...
