The Hunterian at Kelvin Hall
The Hunterian at Kelvin Hall

Paisley Museum weaves new chapter in textile history

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT

Paisley’s rich textile history is being brought back to life, as part of a pioneering partnership with the University of Glasgow which is helping the next generation of conservators to make their mark on Scotland’s biggest cultural heritage project.

In the kitchen of Robert Burns Ellisland Farm: Left to right Bailey Hodgson, the University of Glasgow Minecraft Society’s President; Rhona Keenan, 11, from Dumfries using the Minecraft Ellisland game while been looked on by Richie Keenan, her father, dressed as Robert Burns, with a portrait of the poet in the background. Photo Credit Martin Shields
In the kitchen of Robert Burns Ellisland Farm: Left to right Bailey Hodgson, the University of Glasgow Minecraft Society’s President; Rhona Keenan, 11, from Dumfries using the Minecraft Ellisland game while been looked on by Richie Keenan, her father, dressed as Robert Burns, with a portrait of the poet in the background. Photo Credit Martin Shields

The Minecraft mobile phone version of Burns Farm launched

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 07:00:00 GMT

The Minecraft recreation of the farm where Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne has been launched for mobile phones.

Robert Burns Stained Glass photo 700 x 300
Robert Burns Stained Glass photo 700 x 300

University of Glasgow scholar discovers a cancelled manuscript by Robert Burns

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMT

The cancelled working manuscript of the song - Ye Jacobites by Name - was written by Burns in 1791 in the inflammatory early period of the French Revolution, against which reformers in the British Isles increasingly agitated for political change.

A Birds eye view of a classroom of children in Virtual Reality
A Birds eye view of a classroom of children in Virtual Reality

Glasgow report highlights transformational power of XR technology for education  

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMT

UofG has today officially launched its white paper on the benefits and challenges that immersive technologies like virtual reality can bring to education.

Responsible AI across education, policing and the creative industries

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:00:00 GMT

New funding is announced today to help propel the UK to the forefront of advanced artificial intelligence research.

Ireland needs a more effective and sustainable PSM funding model

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:59:00 GMT

Writing in the Irish Times with Brian MacCraith, former Future of Media Commission member Gillian Doyle argues that now is the time for Ireland to phase out the TV licence fee in favour of a more stable, progressive and sustainable model of public service media funding.

The interior of Govan Old Church (image credit: SP Energy Networks)
The interior of Govan Old Church (image credit: SP Energy Networks)

Medieval Glasgow heritage site to be heated using energy from the Clyde

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:00:00 GMT

Historic church set to heat building using clean energy harnessed direct from the River Clyde - reducing carbon emissions by over 90% and saving 20% in energy bills

Royal Society of Edinburgh Logo 2021 Black and White 700 x 300
Royal Society of Edinburgh Logo 2021 Black and White 700 x 300

Arts and Humanities researchers share in £727,000 of new RSE funding

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Four researchers from the College of Arts & Humanities will share in new funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance
University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance

Re-framing the picture: Gender equity policy in the film industries

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT

A new report unveils groundbreaking insights into gender equity policy in the film industries.

The pillar with University written on it, outside University Gardens
The pillar with University written on it, outside University Gardens

UofG Alumni are among the Scottish Book Trust's New Writers Award

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:00:00 GMT

Arts & Humanities Alumni - Pip Osmond-Williams and Ross Crawford - among 2024 New Writers Awardees

Sir Anton Muscatelli at Buckingham Palace
Sir Anton Muscatelli at Buckingham Palace

World’s leading Burns scholars are recognised at Buckingham Palace

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:00:00 GMT

The world’s leading centre for the study of Scotland’s national poet has been recognised at Buckingham Palace today with the highest national Honour in further and higher education.

Johnny McKnight delivers the 2024 Cameron Lecture, The Panto Dame (She's Behind You), dressed in full panto dame regalia and channelling one of his favourite characters, Dorothy Blawna-Gale
Johnny McKnight delivers the 2024 Cameron Lecture, The Panto Dame (She's Behind You), dressed in full panto dame regalia and channelling one of his favourite characters, Dorothy Blawna-Gale

She’s Behind You! Panto legend Johnny McKnight is dame for a laugh as he celebrates the magic of Scottish theatre

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:00:00 GMT

Stage star and panto legend Johnny McKnight was dame for a laugh as he celebrated the magic of Scottish theatre … dressed in flamboyant fashion as one of his favourite pantomime characters.

Historic Environment Scotland report on its properities connections to empire
Historic Environment Scotland report on its properities connections to empire

New Report on Connections Between Properties in Care and the British Empire released

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published a new report by a team of UofG researchers, entitled “Surveying and Analysing Connections between Properties in Care and the British Empire, c.1600-1997”

The Tenementals Group Photo. Credit Holger Mohaupt
The Tenementals Group Photo. Credit Holger Mohaupt

Glasgow band to have debut track housed at German concentration camp archive

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMT

The Tenementals will have their newly-released take on the song housed in the archives of the Documentation and Information Center “Emsland Camps”, a few kilometers from the site where the concentration camp song was first performed.

Andrew O'Hagan in the University of Glasgow's cloisters. Photo credit Martin Shields
Andrew O'Hagan in the University of Glasgow's cloisters. Photo credit Martin Shields

Andrew O’Hagan appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Novelist and Essayist Andrew O’Hagan has been appointed as an Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts & Humanities.

A woman who gave her name only as Nadiya sweeps up around a destroyed Russian armored personnel carrier that has been converted into a dumpster on Thursday, April 21, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Photo Credit: Brendan Hoffman
A woman who gave her name only as Nadiya sweeps up around a destroyed Russian armored personnel carrier that has been converted into a dumpster on Thursday, April 21, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Photo Credit: Brendan Hoffman

Citizen archaeologists asked to help collect conflict heritage in Ukraine

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:00:00 GMT

Academics in Ukraine and Scotland are launching a mass crowdsourcing project to help record conflict heritage and testimonies of people impacted by war.

University of Glasgow cloisters
University of Glasgow cloisters

The British Records Association prize winners announced

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

The British Records Association is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Janette Harley Prize including UofG's Professor Ian Forrest

Timothy Kearl and Christopher Willard-Kyle of the Cogito Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow are the winners of the 2023 Young Epistemologist Prize
Timothy Kearl and Christopher Willard-Kyle of the Cogito Epistemology Research Centre at the University of Glasgow are the winners of the 2023 Young Epistemologist Prize

UofG researchers win prestigious philosophy prize

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMT

Dr Timothy Kearl and Dr Christopher Willard-Kyle have won the most prestigious worldwide prize in epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge.

Royal Society of Edinburgh Logo 2021 Black and White 700 x 300
Royal Society of Edinburgh Logo 2021 Black and White 700 x 300

The Royal Society of Edinburgh 2024 new Fellows announced

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:00:00 BST

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) has announced the 2024 cohort of new Fellows, and among the names is Professor Kirsteen McCue

Researchers in arts and humanities
Researchers in arts and humanities

Fifteen arts and humanities projects selected under entrepreneurial funding scheme

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:10:00 BST

The Founders Fund for Creatives programme supports the development of early-stage projects that could offer up commercial opportunities or be explored for wider social, community or creative impact.

A drawing of the Jamaican Giant Galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) from Sir Hans Sloane, 1725, in A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, St. Christophers and Jamaica.
A drawing of the Jamaican Giant Galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) from Sir Hans Sloane, 1725, in A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, St. Christophers and Jamaica.

Historic reparation by the University of Glasgow and The University of the West Indies

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:00 BST

First Caribbean natural history reparation of Jamaican Giant Galliwasp lizard specimen

Dr Jamie Reid Baxter and Dr Suchitra Choudhury 700 x 300
Dr Jamie Reid Baxter and Dr Suchitra Choudhury 700 x 300

UofG academic awarded The Jack Medal

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:00:00 BST

The International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures has announced the winner of the prestigious Jack Medal.

View of the tree and Bute Hall in the east quadrangle
View of the tree and Bute Hall in the east quadrangle

Lemur @ The Cramb Residency  

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:00:54 BST

Norwegian quartet, LEMUR, return to Glasgow to lead this year's Cramb Residency, in conjunction with Nordic Music Days.

University text on a pillar in University Gardens
University text on a pillar in University Gardens

The Guild calls for a strengthening of EU-UK research collaboration in EU framework programmes

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:00:31 BST

The Guild’s Deans of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities recently gathered at the University of Glasgow.

University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance
University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance

Tourism and local communities – connections between Scotland and Majorca

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:00:00 BST

Dr Guillem Colom-Montero has been looking at the island of Majorca in Spain and the Scottish Highlands and Western Islan to gauge the impacts of tourism, particularly in the last decade, where the industry has become the main focus of public and political debate.

A Film & TV studies student reviewing a movie and taking notes
A Film & TV studies student reviewing a movie and taking notes

Deeds not Words event discusses how to achieve gender equity in the screen industries

Wed, 01 May 2024 11:00:00 BST

Around 90 screen industry professionals, policy makers and academics recently gathered in London to discuss what works (and what doesn’t) to improve gender equity in the screen industries.

The Library and Hunterian Art Gallery from the main gate
The Library and Hunterian Art Gallery from the main gate

Angus Og Goes to Glasgow

Wed, 01 May 2024 15:00:00 BST

UofG will host a symposium of fans to showcase the original cartoons of Angus Og.

Left to right Matthew Leeper PhD, Managing Director and Co-founder Education Evolved; Rachel Porteous, Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow’s Games and Gaming Lab; Sumeet Gurung, Co-founder and Lead Developer, Education Evolved; Louise Arnold, Business Engagement Executive, Interface; James Macivor - 3D Modeller, Education Evolved; Dr Timothy Peacock, Historian and Director of University of Glasgow Games and Gaming Lab; and Stephen Preston, Deputy Head of Heritage and Culture at St Giles’ Cathedral. The group are part of the team who created a new historical game for St Giles’ Cathedral’s 900th anniversary.
Left to right Matthew Leeper PhD, Managing Director and Co-founder Education Evolved; Rachel Porteous, Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow’s Games and Gaming Lab; Sumeet Gurung, Co-founder and Lead Developer, Education Evolved; Louise Arnold, Business Engagement Executive, Interface; James Macivor - 3D Modeller, Education Evolved; Dr Timothy Peacock, Historian and Director of University of Glasgow Games and Gaming Lab; and Stephen Preston, Deputy Head of Heritage and Culture at St Giles’ Cathedral. The group are part of the team who created a new historical game for St Giles’ Cathedral’s 900th anniversary.

St Giles' Cathedral Reinvented: Unlocking 900 Years Through Cutting-Edge Gaming  

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:00:00 BST

Through a pioneering initiative involving UofG, St Giles' Cathedral has been recreated in a captivating historical video game, transporting visitors through its architectural evolution with the aim of engaging as wide a range of public audiences as possible.

Idlefield Art Lab and the Phonoautobothy
Idlefield Art Lab and the Phonoautobothy

Solar-Powered Mobile Music Studio Hits Glasgow's Streets

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 10:04:00 BST

UofG academics are working with a unique solar-powered mobile music recording and live production studio called the Phonoautobothy, that will power a number of music events in Glasgow.

An image of Garden Festival Logo. Credit: University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections, Glasgow Garden Festival collection, GB248 [Item No: UGD307/1/1/4].
An image of Garden Festival Logo. Credit: University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections, Glasgow Garden Festival collection, GB248 [Item No: UGD307/1/1/4].

A Blooming Marvellous Archaeological Dig in Glasgow's 1988 Garden Festival site

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:00:00 BST

The After the Garden Festival archaeological team, led by University of Glasgow archaeologists, is again digging deep into the site of the iconic 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival.

Dreamachine installation showing a woman silhouetted by coloured light. Photo credit Urszula Soltys
Dreamachine installation showing a woman silhouetted by coloured light. Photo credit Urszula Soltys

The Winners Of The First WXO Experience Awards Announced

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 BST

Among the winners is Dreamachine project which is co-lead by UofG's Professor Fiona Macpherson

A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.
A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.

Sàr-obair Bàrdachd a’ Trasnadh Chrìochan Cànanach

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:00:00 BST

A Poetic Masterpiece Crosses Linguistic Borders

Murray Pittock admiring the bullethole at Bannockburn House
Murray Pittock admiring the bullethole at Bannockburn House

Important Jacobite Historical Discovery Made at Bannockburn House

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:45:00 BST

Professor Murray Pittock joins experts in confirming the authenticity of a rare piece of history that could alter the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

An image of Dr Martin Macgregor with a 3D model of Robert the Bruce
An image of Dr Martin Macgregor with a 3D model of Robert the Bruce

Come face to face with Scotland’s hero-king

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:00:00 BST

A 3D model of Robert the Bruce’s face goes on display at Dunfermline Abbey

University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance
University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance

Glasgow students and community partners co-create powerful stories through pioneering partnership

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 09:01:00 BST

A new groundbreaking partnership to nurture the next generation of film and TV talent while addressing important social issues is unveiled today by GMAC Film and the University of Glasgow.

A Who Own the Cyde Flyer close up on Clyde. Copyright Daniele Sambo
A Who Own the Cyde Flyer close up on Clyde. Copyright Daniele Sambo

New podcast investigates who owns the river Clyde and why this matters to the people of Glasgow

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:00:00 BST

“Who owns the Clyde” – a podcast series produced and hosted by crime writer & UofG's Professor Louise Welsh and architect Jude Barber ‒ has been launched.

Waterloo Uncovered Dig 2019
Waterloo Uncovered Dig 2019

Military veterans seek answers to riddle of Waterloo's missing skeletons

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:30:40 BST

Military veterans will join an archaeological excavation in Belgium next month as they search for answers to one of history’s enduring mysteries: what happened to the remains of the roughly 20,000 men who died at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?

An image of people taking part in an archaeological dig at Govan Old Church
An image of people taking part in an archaeological dig at Govan Old Church

1500-year-old Religious Site with Viking Connections to be Uncovered at Archaeological Dig for Glasgow Residents

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:00:00 BST

1500-year-old Religious Site with Viking Connections to be Uncovered at Archaeological Dig for Glasgow Residents

University main building
University main building

Four projects from UofG have been shortlisted in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:00:00 BST

Known as the Oscars of the UK university sector, the THE annual awards celebrate the best of higher education in the UK and Ireland.

US, Dutch and British veterans excavating ©Chris van Houts
US, Dutch and British veterans excavating ©Chris van Houts

Military veterans expose reality of Waterloo Battlefield

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:00:00 BST

An international team of veterans, serving personnel and archaeologists have unearthed a unique battle clearance trench on the Waterloo battlefield, revealing the dignity offered to an unknown soldier in horrific circumstances.

Ogham Database Launch - Prof Katherine Forsyth
Ogham Database Launch - Prof Katherine Forsyth

OG(H)AM project releases film about the digital humanities research on the ancient writing script

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:01:00 BST

Academics from Ireland and Scotland have released a full length 20-minute information film about the ancient Celtic ogham writing script.

University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance
University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance

New University of Glasgow research explores how faith shapes conversations on Scotland's constitutional future

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:00:01 BST

As Scotland marks the 10th anniversary of the 2014 independence referendum, new research highlights innovative approaches to fostering constructive dialogue on the nation's constitutional future.

Main logo for the Kavya Prize
Main logo for the Kavya Prize

The Kavya Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:00:00 BST

The Kavya Prize seeks to recognise and encourage the literary achievement of Scottish writers of colour

The Hunterian at Kelvin Hall
The Hunterian at Kelvin Hall

AHRC's World Class Labs Transform UK's Arts and Humanities Research

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow's Kelvin Hall showcased as success story

Tile-Kelvingrove01
Tile-Kelvingrove01

Community Innovation Practitioners reveal results of UKRI inclusive innovation funding award

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:00:00 BST

The College of Arts & Humanities Partnership Catalyst was one of first five Community Innovation Practitioners funded by the AHRC pilot.

The logo of the 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark project. Credit: Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage
The logo of the 100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark project. Credit: Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

100 Black Women Who Have Made A Mark: Celebrating Black Female Excellence

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:00:00 BST

Among the 100 is UofG's historian and archaeologist Dr Peggy Brunache

Main logo for the Kavya Prize
Main logo for the Kavya Prize

The Kavya Prize 2024 Winner Announced

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:00:00 BST

UofG is delighted to announce that Arun Sood has been awarded The Kavya Prize 2024 for their work New Skin for the Old Ceremony.

The logo of the Leverhulme funded 'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies'
The logo of the Leverhulme funded 'The Works of Robert Fergusson: Reconstructing Textual and Cultural Legacies'

University of Glasgow leads tribute to influential Scots Poet

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 07:00:00 BST

UofG is spearheading celebrations to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the poet Robert Fergusson's lasting impact on Scottish literature and culture.

Left to right Derek Alexander, Ellen Fogel Walker, Tony Pollard, Christine McPherson and Gail Boardman
Left to right Derek Alexander, Ellen Fogel Walker, Tony Pollard, Christine McPherson and Gail Boardman

Archaeological dig at Culloden Battlefield

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:00:00 BST

Archaeologists including UofG's Professor Tony Pollard and volunteers have begun a remarkable dig at Culloden Battlefield, where the course of British, European and world history changed dramatically nearly 280 years ago.

A scholarship student in the Library
A scholarship student in the Library

Franco censorship survives in versions of books and films still in circulation

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Almost 50 years have passed since the death of dictator Francisco Franco, but censorship from his time in power survives today in some books and films from that time, says UofG's Dr Jordi Cornellà-Detrell

The Tenementals Group Photo. Credit Holger Mohaupt
The Tenementals Group Photo. Credit Holger Mohaupt

What if history had a soundtrack? The Tenementals reveal their debut album ‘Glasgow: A History’  

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT

The Tenementals, a Glasgow-based collective of academics, musicians and artists, will launch their groundbreaking debut album, ‘Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI)' at a free concert at Òran Mór at the end of November.

University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance
University of Glasgow sign outside front entrance

One-day UofG led symposium to explore the rich history and cultural significance of tea in Scotland.

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:00:08 GMT

The event, set to take place in early 2025, has been awarded £5,000 in funding from the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s Regional Food Fund.

A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.
A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.

The probems of free will and moral responsibility will be the focus for University lecture series

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:00:00 GMT

A leading philosophy professor will deliver this year’s Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow.

An image of Professor Jenifer Smith in front of the Cloisters
An image of Professor Jenifer Smith in front of the Cloisters

From ‘guising’ to ‘actin’ the maggot’: Your voice needed as language survey expands to Ireland and Wales

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:00:21 GMT

Since 2022, the pioneering Speak for Yersel Scotland project has captured the voices of over 7000 Scots speakers. Now it is expanding to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and into Wales.