Relevance

Civic, external and global engagement

Strategic aims: 

  1. To lead the way in developing and sustaining strong, equitable and mutually beneficial relationships with community, educational, industry, heritage and other local, national and global partners – developing and sharing expertise and creating positive impacts.
  2. Through research, teaching and partnership, to build on the College’s distinctive and unique strengths in ecological sustainability and environmental justice.
  3. To bring the methodologies and insights of the Arts & Humanities to bear in driving multidisciplinary and inclusive approaches to social and global challenges throughout our research and teaching (including in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals).
  4. With our place in Glasgow at the heart of our work, to embed public engagement, social responsibility and openness, providing opportunities for colleagues, students and partners.
  5. To incrementally expand and diversify our international student body via the development of new programmes and innovative (including online and partnership) modes of delivery.
  6. To develop and sustain an engaged and mutually beneficial alumni and supporter community.

Examples

How we make a difference.

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.

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

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.

Image of two woman in front of a window, one sitting on a chair and the other helps to put a shawl around her shoulders. Credit Macmillan Cancer Support
Image of two woman in front of a window, one sitting on a chair and the other helps to put a shawl around her shoulders. Credit Macmillan Cancer Support

Academics work with Macmillan Cancer Support to improve end of life care

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:00:00 BST

Glasgow philosophers have developed an e-learning module with Macmillan Cancer Support to help palliative care practitioners understand suffering in life-limiting illness.

Ukrainian veterans digging alongside British Dutch German Belgian and Australian veterans 700 x 300 ©chrisvanhouts
Ukrainian veterans digging alongside British Dutch German Belgian and Australian veterans 700 x 300 ©chrisvanhouts

Ukrainians find peace from war on the Waterloo battlefield

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 06:00:00 BST

British veterans’ charity Waterloo Uncovered adds its support to the Ukrainian war effort

The logo of ScreenSkills
The logo of ScreenSkills

ScreenSkills publishes Diversity and Inclusion Playbook for screen industries

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:00:00 BST

Research-based Playbook, in association with the University of Glasgow, offers framework to improve and refine current D&I practice.

A picture of a woman using a video game controller in front of a computer monitor
A picture of a woman using a video game controller in front of a computer monitor

Largest study of video games reveals men say twice as much as women

Wed, 24 May 2023 08:30:00 BST

Researchers have found a stark gender imbalance after carrying out the largest-ever study of video game dialogue.

The Dear Green Bothy

The Dear Green Bothy

Emerging from COP26 the project continues to host creative and critical responses to climate change.

Sam Fender performing at TRNSMT 2023. Photo Credit: Hope Holmes
Sam Fender performing at TRNSMT 2023. Photo Credit: Hope Holmes

Towards a Just and Green Music City  

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:00:00 GMT

An initiative that aims to unite Glasgow’s UNESCO City of Music identity with the city’s ambition to become net zero by 2030.

Economic and Social Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council

Public Service Media and the Digital Challenge

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:30:00 GMT

ESRC grant of over £470,000 awarded for a 3 year study on 'PSM and the Digital Challenge: Purpose, Value and Funding'.

Gilmorehill and the main building looking south from the Library
Gilmorehill and the main building looking south from the Library

A new study shows how the ancient world adapted to climate change

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:00:00 BST

A new study of the ancient world of Anatolia – now Turkey – shows how they adapted to climate change but offers a warning for today’s climate emergency.

University of Glasgow cloisters
University of Glasgow cloisters

Faith in Scotland’s constitutional future?

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:00:00 GMT

Academics at the University of Glasgow have been awarded funding to look at the role of faith in deciding Scotland’s constitutional future.

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.

Policy Futures for the Digital Creative Economy

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:00:00 BST

Hard on the heels of the University of Sydney’s Vice-Chancellor visit to build links with UofG, cooperation is in evidence work on the creative digital economy.