Dates for your diary
Published: 26 February 2024
Say up-to-date March to May 2024
March
6 Mar Celebrating International Women’s Day at the University of Glasgow (5.30pm) - you can register for online and in-person attendance.
7 Mar Cinemarc film screening and exhibition tour, on the topic of women’s work, from 5.30pm at the ARC.
8 Mar International Women’s Day
- Social event at School of Chemistry (SoC) - including massage therapist, refreshments and sweet treats open to all staff and students from 12-2pm (Conference room Joseph Black Building A4-41)
- Film screening of Hidden Figures (6-9pm) find out more on the Facebook page of the Glasgow University African-Caribbean Society.
- Film Screening of ‘Girlhood’, a French coming-of-age film (7-10 pm), find out more on the Facebook page of the French Society.
- Big Wednesday Night Pub Quiz: IWD Edition - Queen Margaret Union (meet at Jim’s Bar, from 8pm.
- The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance is hosting a day celebrating women and beyond in Linlithgow Burgh Halls (West Lothian).
9 March (IWD continued)
- Confidence 101 with Women in STEM organised by WiSTEM (5:30pm - room 916, Adam Smith Building)
- Panel Discussion - Women in University Management organised by Students’ Representative Council (6pm) in Room 201, McIntyre Building
- Wee World Changers from 10am - a free, inspiring family event at the Hunterian.
10 Mar Islam: Ramadan begins (ends 9 April)
18 Mar Amplify mentoring past and present meetup (6pm at the ARC), email Greg Burgess for further information
20 Mar Bahai: Naw Rúz (New Year)
22-30 Mar Hinduism: Navratri
22 Mar End of Semester Teaching
23 – 24 Mar Judaism: Purim
24 Mar Christianity: Palm Sunday
25 Mar Sikhism: Holi
25 Mar Spring Vacation starts
25 – 31 Mar World Autism Acceptance Week
27 Mar Sikhism: Hola Mohalla
29 Mar Christianity: Good Friday
30th Mar World Bipolar Day
31 Mar International Transgender Day of Visibility
31 Mar Christianity: Easter Sunday
April
2 Apr World Autism Awareness Day
3 Apr অদ্ভুত/ODBHUT: Queer Cinema from two Bengals (from 10am, Andrew Stewart Cinema) - half-day of film screenings in response to renewed threats to queer rights movements and queer activism in South Asia.
9 Apr Islam: Ramadan ends
10 Apr Islam: Eid al-Fitr
12 Apr Spring Vacation ends
13 Apr Sikhism: New Year Vaisakhi
17 Apr Hinduism: Rama Navami
21 Apr Bahai: First Day of Ridván
22 Apr Stephen Lawrence Day
22 - 30 Apr Judaism: Pesach (Passover)
22 Apr Lesbian Visibility Week
24 - 26 Apr Buddhism: Theravada New Year
29 Apr Bahai: Ninth Day of Ridván
May 2024
1-7 May Deaf Awareness Week
2 May Bahai: Twelfth Day of Ridván
5 - 6 May Judaism: Yom HaShoah
6 May May holiday
9 May Christianity: Ascension Day
13 – 19 May Black Inclusion Week
13 - 20 May Mental Health Awareness Week
17 May International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
19 May Christianity: Pentecost
23 May Buddhism: Vesak (Buddah Day)
23 May Bahai: Declaration of the Báb
24 May End of Semester 2
29 May Bahai: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh
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First published: 26 February 2024
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