Another new building opens
Early in December, the Adam Smith Business School Building & Postgraduate Taught (PGT) Hub was formally opened.
The new building contains a range of state-of-the-art teaching, research and collaboration spaces for students and staff from the University’s Adam Smith Business School. It also delivers the first-ever dedicated study and social space for the University’s postgraduate students, meaning the University can better support and promote business skills, employability and graduate attributes across its programmes.
Facilities include a trading environment, simulating the experience of working with financial software in real-world trading roles and a dedicated MBA and Executive Education Suite.
The building was opened by Professor Cecilia Rouse, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the White House for the Biden-Harris administration, Katzman-Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education at Princeton University, and incoming President of the Brookings Institution.
Professor Rouse was also awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of the University of Glasgow for her work as a labour economist, her commitment to education, and her contribution to public service.
Professor Rouse spoke at the building opening: “Adam Smith is well known for his belief in the virtues of the free market. But it is also his articulation of the necessity of the public sector – from roads to national security, to a legal structure, to benefits like childcare that enable full participation in our economy – that help make his vision so valuable to a new generation of scholars.”
Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, said: “This new building will be a fantastic home for our world-renowned Adam Smith Business School. Opening in Adam Smith’s tercentenary year, it will ensure that Glasgow sustains his legacy by continuing to promote innovation, foster connections across academia, industry and policy, and welcome staff and students from around the world to the city of Glasgow.
"The building will also be home to our new Postgraduate Taught Hub, an important resource to support our PGT community. These new facilities will bring our community together in new ways, enabling us to respond to the changing needs of industry and job markets, while placing business skills at the heart of the student experience at Glasgow.”
The Adam Smith Business School & Postgraduate Teaching Hub opening event
Adam Smith
The building was opened during Adam Smith’s tercentenary year, which has seen the University lead global events and activities to commemorate Smith’s learning and legacy.
Adam Smith was a pioneering thinker, known around the world as the 'father of modern economics'. Smith enrolled as a student of the University in 1737 before becoming Professor of Moral Philosophy and eventually University Rector in 1787.
Adam Smith is best known for three publications: The Theory of Moral Sentiments, The Wealth of Nations, and his incomplete Lectures on Jurisprudence.
Adam Smith tercentenary at the University
Adam Smith tercentenary in Avenue