UofG archaeologist awarded mid-career fellowship by British Academy

The British Academy has awarded £3.5million in Mid-Career Fellowships to 30 outstanding academics whose research will contribute towards public understanding of the humanities and social sciences. Among the 30 academics is Dr Claudia Glatz, a senior lecturer in archaeology who is based in the School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan. The scheme allows academics time to focus on a major piece of research by obtaining time away from teaching and administration commitments. In previous years, the work undertaken by British Academy Mid-Career Fellows has led to critically-acclaimed books, big-budget European documentaries and BBC radio shows. 

Dr Glatz said: "I am delighted to receive a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for my project ‘The Invention of Civilisation: Early Highland-lowland Encounters and the Politics of Alterity’. The Fellowship will allow me to synthesize a decade of archaeological research in Turkey and Iraq on the relationships that developed between the first states and communities located in highland and transitional landscapes, the imagination and representations of cultural distinction that this entailed, and the impact it has had on political and scholarly narratives and practices in the past as well as in the present."

 

The Herald Higher Education Awards 2019

The University has been shortlisted in a number of categories in this year@s Herald Higher Education Awards:

Enhancing Student Learning Award - Sponsored by QAA Scotland
University of Glasgow - The Academic Writing Skills Programme (AWSP)

Supporting Student Wellbeing Award – Sponsored by Scotwest Credit Union
University of Glasgow - CaPS - Counselling and Psychological Service

Outstanding Contribution from a University Student Award
Jamie Dalgoutte - University of Glasgow

Research Project of the Year Award
University of Glasgow - Dynamic Coast - Please note that this was moved into this category at judging

Research Project of the Year Award
University of Glasgow - Runaway Slaves in Britain

Outstanding Business Engagement in Universities Award - Sponsored by SQA
University of Glasgow – Clinical Innovation Zone – Driving Precision Medicine

Outstanding Business Engagement in Universities Award - Sponsored by SQA
University of Glasgow - Supporting NHS Counter Fraud Services

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community Award
University of Glasgow - STEM in the Gorbals

Widening Access Award – Sponsored by Scottish Funding Council
University of Glasgow - Glasgow Medical School Access Programme

The awards will be presented at a formal awards dinner on the evening of Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow.

 

UofG Professor awarded one of Germany’s most prestigious medical prizes

Iain McInnes, Professor of Experimental Medicine and Director of the Institute for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, has been awarded the prestigious Carol Nachman Prize for Rheumatology 2019, the world’s highest honour awarded to a rheumatologist. The prize was awarded equally to Professor McInnes and US scientist Professor Dr Ellen M. Gravallese at a ceremony in the state capital of Hesse, Wiesbaden, on Friday, May 10.

The Carol Nachman Prize, worth €37,500, serves to promote clinical, therapeutic and experimental research in the field of rheumatology, and is one of Germany’s highest medical awards. Since 1972, the prize, including this year’s winners, has been awarded to 80 internationally-recognised scientists.

 

Dumfries is 20

Dame Barbara Kelly gave the first in a series of lectures to mark the 20th anniversary of Glasgow University in Dumfries on Monday, 7 May. The audience weas given an fascinating insight into her vision for university education, and the process of transforming the Crichton Campus into today’s reality.

Dame Barbara spoke about the history of the Crichton Campus, its journey through the years, and the ongoing development of the site.  This was a very successful and encouraging start to the 20th Anniversary Lecture series.

First published: 10 May 2019

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