People & Excellence
Celebrating Achievements in Knowledge Exchange & Innovation
On 21st November 2024, the University will be celebrating people and projects from across the impact spectrum and we are delighted to invite colleagues to join us.
An awards presentation will be bookended by a celebratory showcase highlighting knowledge exchange (KE) and innovation in all disciplinary areas, and the wealth of specialist professionals who make it possible.
Showcase & Activities
Our celebratory showcase will highlight staff projects from all disciplines across the University’s four Colleges staff projects, student enterprise, and expertise from across the KE and innovation spectrum. This event will be the backdrop for showing off achievements, highlighting our expert support system, celebrating our links to place, and drawing attention to all members of the UofG community. The showcase will bookend the presentation of awards, with refreshments throughout. It will feature a programme of activities including lightning talks, videos, tabletop and freestanding displays and more, all around a 'town square' theme that celebrates Glasgow. Each College stand can be identified by an iconic image of Glasgow’s cityscape, highlighting the connection between projects, the University, and local communities.
Awards
We will be celebrating and recognising impact and success by colleagues and partners from across the institution. Nominations for the awards are now closed. Thanks to all who have nominated teams and colleagues you feel should be recognised for their impact, innovation and knowledge exchange endeavours. Learn more about the shortlisted people and projects below.
Recognition of Staff Champions
The event will provide opportunity to celebrate the professional staff who support knowledge exchange, engagement, innovation and impact across the University.
We are inviting academics to contribute to a wall of celebration by relating experiences with professional staff who have made critical contributions to your knowledge exchange and innovation journey. We want to hear how these colleagues made a difference to you, your team or your project.
To contribute please complete this form by Tuesday the 19th of November 2024.
Timings & Registration
- Date: 21 November 2024
- Venue: ARC Atrium and Conference Suite
- Sponsored by: Uzma Khan, Vice-Principal Innovation & Economic Development and Professor Chris Pearce, Vice-Principal Research & Knowledge Exchange
This is a ticketed event. Find out more and sign up to the waitlist via Bookitbee.
If you would like to find out more about the celebration and awards please send enquiries to RIandE@glasgow.ac.uk
Programme
| Time | Programme Item | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2pm |
Showcase ARC Atrium and Foyer |
Lightning Talks Seating area behind ARC reception
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ARC-XR Tours
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ARC MakerSpace Drop-in Studio 1 |
| 3pm |
Seminar Space |
Awards Ceremony Overflow in Studio 2 |
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| 4:30pm |
Showcase, Networking, and Canape Reception ARC Atrium and Foyer |
ARC-XR Tours |
ARC MakerSpace Drop-in Studio 1 |
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Lightning Talks Schedule - subject to change
| Speaker | Time |
|---|---|
| David Mahon (CoSE) |
2:05 |
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Joe Diamond (ARC Studio – Student Enterprise) "Impactful Prototyping" |
2:10 |
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Rosie Spooner (CoAH) “Walk On: Impact Through Walking Tours and Heritage Trails” |
2:15 |
| Marty O’Neill (Vocabua – Student Enterprise) | 2:20 |
| Rucha Karnik (MVLS) | 2:25 |
|
Charlie Greener (Theria Games – Student Enterprise) “Word of Mouth in a Digital Age” |
2:30 |
| Rebecca Cleary (CoSE) | 2:35 |
| Jimmy Chu (My Farm – Student Enterprise) | 2:40 |
| Inge Sorensen (CoAH) | 2:45 |
| Sumeet Gurung (Education Evolved – Student Enterprise) | 2:50 |
Shortlisted Award Nominees
Learn more about the nominees that have been shortlisted in recognition of their impact, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange endeavours below.
Lifetime Innovator
This award recognises accomplished, long-term staff with significant track records over time, delivering meaningful innovation across the impact spectrum, from technological to policy, creative practice and social innovations. It recognises their development of innovative solutions and long-term positive impacts that improve lives, contribute to prosperity and address community needs.
The Lifetime Innovator will be announced at the awards ceremony on November 21st.
Spin-out of the Year
This award recognises high-performing commercial or social enterprise spin-outs from University of Glasgow research that have been active in the past year.
Chemify Ltd
Chemify is revolutionising the discovery of new drug compounds by leveraging AI and robotics to increase efficiency in drug discovery. The company was founded in 2019 and in the past 2.5 years Chemify has grown from a small core to a workforce of 100+ talented individuals.
Glox Therapeutics
Glox Therapeutics is a company founded in 2023 that aims to address the antimicrobial resistance public health crisis through the development of novel precision antibiotic therapies from naturally occurring bacteriocins which eradicate drug resistant pathogens without damaging the human microbiome.
KEPsoft Collaborative CIC
KEPsoft Collaborative CIC is a social enterprise that allows a kidney recipient with a willing but incompatible donor to “swap” with another recipient in a similar situation to improve survival prospects by using a configurable state of the art optimisation module to match donors and recipients. Algorithms developed at UofG have led to 2,000 transplants since 2008.
Nebu~Flow
Nebu~Flow is a medical device company, developing a new category of nebulisers for inhalation delivery of RNA formulations and other hard to nebulise drugs. Nebu~Flow® technology enables deep lung deposition of high value therapeutics, addressing an unmet need in treatment of respiratory disorders like asthma and cystic fibrosis.
Student Start-up of the Year
This award recognises commercial or social enterprises established by University of Glasgow students.
Arc Studio
ARC Studio provides design and prototyping consultancy services within the MedTech space. Their work focuses on helping and enabling projects that have a positive impact for humanity, utilising in-house precision manufacturing to quickly progress concepts and bespoke designs.
MyFarm
MyFarm Ltd is a green tech robotic company focused on developing and selling smart plant pots that make gardening easier and more efficient for people of all skill levels and living spaces. As a green tech robotic company, MyFarm Ltd is committed to integrating cutting-edge robotics with sustainable practices.
Theria Games
Theria is pioneering a new frontier in the mobile gaming industry as a centralised marketplace for buying in-game items. Its unique combination of technological innovation, strategic community building, and commitment to customer satisfaction sets it apart.
Vocabua
Vocabua is an AI-powered language learning platform designed to provide personalised reading material tailored to learners at all proficiency levels. The platform utilises its proprietary language model, VocabuaLM, to generate content that aligns with each learner’s vocabulary and study requirements.
Positive Contribution to Place-making
This award is sponsored by the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District.
Placemaking is a community-centric, often grassroots approach to improve a neighbourhood, city, or region. It is hallmarked by creative reimagining of community spaces to strengthen connections with the people who live in and use them.
This award category has shortlisted Community-University partnership activities that are rooted in this placemaking ethos and demonstrate a positive impact.
Dumfries and Galloway Local Authority Partnership
Dumfries & Galloway Local Authority is partnering with the Dumfries Campus to exclusively place students on the MA Primary Education, PGDE Primary and PGDE STEM programmes in local schools. The partnership has been making life better for learners, teachers and the wider community in the region since it started in 2008.
Explore research and teaching at the Dumfries Campus
Ellisland
The project, Ellisland, concerns the renovation of Robert Burns’ farm in Dumfriesshire, where he wrote and edited many of his songs including ‘Auld Lang Syne’, as a visitor centre and community hub designed to make a major contribution to the culture of the town and region.
Transforming Govan
Transforming Govan is a collaborative partnership involving three community-controlled housing associations, Glasgow City Council, and the University of Glasgow. The partnership aims to address Govan’s housing need and development potential at a critical point in the area’s history. A recently published study explores how strategic housing and infrastructure investments can revitalise the area.
Glasgow Changing Futures Award
The shortlisted projects and teams have been selected because they embody the spirit of Glasgow Changing Futures.
This award recognises collaborative teams that are making meaningful contributions, with impact or potential for impact in areas of sustainability and net zero; societal and health inequalities; or other global/societal challenges.
The shortlisted Projects/Teams have demonstrated constructive and successful knowledge exchange, co-creation, development and delivery strategies and processes with partner(s).
Byres Hub
Byres Community Hub is a unique space for research and community collaboration. The Hub was developed to forge and sustain meaningful engagement with our civic partners and local communities and includes grassroots voluntary organisations, charities, community interest companies, and statutory services – all with an interest in improving health and wellbeing in Glasgow and beyond.
Monitoring Worldwide use of polluting household energy
A team led by Dr Oliver Stoner (University of Glasgow) and Heather Adair-Rohani (World Health Organization) has been developing new statistical methods to monitor and support the development of strategies for reducing the global use of polluting fuels and technologies for household energy, which contribute to over 3.2 million deaths annually.
Find out more about the project
NIHR Global Health Research Group on estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania
In a bid to improve outcomes for those with musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania (and wider Africa) our NIHR Global Health group made up of researchers from University of Glasgow, Newcastle, and Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Centre (Tanzania) set out an ambitious plan to improve understanding of the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania.
Find out more about this project
SPEEDIER
SPEEDIER comprises an interdisciplinary team from Glasgow and the Philippines working with practitioners from their local and national government to develop a One Health approach to the control and elimination of rabies in the Philippines, a fatal but preventable disease which kills hundreds of people ever year in the country.
Rising Stars
This award seeks to draw attention to the outstanding achievements and contributions of emerging talents fostered at the University of Glasgow, who are an inspiration for future project leads and are expected to continue growing in their knowledge exchange and impact journeys.
Each College has been asked to nominate two finalists, recognising research staff members considered to be at an early stage in their research independence and academic career and who demonstrate a consistent pattern of engagement, knowledge exchange, communication and collaboration with groups or individuals beyond the University.
The Rising Star winners will be announced at the award ceremony on November 21st.
College of Arts & Humanities
Dr Pauline Gray Mackay, Senior Lecturer in Scottish Literature
Dr Tim Peacock, Lecturer in History
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
Dr David Blane, Senior Clinical Lecturer in General Practice & Primary Care
College of Science & Engineering
Dr David Mahon, Lecturer in Nuclear & Hadron Physics
Dr Joy Farnaby, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry