University news archive for December 2006

University news archive for December 2006

Christmas Eve Watchnight Service

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Christmas Eve Watchnight Service, starting at 11.30pm on Sunday 24 December in the University Memorial Chapel

£4.4m science partnership unveiled

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

A ?4.4 million partnership is to be set up by the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde to boost world class research in chemistry and drug discovery.

Philosophy lecturer no.1 in iTunes chart

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

A lecture on Kant's Epistemology by Dr Susan Stuart has reached number one in the iTunes Education and Higher Education Podcast Charts

Sunday Service at 6pm

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols takes place this Sunday at 6.00pm in the Chapel.

Children choose their favourite 'texts that teach' books

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Children from three city schools have been invited to choose their favourite books at a book awards event with a difference next week, organised by the Department of Curriculum Studies from the Faculty of Education.

Academic calls for conversational language skills to be taken seriously

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Dr Alison Phipps refutes claims that tourism language courses are inferior to traditional qualifications

Disability Equality legislation comes into force today

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

From today the Disability Discrimination Act (2005) requires public bodies to look at ways of ensuring that disabled people are treated equally

Leading Islamic studies academic on 'Islam and citizenship'

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

A leading Islamic studies academic is to speak on 'Islam and Citizenship' this week in the final prestigious Stevenson lecture in the current series.