University news

New research centre will investigate copyright in a digital world

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT

A £5m new centre dedicated to examining the changing nature of copyright and the need for new business models in the digital age is being launched today.

University of Glasgow launches ScottishPower energy scholarship programme

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:08:00 GMT

ScottishPower is calling for graduates to join its pioneering scholarship programme at the University of Glasgow, set up to help develop industry leaders of the future.

First evidence discovered that water once dissolved the surface of Mars

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:18:00 GMT

A team of scientists have discovered the first evidence of water dissolving the surface of Mars.

University celebrates its most famous alumnus

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:42:00 GMT

Two hundred and seventy five years after Adam Smith first joined the University of Glasgow as a fourteen year old student, the "Father of Modern Economics" has had a School at the University named in his honour.

Date of dinosaur extinction fixed more accurately than ever before

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:10:00 GMT

An international team of scientists have determined the most precise dates yet for the dinosaur extinction 66 million years ago.

University of Glasgow project taps plasma power to protect products and people

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT

University scientists have developed a new method to make packaged food safer for consumers and more long-lived on the shelf by harnessing the germ-killing power of ozone.

Senior political figures to debate defence and foreign policy

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:21:00 GMT

Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for External Affairs & International Development and Willie Rennie MSP, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats will discuss defence and foreign policy issues in the latest debate taking place at the University of Glasgow.

Filmmaker Mark Cousins appointed Honorary Professor

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:15:00 GMT

The documentary filmmaker and author Mark Cousins has accepted an Honorary Professorship at the University of Glasgow

Survival of patients with prostate cancer improving but socio-economic inequalities worsening

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT

Survival of patients with prostate cancer has improved since 1990, a new study has found, but socio-economic inequalities are still widening.

Deputy First Minister visits University of Glasgow research station

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:47:00 GMT

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP visited the University of Glasgow’s centre for ecology and environmental sciences, at Rowardennan, Loch Lomond, for the launch of the ambitious European project IBIS.

New bowel cancer tests gets green light with the public

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:06:00 GMT

Almost everyone (98%) who had the new bowel cancer test said that on balance they were glad to have had the test.

Technology-assisted living project showcased at University of Glasgow

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT

A pioneering research project aimed at developing technology to help older and disabled people live more independent lives is being showcased today.

Major campus redevelopment announced

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:49:00 GMT

Plans for a major expansion and development of the University of Glasgow’s main Gilmorehill campus have been unveiled.

New sensor for diagnosis of infectious diseases in development

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:19:00 GMT

Professor Jon Cooper will work with colleagues at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to develop a new generation of portable devices capable of quickly and accurately determining the cause of an infection.

Economic issues of an independent Scotland discussed at the University

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:05:00 GMT

One of the UK’s leading economists, Professor John Kay, talks about the implications of independence on Scotland’s social and economic institutions

Glasgow students vote ‘No’ to independence

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:20:00 GMT

In what is thought to have been the biggest event of its kind, students at the University of Glasgow have voted ‘No’ in a campus wide independence referendum

Scottish researchers handed crucial role in search for prostate cancer answers

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:05:00 GMT

Researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Dundee have today received a share of £691,000 to tackle prostate cancer.

Scottish Funding Council supports 122 new postgraduate places

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:19:00 GMT

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has announced it is to provide an additional 850 taught postgraduate places in 18 universities across Scotland, including 122 at the University of Glasgow.