University news

Facial features linked to stereotypes and social class perception

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 11:46:00 GMT

Social class is a powerful hierarchy that determines many privileges and disadvantages in society, but what drives the impressions we form about other peoples' social class, and their relationship to harmful or advantageous stereotypes, has remained unknown

Impact of universities' research and innovation activity set out in Russell Group report

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:16:00 GMT

New report shows the research and commercialisation activities of the Russell Group institutions equated to £37.6 billion in 2021/2022

Turing Fellowships for three UofG researchers

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:00:06 GMT

Three University of Glasgow researchers have been appointed as new Turing Fellows by The Alan Turing Institute.

New research aims to ensure future AI healthcare systems are free of gender bias

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:30:00 GMT

Researchers are setting out to help ensure that the artificial intelligence behind the healthcare monitoring systems of the future is capable of providing the best possible care for both men and women.

Dr Fieke Froeling joins global Cancer Grand Challenges team taking on cancer inequities

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:15:00 GMT

A global, interdisciplinary team of researchers, including the University of Glasgow’s Dr Fieke Froeling, has been selected to receive a Cancer Grand Challenges award of up to $25m over five years to tackle the Cancer Inequities challenge

Pioneering trial offers new treatment hope for dogs with epilepsy

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:01:00 GMT

A groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind clinical trial in dogs could offer new hope for pets and their owners impacted by canine epilepsy

Dr Jenifer Sassarini contributes to new Lancet series on menopause

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:00:00 GMT

Researchers from the University of Glasgow have contributed to a new Lancet 2024 series which warns about the overmedicalisation of menopause, calling for a new approach to how society views menopause and supports women as they age

Quantum imaging could create bright future for advanced microscopes

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:00:00 GMT

The unique properties of quantum physics could help solve a longstanding problem that prevents microscopes from producing sharper images at the smallest scales.

Prepayment technology is socially and financially isolating UK asylum seekers

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:06:00 GMT

A research team from the University of Oxford and the University of Glasgow has found that prepayment cards provided to UK asylum seekers by the Home Office are collecting their data and controlling their behaviours in ways that have highly detrimental impacts on their wellbeing.

UofG Law academic wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:20:00 GMT

Dr Anna Chadwick, a senior lecturer in the UofG’s School of Law, has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize.

Researchers inspire next generation of plant scientists

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:55:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Glasgow and Lancaster are on a mission to inspire the next generation of plant scientists with educational resources that transform existing plant science curriculum into an engaging and interactive subject for classroom learning.

Pioneering online Gender History Masters programme welcomes first students

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMT

A pioneering UofG gender history Masters’ programme is being offered online to allow more students across the globe access to the largest concentration of gender historians in Britain.

Kezia Dugdale joins leadership of new Centre for Public Policy

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT

Kezia Dugdale is joining the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Glasgow, after serving as Director of the John Smith Centre for five years.

CREATE Centre celebrates AHRC research infrastructure award

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:30:00 GMT

The CREATe Centre at the University of Glasgow has received a major five-year research infrastructure award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

UofG wins support for groundbreaking new Centres for Doctoral Training

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:30:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow is sharing in the UK’s biggest-ever investment in engineering and physical sciences doctoral skills.

UofG experts share radical vision for Scottish education

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:04:00 GMT

Experts at the University of Glasgow have set out a radical vision that places schools and teachers at the centre of education reform.

Cancer sciences in Glasgow contributed more than £500m in a year to UK economy

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:01:00 GMT

A new report has hailed the strength of patient-centred cancer science in the west of Scotland, estimating that cancer research in Glasgow was worth more than half a billion pounds (£503m) to the UK economy in 2021-22

Andrew O’Hagan appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:00:00 GMT

Novelist and Essayist Andrew O’Hagan has been appointed as an Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts & Humanities.

New blood test could identify people at highest risk of dying from heart failure

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:00:00 GMT

A blood test could help identify those at highest risk of dying from heart failure, new research has found.

Citizen archaeologists asked to help collect conflict heritage in Ukraine

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:00:00 GMT

Academics in Ukraine and Scotland are launching a mass crowdsourcing project to help record conflict heritage and testimonies of people impacted by war.

New research could help doctors 'see' bowel cancer

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Imaging technology could provide a ground-breaking new approach for diagnosing and treating bowel cancer patients, thanks to Cancer Research UK-funded scientists in Glasgow

UofG report describes freelance journalism as a ‘wild west’ profession

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:29:00 GMT

Freelance journalists in the UK earn less than the minimum wage, despite journalism being commonly perceived as a privileged profession, according to a new study of freelance journalists led by the University of Glasgow.

Former Auditor General for Scotland appointed Honorary Professor at the Centre for Public Policy

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:07:00 GMT

Caroline Gardner CBE, the former Auditor General for Scotland, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor with the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Public Policy.

University spinout Nami Surgical receives recognition from MSPs

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:53:00 GMT

MSP visits University of Glasgow spinout Nami Surgical company after its achievements are recognised by the Scottish Parliament

Dr Andrew Davidson awarded prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard funding

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

The Academy of Medical Sciences has awarded over £6.6m to 54 ‘exceptional’ biomedical and health researchers through its Springboard scheme, including Dr Andrew Davidson of the School of Cancer Sciences

UofG welcomes conference visitors to James Watt School of Engineering

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:30:00 GMT

Some of the world’s leading antenna and propagation researchers visited the University to learn more about the groundbreaking research underway at the James Watt School of Engineering.

University of Glasgow Honorary Degrees 2024 

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:00:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow is awarding honorary degrees to recipients in recognition of their achievements in the fields of politics, arts, science and humanities.

UofG launches new computing science innovation lab

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:30:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow is opening a new computing science innovation lab to help foster closer collaboration between academia and industry.

Information retrieval researchers to gather in Glasgow for conference

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:30:46 GMT

Hundreds of the world’s leading computing science researchers are gathering in Glasgow for Europe’s leading conference on information retrieval.

Pilot Innovation Accelerator programme reaches half-way mark

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:08:08 GMT

Glasgow City Region is seeing a multi-million pound boost of private investment into the local innovation economy thanks to the programme and the University of Glasgow is playing its part.

Rural residents feel less lonely than their urban neighbours

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:01:00 GMT

People living in rural communities in Scotland are less likely to experience loneliness and poor wellbeing than those living in urban areas, according to new research from the University of Glasgow.

One in six school-aged children experiences cyberbullying, finds new WHO/Europe study

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe today released the second volume of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, which focuses on patterns of bullying and peer violence

Professor Petra Meier brings expertise to UKRI’s new £35m Population Health Improvement UK

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:00:00 GMT

University of Glasgow researchers will play a leading role in Population Health Improvement UK (PHI-UK), a new network to improve population-wide health

Pioneering partnership to develop surface emitting laser devices

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:59:00 GMT

Agreement will see Vector Photonics, a University spinout company, working closely with the Critical Technologies Accelerator (CTA), based within the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre

International research team to look at how to best restore degraded environments

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 17:00:00 GMT

Communities worldwide are realising that they need to restore degraded landscapes, but there is little practical evidence or guidelines on the best way to do this

UofG lends support to two major 6G research projects

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:30:28 GMT

The University of Glasgow is playing key roles in two major UKRI-funded projects which are working to build the 6G communications systems of the future.