University news archive for August 2003

University news archive for August 2003

Professor Peter Holmes appointed to SHEFC

Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Jim Wallace has announced the appointment of three new members to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC)

COURSES FOR ADULTS starting September 2003

Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Open days at DACE and new Adult Education courses - all in September

Whistler and Music

Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Concerts to mark Whistler 2003 celebrations

Ubiquitous Archives

Fri, 29 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Archive exhibition at the Visitor Centre during Archive Awareness Month

ARIES Goes Global

Wed, 27 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Students (and others) who experience insecurity with English spelling or punctuation have a new resource at hand: the web-based ARIES package.

Thieving Magpies

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Birds give nests a makeover

$100,000 for research on British Muslims

Fri, 15 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

University of Glasgow undertakes unique project on philanthropy

The LRF Glasgow Bikeathon - Get on your bike THIS SUNDAY

Fri, 15 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

The LRF Glasgow Bikeathon happens this Sunday 17 August. Please turn up and lend your support - or you can try for last-minute entry

Computers help cancer patients cope with chemotherapy

Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Hand-held computers are being developed to provide patients at home with the information they need

A Life in Letters

Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Whistler's Mother has been taking time out from her holiday in Glasgow to meet visitors to the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Art Gallery and to give a series of readings from her letters.

Seeing the wood for the trees

Fri, 08 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

Glasgow and Napier Universities to receive ?1.2M funding to investigate how best to maximise the use of Scottish timber in construction

Multi million pound funding boost for development of research in Scotland

Fri, 08 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

University of Glasgow to benefit from ?5M across several research areas

Which university course is healthiest?

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 BST

The subject you study at university determines how healthy you will be in the future