University news archive for August 2003



Professor Peter Holmes appointed to SHEFC

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

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COURSES FOR ADULTS starting September 2003

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

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Whistler and Music

Concerts to mark Whistler 2003 celebrations

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Ubiquitous Archives

Archive exhibition at the Visitor Centre during Archive Awareness Month

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ARIES Goes Global

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

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Thieving Magpies

Birds give nests a makeover

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$100,000 for research on British Muslims

University of Glasgow undertakes unique project on philanthropy

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The LRF Glasgow Bikeathon - Get on your bike THIS SUNDAY

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

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Computers help cancer patients cope with chemotherapy

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

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A Life in Letters

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.

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Seeing the wood for the trees

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

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Multi million pound funding boost for development of research in Scotland

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

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Which university course is healthiest?

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

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