University news archive for December 2006



Christmas Eve Watchnight Service

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

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£4.4m science partnership unveiled

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.

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Philosophy lecturer no.1 in iTunes chart

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

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Sunday Service at 6pm

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

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Children choose their favourite 'texts that teach' books

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.

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Academic calls for conversational language skills to be taken seriously

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

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Disability Equality legislation comes into force today

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

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Leading Islamic studies academic on 'Islam and citizenship'

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

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