Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:25:00 GMT
Two renowned historians of 20th Century Italian history, Profs. Judith and Stephen Hellman, have donated a significant collection of books, pamphlets and periodicals to the University of Glasgow.
Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:53:00 GMT
A new study will consider what impact the Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England had on Scottish literature over the course of the last 300 years
Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:04:00 GMT
The University's annual Gaelic Language Day on Friday 22nd November is a celebration of Gaelic Language Culture which consists of events and campaigns across the campus and from morning until night!
Thu, 21 Nov 2013 11:21:00 GMT
Fiona Dunn, Gaelic Language Officer at the University of Glasgow, has won the prestigious Workplace Initiative Award at the inaugural Scottish Gaelic Awards
Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:39:00 GMT
World-renowned speakers at the will discuss pressing issues that have emerged through the independence debate and how they may shape Scotland’s future
Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:35:00 GMT
Professor Dauvit Broun discusses the UK's legal identity and the possible outcomes if Scotland were to become an independent state.
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 12:32:00 BST
Comic books are taking centre stage in a major, week-long academic conference being held in Glasgow this week
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:50:00 BST
With less than a year to go before the Independence Referendum, Professor Murray Pittock has authored and will present an analysis of the origins of Scottish nationalism in a landmark series of broadcasts for BBC Radio 4.
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:45:00 GMT
New research suggests that companies are leaving themselves open to potentially serious security and legal risks by improper use of corporate mobile devices
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:30:00 BST
A new Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) to support postgraduate studentships and training in the arts and humanities in Scotland has secured funding of £14.2 million.
Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:03:00 BST
Using ultrasound and MRI technology to build a two dimensional visualisation of tongues in action during speech.
Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:25:00 BST
Iconic works of art that hang in the committee rooms of the House of Commons in Westminster have been conserved by students at the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Textile Conservation and will be on public display on Saturday during London’s Open House weekend.
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:34:00 BST
New research has provided the first evidence to prove that active and engaged television viewing does help to accelerate language change.
Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:16:00 BST
Declassified spy photography has uncovered a lost Roman Eastern frontier, dating from the second century AD
Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:35:00 BST
Dr Daniel Scroop, senior lecturer in contemporary citizenship, considers the implications of President Obama's speech on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech.
Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:37:00 BST
The Faroe Islands were colonised much earlier than previously believed, and it wasn’t by the Vikings, according to new research.
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:15:00 BST
The Scottish Funding Council is to aid the development of a ground-breaking Scottish Gaelic dictionary with a £2 million funding package.
Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:14:00 BST
New Asterix author, Jean Yves-Ferri, visits Scotland to speak publicly for the first time about forthcoming book ‘Asterix and the Picts’
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:27:00 BST
To mark the 699th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, the National Trust for Scotland’s “Big Dig” took place over the weekend of 22 and 23 June
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:05:00 BST
Author, actor and film director Terry Jones has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Glasgow, at a ceremony on Friday 21 June
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:50:00 BST
New research and detailed records of over 1,000 paintings have gone online as part of an ongoing project to research over 22,000 artworks.
Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:21:00 BST
New research has revealed a letter written in 1310, presenting historians with fresh information about a pivotal time in the Wars of Scottish Independence
Tue, 07 May 2013 10:08:00 BST
A new research project will trace how Scotland’s traditional regional dialects are changing and help map our linguistic future
Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:00 BST
leading expert on Slovak independence, Dr Ivo Samson, will present a lecture assessing the implications of the Czecho-Slovak “velvet divorce” on Scottish independence
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:05:00 BST
Historians are today launching an online resource that will provide a publicly accessible record of one of Elizabethan England’s most remarkable figures
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:04:00 BST
Researchers have shed light on what tamed the 'wild men' of the Scottish Highlands and heralded the dawn of a new period of ‘Highland Enlightenment'
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:46:00 GMT
A Scottish researcher has unearthed seven long lost manuscripts which throw significant new light on the life and work of the poet
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
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
Fri, 18 May 2012 16:34:00 BST
The Complete University Guide has placed the University of Glasgow 17th in its UK university league table.
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:39:00 BST
With £2.8m in funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the College of Arts won the second largest chunk of responsive-mode grant income across the UK in 2011-12. (Article 13th July 12)
