Event listings

Family Workshop - Make Your Own Natural Paint Kit!

03 Jul

Date: Thursday 03 July 2025
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to make your own natural paint kit from rocks found around Scotland. This event is suitable for children aged 7+ with an accompanying adult.

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Wee World Changers: Family Fun

28 Jun

Date: Friday 28 June 2024 - Friday 31 October 2025
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Museum

Enjoy our free, self-led activities for families at the Hunterian Museum. Daily drop-in, no booking required.

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Wee World Changers: Art Explorers Trail

28 Jun

Date: Friday 28 June 2024 - Friday 31 October 2025
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

Enjoy our free, family-friendly trail at the Hunterian Art Gallery. Daily drop-in, no booking required.

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Look Club

08 Jan

Date: Wednesday 08 January 2025 - Wednesday 03 December 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

At Look Club we'll be encountering artworks together and will experience art in a way we haven't before. No prior or historical context is necessary and there are no right or wrong answers, only opinions and perspectives. Enjoy this unique session to think deeply and share a space for listening. Come along and meet new people, increase your own sense of confidence and take time to be culturally curious!

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Glasgow 850 at The Hunterian

01 Feb

Date: Saturday 01 February 2025 - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Hunterian, Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery and Kelvin Hall

Glasgow 850 marks Glasgow’s 850th anniversary with a year-long programme of events that reflect on how the city has transformed.

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Re:reading

24 Feb

Date: Monday 24 February 2025 - Wednesday 31 December 2025
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: University Library, Level 2 exhibition space

Exhibition exploring libraries as dynamic, collaborative spaces, where fresh insights can by uncovered by re-interpreting collections.

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Building Memories

29 Mar

Date: Saturday 29 March 2025 - Sunday 18 January 2026
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Hunterian, Exhibitions
Venue: Kelvin Hall

As part of Glasgow 850, 'Building Memories' looks at three demolished Glasgow buildings, each of which lives on in surprising ways in The Hunterian collections.

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Little Look Club

12 Apr

Date: Saturday 12 April 2025 - Saturday 13 December 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

Come and explore artworks together with your wee ones and let their imaginations flow! At Little Look Club we'll be encountering artworks together by starting from scratch with no artistic knowledge. We'll open up space for children to be curious, building stronger connections to art and developing their confidence to interpret the world around them.

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Glasgow through the Looking-Glass (exhibition)

01 May

Date: Thursday 01 May 2025 - Thursday 31 July 2025
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Open days and visits, Social events, Public lectures, Exhibitions
Venue: Mitchell Library, North St, Glasgow, G3 7DN

An exhibition at the Mitchell Library (Glasgow), to mark the publication of reputedly the world's first comics in Glasgow, in 1825. Coincides with a series of parallel talks and family-friendly events (see separate website).

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Geo-Natter

04 Jun

Date: Wednesday 04 June 2025 - Wednesday 03 December 2025
Time: 13:30 - 15:30
Categories: Hunterian, Social events
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Come along to Kelvin Hall on the first Wednesday of each month for Geo-Natter!

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Hunterian Tours

16 Jun

Date: Monday 16 June 2025 - Sunday 21 September 2025
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Museum and Hunterian Art Gallery

Join a tour at The Hunterian, delivered in both the Museum and the Art Gallery. Each tour lasts approximately 25 minutes and is led by our volunteer student guides.

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Bird, Tree, Bell, Fish, Ring

20 Jun

Date: Friday 20 June 2025 - Sunday 28 September 2025
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Hunterian, Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

'Bird, Tree, Bell, Fish, Ring' combines a fascinating selection of items from The Hunterian collections which represent the symbols on the Glasgow coat of arms.

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Museum of Things

21 Jun

Date: Saturday 21 June 2025 - Sunday 19 October 2025
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Hunterian, Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Museum

Through a process of artistic reclamation, Museum of Things delves critically and creatively into The Hunterian’s spaces and artefacts, reimagining their significance in contemporary contexts.

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Travelling exhibition of work by Hannah Rose Thomas and Robert McNeil

23 Jun

Date: Monday 23 June 2025 - Friday 18 July 2025
Time: 12:00 - 12:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: University Chapel, ARC, St Andrew's Building

Travelling exhibition of work by UNESCO RIELA Affiliate Artists Hannah Rose Thomas and Robert McNeil, as part of the remembrance events around the 30 year anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica.

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Margaret Salmon: Assembly

27 Jun

Date: Friday 27 June 2025 - Sunday 19 October 2025
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

'Assembly' is a solo exhibition of new work by acclaimed artist-filmmaker Margaret Salmon. Resulting from and reflecting upon a process of community outreach, story counselling and cinematic experimentation, the exhibition encompasses a film, photographs, and sculptures in an installation that will expand over time, inviting local audiences to return to The Hunterian’s galleries as materials shift and evolve. An intimate enquiry made by a socially-committed, locally-engaged artist, 'Assembly' highlights the voices of a diverse range of residents within the areas of Kelvinside and Maryhill, Glasgow.

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Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges - National Medical Schools' Widening Participation Conference 2025

05 Jul

Date: Saturday 05 July 2025
Time: 9:00 - 18:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre

Now in its seventh year, the National Medical Schools Widening Participation Forum (NMSWP) is proud to host its Annual National Conference—a celebration of collaboration, learning, and collective progress in widening access to medicine. This flagship event brings together students, educators, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and WP champions from across the UK. With a shared commitment to building a more inclusive medical profession, the conference provides an energising space for connection, reflection, and action.

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Inaugural CheMNet Event: Making Connections, Exploring Collaborations and the Gaps

08 Jul

Date: Tuesday 08 July 2025
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: Alumni events, Student events, Academic events, Social events, Public lectures
Venue: ARC room 237AB and online
Speaker: Michelle Bloor

Come and join our exciting new initiative called CheMNet.

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Family Workshop - Zine Making

10 Jul

Date: Thursday 10 July 2025
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Kelvin Hall

It's Glasgow's 850th birthday! Join us for a hands-on workshop and create your own zine, celebrating your favourite things about our city. This event is suitable for children aged 7+ with an accompanying adult.

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Adam Smith Business School Alumni Networking Event

10 Jul

Date: Thursday 10 July 2025
Time: 16:30 - 18:30
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Adam Smith Business School

The Adam Smith Business School Alumni team invite you to come and reconnect with fellow ASBS grads at our Alumni Networking Event!

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Friday Focus - Masterpiece or Fake? Dr Hunter’s Naxos coin

11 Jul

Date: Friday 11 July 2025
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Tim Wright

Join Dr Tim Wright in this online talk, as he explores the history of William Hunter's Naxos coin, held in The Hunterian collections

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Spacetime in Star Trek

13 Jul

Date: Sunday 13 July 2025
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Boyd Orr Building, Lecture Theatre 222
Speaker: Dr Erin MacDonald

Public lecture from Glasgow alumna Dr Erin MacDonald on the science of spacetime and her own career path from a PhD in gravitational-wave astronomy to science consultant for Star Trek.

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‘The World is Your Market: Entrepreneurial Insights from Russell Dalgleish’

14 Jul

Date: Monday 14 July 2025
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Categories: Courses, Alumni events, Student events, Academic events
Venue: Adam Smith Building, Hothouse, 282
Speaker: Russell Dalgleish

Join us on 14 July at the Adam Smith Business School (Hothouse) to hear from Russell Dalgleish, a globally recognised Scottish entrepreneur, investor, and the University’s newly appointed Entrepreneur in Residence. In this dynamic session, he will share practical insights on building global momentum from day one—ideal for founders, researchers, and entrepreneurs aiming to scale internationally. The event includes a Q&A, networking reception, and refreshments, offering a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded innovators and tap into a growing ecosystem of entrepreneurial support at the University of Glasgow.

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From Earth to the Fabric of SpaceTime

16 Jul

Date: Wednesday 16 July 2025
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: The Clyde Auditorium, SEC
Speaker: Prof. Carole Mundell

Join Glasgow alumna Prof. Carole Mundell, now Director of Science at the European Space Agency (ESA), to hear about some of the astronomical highlights of the last 50 years of ESA and plans for future missions to learn about gravity, cosmology and our place in the Universe. Before and after the talk, there is the opportunity to enjoy science demonstrations from research staff in the Institute for Gravitational Research.

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Family Workshop - Make a Mackintosh!

17 Jul

Date: Thursday 17 July 2025
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Join us for a family-friendly craft session! Learn how to create your own embossed artwork, inspired by The Glasgow Style. This event is suitable for children aged 7+ with an accompanying adult.

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Artist Meets Researcher

18 Jul

Date: Friday 18 July 2025
Time: 09:30 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events, Social events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Byres Community Hub, Clarice Pears Building, rooms 163 & 165
Speaker: Dr. Lizzie Reed, University of Southampton, Queering Connections: Glitchy Kinship exhibition Monique Jackson, London, visual artist and advocate, Stil

Artist Meets Researcher is a new event series hosted by the Media Subject Group at the University of Glasgow designed to showcases creative research practice and foster healthy collaborations. Highlighting new work and methods for creative partnerships, our events aim to provide a space for artists and researchers to come together to share experiences, ideas and perspectives for communicating research through art, and infuse more creativity into research processes. Taking a broad view of both 'art' and 'research', all academic disciplines, creative materials and types of making will be welcome. Our first event focuses on visual communications, featuring ways that illustration, graphic design and visual curation can explore, enhance and increase engagement with research.

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Snake Summer: Sensational Stories and Firm Facts!

08 Aug

Date: Friday 08 August 2025
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Zoology Museum
Speaker: Prof Roger Downie

It's the year of the snake, and we're celebrating with cryptids! Join us after hours to learn about the snakes of fact and fiction!

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Languages open evening

19 Aug

Date: Tuesday 19 August 2025
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: Advanced Research Centre (ARC)

Come along to the Short Courses' Languages open evening where you will be able to meet our tutors and ask them questions about course content, format and levels. All are welcome!

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Snake Summer: Cryptids and Lost Worlds!

29 Aug

Date: Friday 29 August 2025
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Zoology Museum
Speaker: Darren Naish and Will Tattersdill

It's the year of the snake, and we're celebrating with cryptids! Join us after hours to learn about the snakes of fact and fiction!

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September Open Day

03 Sep

Date: Wednesday 03 September 2025
Time: 09:00 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow, Main Gilmorehill Campus

We invite you to our September Open Day at our main campus in Glasgow, where you can meet academics, explore the campus, and discover all that UofG has to offer!

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Snake Summer: Movie Night in the Museum!

05 Sep

Date: Friday 05 September 2025
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Categories: Hunterian
Venue: Hunterian Zoology Museum

It's the year of the snake, and we're celebrating with cryptids! Join us after hours to learn about the snakes of fact and fiction!

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Explorathon at Doors Open Day

20 Sep

Date: Saturday 20 September 2025 - Sunday 21 September 2025
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits, Alumni events, Student events, Academic events, Social events, Public lectures, Films and theatre, Exhibitions
Venue: University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane

From cutting-edge engineering to arts and humanities, dip into the fantastic research happening on your doorstep, with family-friendly activities and exhibits as part of the Scotland-wide “Explorathon” festival, in partnership with Glasgow Doors Open Days. Free, drop-in.

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SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Reflect

24 Sep

Date: Wednesday 24 September 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

We begin our SoTL journey this year with reflection. This is a ‘bigger picture’ reflection in which we each take time to look back at our previous learning and teaching and SoTL activities and consider how we would like to engage in SoTL during the upcoming semester and academic year. The session will begin with a consideration of what SoTL is, in order to remind ourselves, and will be followed by a discussion about some of the possible types of SoTL projects that practitioners might undertake, either individually or in collaboration with others. 

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Dumfries Campus Undergraduate Open Day

04 Oct

Date: Saturday 04 October 2025
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus

Join us at our stunning campus in Dumfries to find out more about the range of subjects offered at the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability.

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October Open Day

18 Oct

Date: Saturday 18 October 2025
Time: 09:00 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow, Main Gilmorehill Campus

We invite you to our October Open Day at our main campus in Glasgow, where you can meet academics, explore the campus, and discover all that UofG has to offer!

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The Critical Technologies Supply Chain

20 Oct

Date: Monday 20 October 2025 - Tuesday 21 October 2025
Time: 09:30 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Advanced Research Centre
Speaker: tbc

Quantum, Semiconductors, Photonics, Telecommunication and more

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Festival of Data Science and AI

27 Oct

Date: Monday 27 October 2025 - Wednesday 29 October 2025
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars, Academic events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Festival of Data Science & AI.

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