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Parallel visions

A new, revised and definitive history of Glasgow University Student Television and its curious similarities with the BBC.

Students on the university cloisters

The University at 575: powered by students

From our first ten scholars in 1451, students have shaped every chapter of our long story.

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The University at 575: we asked; you reminisced

Funny, powerful, poignant and inspiring – over to you for some vivid, fond memories of UofG.

Desert landscape on a sunset day

Lines in the snow

The haunting, prophetic poem left behind by a UofG grad after a mountain tragedy

John logies baird

Glasgow’s export to the world: Television turns 100

We reflect on the historic night television was first demonstrated to the world a century ago by one of our own, John Logie Baird.

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University at 575

Our UofG at 575 Avenue archive

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Glasgow 850

Our Glasgow 850 Avenue archive

Police retrieve the stolen Stone of Destiny

When Destiny called on UofG

The four Glasgow students who brought Scotland’s symbol of monarchy, the Stone of Destiny, back north from London one bygone Christmas.

Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli and Professor Sir Hilary Beckles of the University of the West Indies

Slavery in Britain: making reparation

In 2018, we became the first University to acknowledge our links to slavery and launch a major programme of reparative justice.

Marta Dusseldorp (right) with UofG Archivist Moira Rankin (photo: BBC 'Who Do You Think You Are?')

Keeping it in the family

A record-breaking family of doctors who all trained at the University has been highlighted in the Australian version of the TV show 'Who Do You Think You Are?'

Madge Easton Anderson, Daily Record 16 December 1920 (photo: courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow).

A legal first

Madge Easton Anderson might not be a name you’ve heard before, but she holds a special place in legal history.

Students enjoying the events and facilities on offer at the QMU

QMU turns 125

We take a look at the evolution of the Queen Margaret Union and what it has meant to its members.

Is the Doctor a graduate?

TV's Doctor Who suggests that the time-travelling hero is a graduate. We investigate the evidence.

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Making the cut

Many TV writers, producers and presenters began their careers with Glasgow University Student Television.

Frederick Soddy (1877-1956)

A world-changing discovery

It’s 100 years since isotopes were discovered at Glasgow by chemist Fredrick Soddy.

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20 inspiring women

From groundbreaking discoveries to world-changing ideas, we celebrate the impact of 20 trailblazing, world-changing Glasgow women.

New state-of-the-art laboratories in the Joseph Black Building will enhance student experience

A chemical reaction

Discover how investment has lead to innovation over the history of chemistry at Glasgow.

Chemistry lecture theatre c.1900

Teaching in the last 150 years

From gas-lit rooms to virtual learning environments, discover how teaching has changed in the last 150 years.

The University Library exterior

The summer of '68

Moving two thirds of a million books from the University's old library to a new home in the sky.

Masataka Taketsuru

The man behind the malt

Whisky in the Scottish tradition has been produced in Japan for almost a century and the story begins in Glasgow.

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Adam Smith 300

Our Adam Smith Avenue archive

Lord kelvin through the years

Lord Kelvin 200

Our Lord Kelvin Avenue archive

The Mary Queen of Scots charter granting money, land and food to the University, 1563

Queen Mary to the rescue

Read how Mary Queen of Scots stepped in to save the University from potential bankruptcy.