Awards and recognition for the University of Glasgow
Scottish University of the Year
We have been named Scottish University of the Year in The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022. The University rose for the fifth consecutive year to its highest ever position of 12th out of 135 UK institutions, up from 14th last year, and remains second overall in Scotland.
The results highlighted positive scores for student experience and teaching quality, and the positive impact of our Campus Development Programme beginning to be felt as we opened the James McCune Smith Learning Hub.
Lighthouse Lab award
The University’s Lighthouse Laboratory project has won the Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year trophy at the 17th annual THE Awards.
The THE Awards attracts hundreds of entries from individuals, teams and institutions from the UK and, for the first time this year, Ireland too. In March 2020, the University responded to the unfurling COVID-19 crisis by establishing the UK’s biggest coronavirus testing centre. The Lighthouse Lab, located on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, is one of the largest academic-run diagnostic facilities in the world and has processed more than 22 million COVID-19 tests since opening in April 2020, creating employment for 800 people. Judges were impressed by how the University had worked alongside the public and private sectors to create the Lighthouse Lab, commenting that it quickly became a “crucial resource in the UK’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic”.
Queen’s Anniversary Prize
The University has been recognised with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. The prize is for the MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research's advanced virology research to combat diseases such as hepatitis C and dengue fever, and leading expertise in the secure handling of samples and testing antivirals. Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University, said: “Over the past decade, the CVR has made vital steps to further our understanding of viruses, and since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the centre has been at the forefront of the response, in Scotland, the UK and beyond.”
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