News in brief, 16 September 2019
Published: 13 September 2019
A round-up of news across the University
Shortlisted for two awards
The University has been shortlisted for two awards:
- Diversity in the Public Sector Award sponsored by Taylor Wimpey West Scotland in The Herald &GenAlytics Diversity Awards 2019
- Fair Work category in the Glasgow Business Awards.
Royal Academy of Engineering awards scholarship to Biomedical Engineering student
Biomedial Engineering student Kirsty Carlyle has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders Scholarship. Through the scholarship, which is awarded annyally to students who have shown potential to become leaders in the engineering industry, Kirsty will receive £5,000 funding for personal development and experienced mentoring to offer advice on future development and career options. She will also gain access to an annual networking event with scholars from the different year groups as well as Fellows of the Royal Academy, Sainsbury Management Fello9w and previous alumni of the scheme. From over 200 applications across the UK, 70 were shortlisted.
SPS former student commended by the Global Undergraduate Awards
FRaduate Kaisa Saarinen, has been Highly Commended by The Global Undergraduate Awards (UA) in the Politics and International Relations category for her entry "Hungary at the heart of a European identity crisis: the conflict of 'liberal' and 'realist' views on coordinating asylum policy and burden-sharing".
The Global Undergraduate Awards, established in 2008, is the world’s largest academic awards programme, with over 100 affiliated higher education institutions, and identifies leading creative thinkers and problem-solvers through their undergraduate coursework. As a champion of talented undergraduates, the UA provides top performing students with the support, network, and opportunities they need to raise their profiles and further their career paths.
All submissions are judged anonymously by an international panel of over 400 academics from some of the world’s leading institutions. This year, UA received a total of 3,437 submissions and Kaisa is recognised as being in the top 10% of these entrants.
Kaisa is from Finland and graduated in June of this year with a 1st class Hons in Politics. After spending a year abroad in her 3rd year at the University of Tokyo, her passion for East Asia will continue as next month she begins a postgraduate course in Area Studies, focusing on Japan, at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.
Reflecting on her time at the School, Kaisa said: "I was able to steer myself towards area studies by taking Chinese language & politics, and Central & East European Studies as secondary subjects, and the essay I submitted for the awards was written for one of my CEES courses. My study in this field offered, and will continue to offer, endless opportunities for researching real issues with interdisciplinary methods and methodologies."
Glasgow Rugby Varsity 2019
Glasgow University Rugby CLub is celebrating its 150th year and hopes to get its season off to a positive start with the annual "Glasgow Gladiators Varsity Match".
Last season the local derby match was a close affair played in front of 1300 spectators. Strathclyde came out on top 19-17 so Glasgow will be looking for revenge this time around. Please come and join us and cheer on the team.
27/09/2019
Gates open at 5:30pm
Kick off 7:00om
Last entry 7.45pm (half time)
GHK Rugby Club, Crow Road, Glasgow G13 1PL, UK
£3 per ticket
First published: 13 September 2019