University of Glasgow Chapel
University of Glasgow Chapel

Religious Education is at a crossroads, say researchers

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:30:00 BST

Excluding Religious Education from the Baccalaureate in England risks unravelling years of progress in developing a subject rich in reasoning and discursive skills, say experts.

Input/output: The Economics of Database Searching

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:00:00 BST

Searching the internet might seem simple, but applying a little bit of economic theory to information retrieval can shed some light on the best search strategies to adopt, according to researchers.

Surgeons operating
Surgeons operating

Scientists’ £3.9m project to develop gene therapy to prevent heart bypass graft failure

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:00:00 BST

A team of scientists, cardiologists and heart surgeons from the University of Glasgow and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital has been awarded £3.9m for a study into how to prevent the failure of heart bypass grafts.

Speaking and listening share large part of brain infrastructure

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:00:00 BST

When it comes to speech, the human brain has two main tasks: to articulate it and to understand it.

stress boy
stress boy

Stress in early life reduces life expectancy - and that of partners

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:00:00 BST

A new study suggests that our expectancy is likely to be strongly affected by how much stress we were exposed to early in our lives. It also shows that early life stress experienced by our mates could also be affecting how long we are likely to live.

Cloisters
Cloisters

Glasgow shines again in student satisfaction survey with top marks of 90%

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow has again performed well in the National Student Survey, receiving a glowing satisfaction rating of 90% from students in the 2011 poll.

SERF140
SERF140

Discovery of Celtic chieftain’s fort set to rewrite Scottish history

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:06:00 BST

A major discovery by archaeologists working in Perthshire will cast new light on understanding of the earliest history of Scotland.

Stem cells
Stem cells

Pioneering stroke stem cell study moves to next stage

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:49:00 BST

A ground-breaking clinical study into the effects of a new stem cell therapy on patients disabled by strokes has received approval to progress to its next stage of development.