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New research highlights obesity services a patient postcode lottery

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:01:13 GMT

A lack of consistent reporting on obesity and weight management programmes around the UK, has created a postcode lottery for patient care

A researcher looks through a microscope
A researcher looks through a microscope

Protein antibiotics offer new hope for fighting common crop diseases

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:13:00 GMT

Scientists have tested a new way to protect crops from a widespread and devastating bacterial disease, without using environmentally damaging chemical sprays.

Left to right Charlie Allan and Scott McMaster of The Clanranald Trust for Scotland helped to launch the Outlander Conference 2020 announcement at the University of Glasgow
Left to right Charlie Allan and Scott McMaster of The Clanranald Trust for Scotland helped to launch the Outlander Conference 2020 announcement at the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow to host major Outlander conference in 2020

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:00:00 GMT

The UofG conference next year will look at the history, customs, politics, culture, clothes and music featured in the Outlander TV series and the keynote will be by author of the books Diana Gabaldon.

A photo of the actor Alan Cumming and theatre director John Tiffany leaning on a wooden bench in the University's Bute Hall
A photo of the actor Alan Cumming and theatre director John Tiffany leaning on a wooden bench in the University's Bute Hall

Theatre Director John Tiffany and Actor Alan Cumming put champion of Scottish Theatre on centre stage

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:00:00 GMT

Hollywood and Broadway star Alan Cumming gave a lecture at the University of Glasgow celebrating Scotland’s great theatre traditions and the life and work of one of its champions, the late Dr Alasdair Cameron.

A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.
A view of Glasgow including the Hydro, University Tower and Science Centre, taken from the Library.

UofG researchers awarded €4m by the European Research Council

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:00:00 GMT

Two researchers at the University of Glasgow have been awarded multi million pound grants by the European Research Council (ERC).

Dr Matt Brennan, a Reader in Popular Music at the University of Glasgow; Glasgow PhD student Robert Allan, also a founding and current member of the band Glasvegas and Robert Kilpatrick, General Manager of the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) in front of the iconic Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom
Dr Matt Brennan, a Reader in Popular Music at the University of Glasgow; Glasgow PhD student Robert Allan, also a founding and current member of the band Glasvegas and Robert Kilpatrick, General Manager of the Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) in front of the iconic Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom

Research will measure how much the music industry is worth to Scotland’s economy

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:00:00 GMT

Research will measure how much the music industry is worth to Scotland’s economy

Tower from Kelvingrove during winter
Tower from Kelvingrove during winter

Cold infections may be less frequent in people with the flu

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:00:00 GMT

People were less likely to catch either influenza or a common cold-causing rhinovirus if they were already infected with the other virus, a new study by scientists from the Medical Research Council-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has found.

Professor Jennifer Smith, Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Glasgow, and Dr E Jamieson, a researcher on the project from the University of Edinburgh, launch a new online resource which maps the use of Scots across Scotland at the University of Glasgow today.
Professor Jennifer Smith, Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Glasgow, and Dr E Jamieson, a researcher on the project from the University of Edinburgh, launch a new online resource which maps the use of Scots across Scotland at the University of Glasgow today.

A new online resource maps the use of Scots across Scotland

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 08:00:00 GMT

A project team led by the University of Glasgow travelled the length and breadth of Scotland, visiting nearly 150 communities, to pinpoint where expressions come from in the many dialects of Scots spoken across Scotland.

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Palliative care services lag behind rapid growth in global need

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:39:00 GMT

University of Glasgow-led research finds that just 14% of people in the world have access to palliative care services that allow them to die with dignity

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Sugar not to blame for high risk of heart disease in those at high risk for diabetes

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:06:16 GMT

Patients at high risk for diabetes are also at a high risk for heart disease – but not because of higher sugar levels, according to new research led by the University of Glasgow.