Entrepreneur in Residence Russell Dalgleish
Entrepreneur in Residence Russell Dalgleish

Entrepreneur in Residence appointed at Advanced Research Centre

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:31:00 GMT

Russell Dalgleish, chair of the Scottish Business Network and a global entrepreneur, has been appointed as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Advanced Research Centre (ARC) – a world-class hub for interdisciplinary research and innovation.

Female film director
Female film director

Improving financial security for UK screen industry freelancers

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT

New research reveals that innovative tax and benefits policies could dramatically improve financial security for freelancers in the UK screen industries, potentially reversing a worrying exodus of talent from the sector.

Main building and tower from Kelvingrove park
Main building and tower from Kelvingrove park

Microbiota transplantation offers new hope against cotton leaf curl disease

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:30:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Glasgow and the Forman Christian College University, Pakistan, are pioneering a groundbreaking approach to combat the devastating Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) through microbiota transplantation.

Wide shot of the Glibert Scott Building and tower looking south from the University library
Wide shot of the Glibert Scott Building and tower looking south from the University library

Oversubscribed cluster fund shows appetite for enterprise at the University of Glasgow

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:08:00 GMT

The Innovation Cluster Development Fund was launched in the New Year to feed a pipeline of new and innovative ventures coming out of the campus that have potential to grow and establish themselves as new businesses. 

Professor Nasar Meer
Professor Nasar Meer

UofG led survey shows that racial discrimination continues to rise in Scotland

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:44:00 GMT

Around one-third (35%) of people in Scotland’s Black, Asian, and visible minority ethnic communities say they have faced discrimination within the past two years - and confidence in anti-discrimination efforts has continued to decline, finds a new survey led by the University of Glasgow.

A needle is prepared
A needle is prepared

Study finds significant global disparities in COVID-19 vaccine accessibility

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:37:00 GMT

Research offering unprecedented insights into global vaccine distribution patterns has found significant disparities in COVID-19 vaccination accessibility - identifying 'vaccine deserts' in both high and low income countries.

Representatives from Kamuzu University of Health Science Graeme Dey, Scottish Government Minister for Higher and Further Educations (KUHeS) join University of Glasgow senior team and
Representatives from Kamuzu University of Health Science Graeme Dey, Scottish Government Minister for Higher and Further Educations (KUHeS) join University of Glasgow senior team and

Malawi and Glasgow researchers champion key health partnerships

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:30:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow welcomed representatives from Kamuzu University of Health Sciences alongside Graeme Dey, Scottish Government Minister for Higher and Further Education

An illustration of human genes
An illustration of human genes

Modifiable risks powerful determinants of individual healthy life expectancy

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Research increasingly shows that tackling modifiable exposures and environmental risks could be one of our most powerful levers for longevity and health span

Colon/Bowel cancer cells image
Colon/Bowel cancer cells image

Bowel screening uptake boosted with simple change to invitation letter

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:31:00 GMT

Researchers found that adding a deadline to bowel screening invitation letters boosted test returns, with the largest effect for a 2-week return deadline.

KEPsoft Collaborative social enterprise company
KEPsoft Collaborative social enterprise company

Pioneering kidney transplant project launches as milestone social enterprise spin-out

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:17:00 GMT

KEPsoft Collaborative - the first social enterprise company to spin out from the University - will help save lives by providing software and services to better match kidney patients with donors. 

Professor Naveed Sattar awarded the Edwin Bierman Award

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:20:13 GMT

Professor Naveed Sattar, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine at the School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health at the University of Glasgow, has been awarded the Edwin Bierman Award by the American Diabetes Association.

Professor Iain McIness at the Global Sustainable Transition Summit
Professor Iain McIness at the Global Sustainable Transition Summit

University of Glasgow attends pivotal Global Sustainable Transition Summit

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Professor Iain McInnes, Vice Principal and Head of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, represented the University of Glasgow at the Sustainable Markets Initiative flagship ‘Terra Carta Roundtables & Exhibition’, held at Hampton Court Palace on the 10th and 11th March 2025.

The MR CoilTech team outside the Imaging Centre of Excellence
The MR CoilTech team outside the Imaging Centre of Excellence

Living Laboratory Partner MR CoilTech Wins Innovative Collaboration Award at 2025 Scotland’s Life Sciences Awards

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:00:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow’s Living Laboratory programme is proud to celebrate its partner, MR CoilTech, for winning the Innovative Collaboration Award at the 2025 Scotland’s Life Sciences Awards.

Scans of a patient with brain cancer
Scans of a patient with brain cancer

UK’s first Fellowship in brain tumour neurology to be based at the University of Glasgow

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:00:59 GMT

The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (CSO) have announced a new partnership to advance brain tumour treatment care and research, through Scotland’s first dedicated neuro-oncology Fellowships

Image of a brain scan
Image of a brain scan

Four out of five males in prison have a history of head injury

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:01:00 GMT

New research has found that four out of five males in prison have a history of significant head injury, with many having been exposed to repeated head injuries over time

The Aberlour UofG event on child poverty and public debt
The Aberlour UofG event on child poverty and public debt

Public debt and child poverty crisis addressed at national conference

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:13:58 GMT

Scotland’s public debt crisis and its impact on child poverty was addressed at a national conference, hosted by Scottish children’s charity Aberlour and the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Public Policy.

Left to right: Oliver Braid, National Trust for Scotland’s Creative Learning Manager at Mackintosh at the Willow; Dr Lindsay Middleton, food historian and Knowledge Exchange Associate at the University of Glasgow and Isabella Scott, National Trust for Scotland's Visitor Services Supervisor at Mackintosh at the Willow, enjoy a cuppa of tea at Mackintosh at the Willow which plays host to Scottish Food Heritage Symposium which looks at tea and its relationship to Glasgow and Scotland. Photo Credit: Martin Shields
Left to right: Oliver Braid, National Trust for Scotland’s Creative Learning Manager at Mackintosh at the Willow; Dr Lindsay Middleton, food historian and Knowledge Exchange Associate at the University of Glasgow and Isabella Scott, National Trust for Scotland's Visitor Services Supervisor at Mackintosh at the Willow, enjoy a cuppa of tea at Mackintosh at the Willow which plays host to Scottish Food Heritage Symposium which looks at tea and its relationship to Glasgow and Scotland. Photo Credit: Martin Shields

Scottish food heritage symposium explores tea’s cultural and societal impact

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:00:00 GMT

At this month’s annual Scottish Food Heritage Symposium experts will explore how this simple beverage helped transform Scotland’s largest city.

The Gilmorehill Campus viewed from high up by drone
The Gilmorehill Campus viewed from high up by drone

UofG academics elected as Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:30:00 GMT

Five researchers linked to the University of Glasgow are among the 2025 cohort of Fellows elected to The Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Acute Myeloid Leukaemia cells under a microscope
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia cells under a microscope

Scientists secure funding to further develop novel precision therapies against major drivers of cancer

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:01:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have secured industry sponsorship to accelerate the pre-clinical development of a novel precision therapy which may one day offer a new treatment option for patients living with cancers such as Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) and Neuroblastoma

Man sits looking miserable
Man sits looking miserable

Experts issue warnings on social security cuts in Spring Statement

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:13:00 GMT

University of Glasgow academics have joined leading public health experts in warning of likely consequence of cuts to social security in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.   

Candidate event for the top-antitop-quark pair process with a high-transverse-momentum, hadronically-decaying top quark. The hadronically-decaying top quark is reconstructed from the three particle jets in the upper half of the detector. One of the jets originates from a bottom quark (“b-tagged” in blue cone) and the other two jets (yellow cones) are consistent with being produced from a W-boson decay. The second top quark is reconstructed from the signals in the lower half of the detector: a second b-tagged jet (blue), an additional jet (yellow), a muon (red line) and the missing transverse momentum (not shown). Significant energy deposits are seen in the electromagnetic (green) and hadronic (yellow) calorimeters. Tracks of charged particles in the inner detector are visualised as orange lines. Photograph: ATLAS Collaboration
Candidate event for the top-antitop-quark pair process with a high-transverse-momentum, hadronically-decaying top quark. The hadronically-decaying top quark is reconstructed from the three particle jets in the upper half of the detector. One of the jets originates from a bottom quark (“b-tagged” in blue cone) and the other two jets (yellow cones) are consistent with being produced from a W-boson decay. The second top quark is reconstructed from the signals in the lower half of the detector: a second b-tagged jet (blue), an additional jet (yellow), a muon (red line) and the missing transverse momentum (not shown). Significant energy deposits are seen in the electromagnetic (green) and hadronic (yellow) calorimeters. Tracks of charged particles in the inner detector are visualised as orange lines. Photograph: ATLAS Collaboration

UofG physicists play key role in new top quark measurement

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:30:00 GMT

University of Glasgow physicists working on the ATLAS experiment at CERN have led a precise new measurement of the mass of the top quark, using high-transverse-momentum ('boosted') top quarks.

ARC building and the Western Campus
ARC building and the Western Campus

University of Glasgow sustainability work showcased

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:33:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow’s expertise in sustainability was showcased to Scotland’s Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, Gillian Martin MSP.

CenTCS relaunch attendees
CenTCS relaunch attendees

Centre for Transformative Change in Schools celebrates relaunch

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:30:00 GMT

Scotland’s Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS) celebrated its relaunch at the University of Glasgow.

An image of a wind farm off the coast of the UK at sunset
An image of a wind farm off the coast of the UK at sunset

New modelling tool could help protect wildlife from offshore developments

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:00:00 BST

Scientists have developed a new resource to better protect seabirds from the impacts of offshore wind farms. The innovative modelling tool has the potential to save wildlife, while ensuring the effective and sustainable development of renewable energy sources

Colon/Bowel cancer cells image
Colon/Bowel cancer cells image

£5.5m research funding to transform bowel cancer care

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:01:00 BST

European clinicians and scientists are to receive £5.5m in funding to form a world-leading research team tasked with making personalised medicine a reality for people with bowel cancer

Logo for John Smith Centre Youth Poll UK
Logo for John Smith Centre Youth Poll UK

Young people believe in democracy but fear for its future, finds survey of youth opinion

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 02:10:00 BST

A new survey of young peoples’ attitudes and priorities has found that while young people believe in democracy over dictatorship, they think that UK democracy is in trouble.

A portrait of Dr Luke Daly from the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
A portrait of Dr Luke Daly from the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences

SNAP decision will establish UofG as cutting-edge nano-analysis hub

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:30:00 BST

A major new grant will help to establish the University of Glasgow as one of the UK’s leaders in atom-by-atom analysis of materials which could support human habitations on the Moon and beyond.

University of Glasgow tower towards the Clyde
University of Glasgow tower towards the Clyde

Five UofG social scientists elected as Academy of Social Science Fellows

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:04:40 BST

Five UofG social scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.