Large letters spelling UofG sitting on the grass under a tree
8 year work anniversary today - a privilege to work as a Communications Manager @uofglasgow.bsky.social I am so lucky to have learned so much from superb & v clever colleagues and students. Thanks to everyone who trusted me to help them tell their stories so far and canβt wait to tell more!
Many congrats to @uofgunescorila.bsky.social Dr Tawona SitholΓ© Such wise words for our graduating students
βWe are but carvings and today is about those that do the carving.β
UofG lecturer & poet Tawona Sithole shares some inspiring words on his PhD graduation day.He honours all those who help our students achieve their degrees.
Thank you to everyone who helps on the journey to graduation β€οΈ #UofGgrad25
It is a privilege to be part of @uofglasgow.bsky.social graduations and see the joy our students and their families celebrate their achievements. But yesterday I got to see an amazing colleague & friend @uofgunescorila.bsky.social Tawona SitholΓ© get his doctorate. Many congrats & here is Dr SitholΓ©
Take a look at the full list of award-winning work scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/media-awards...
This was an inspirational event showcasing some of the superb journalists & storytellers we have in Scotland. A v strong list of nominees and the judges including my wonderful friend @alisonphipps.bsky.social had a difficult task to pick the winners & runners up. Many congratulations everyone βοΈπ°ποΈπΊ
It's been a busy old week at MiM HQ.
X Design Week 2025; Glasgow City Region Innovation Accelerator Showcase; Centre for Study of Perceptual Experiences conference.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to try out MiM!
Beta launch summer 2025.
Want to know more? www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Three woman sit at a table covered in a dark table cloth with micropohones and papers across the table. Credit National Trust for Scotland Love Scotland podcast
How did life on the home front change during #WW2 - National Trust for Scotland's Love Scotland podcast goes back in time via Tenement House owner Agnes Toward. @uofglasgow.bsky.social @lynncabrams.bsky.social joins host Jackie Bird & Tenement House's Shania Buckley. www.nts.org.uk/stories/for-...
This new perspective by UofGβs Prof David Broun a recently discovered 16th century booklet which helps to reveal this unexpected relationship between Scottish independence and British identity that has been overlooked until now. Fascinating read
Looking forward to 6 June panel sponsored by Adam Smith Global Foundation on Smith today- politeness, debate & sympathy could not be more necessary & I will be teasing out relations between personal sympathy and economic growth @ahallardyce.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social
UofG Logo with white text on a blue background reading "James McCune Smith Annual Conference 25 - 26 June 2025. Image shows JMS Scholar Adam Heron wearing a golden shirt and smiling at the camera.
Registration is now open for our third annual James McCune Smith conference on June 25 and 26!
Join us to celebrate and amplify the voices and visions of Black scholars, thinkers, and changemakers.
Learn more β‘οΈ gla.ac/3FjU82a
@uofgjmsphd.bsky.social
UofG, SCIAF, river guardians and others including: Alexander Rodriquez Mena, Prof Mo Hume, Viviana Gonzalez, Jude Barber, Bernardino Mosquera, Prof Louise Welsh bottom and Dr Allan Gillies
From Colombia's Atrato River to the River Clyde, communities are sharing how we can protect our rivers from harm to help them thrive.
The UofG & @sciaf.bsky.social talk on the topic included the Atrato River Guardians @mohume.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @allangillies.bsky.social.
Somewhere in the crowd is my child living her best life as a 1st year at the University of St Andrews. What an amazing experience!
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This fascinating research was led by @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social Professor Karen Hardy
Lori Delaney stands on a stage speaking to an audience as he allay A waiting Game is premiered
The cast of A Waiting Game included actors & some of those whose stories of breast cancer were captured by Lori Delaney. This verbatim play was co-created by the @uofglasgow.bsky.social PhD scholar with woman & men who shared their breast cancer journey with Lori. It was a Tour de Force
Today I cried at work while watching A Waiting Game - a play by @uofgartshums.bsky.social PhD student Lori Delaney - which was breathtaking in its powerful capturing of untold stories of breast cancer.
Read about Loriβs work here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Pleased to be speaking on 22 May on Humanities and Social Science impacts on industry and technology with Didier Stricker from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science & others on behalf of @eassh.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social ncp4industry.eu/events/bridg...
Everyone is welcome to this lecture by two leading experts on the global phenomenon of conservative nationalist populism - which has shaken the post-Cold War order at its foundations (many argue it has already destroyed the western alliance that has upheld European security for more than 80 years).
We're pretty chuffed that our song, A Passion Flower's Lament, will be housed in The Virtual Museum of The Spanish Civil War. Many thanks to Craig Williams at The Herald for this write up. @ahallardyce.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social
Front cover of a notebook with Comms Camp Scotland written on it
Really enjoying being at my 1st @commscampscot.bsky.social being held @uofgied.bsky.social Queen Margaret Union
@uofglasgow.bsky.social Buchan 150 lecture is now available to view at youtu.be/AF_CEWklqEA?...
@uguelphscottish.bsky.social @ahallardyce.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
Thanks to @poncarova.bsky.social Craig Lamont, Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies & @iassl.bsky.social
Totally agree Dee
Splendid discussion today on role of Museums in the Metaverse in cultural tourism & placemaking in Future Cities Forum Cultural Cities 2025 with Michelle Charters OBE, Craig Hassall AM & many more @ahallardyce.bsky.social @fergusbruce.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social
5 years ago we unveiled this incredible piece of @uofglasgow.bsky.social storytelling for International Womenβs Day 2020 with some of our #InspiringWomen leaders led by ProfΒ Jill Morrison & Prof @deeheddon.bsky.social & an incredible creative team. Happy #IWD2025 www.gla.ac.uk/news/archive...
So looking forward to this lecture next week @uofglasgow.bsky.social
I love this @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgarc.bsky.social Spotlight on Research series. This time featuring the superb scholarship of @drtimpeacock.bsky.social, historian and Director of the UofGβs Games and Gaming Lab Super film by Charlotte Reid
Buchan 150 lecture at @uofgnews.bsky.social
on 11 March: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-buchan.... Themes include Security and Society, Who are We? and the Island, integrating Buchan's political and literary writing @ahallardyce.bsky.social @billykayscot.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social
ICYMI for #BurnsNight2025 @uofglasgow.bsky.social Chapel Choir sing Robert Burns πΆ
@glasgowburns.bsky.social estimated every year 9.5million people around the world attend a Burns Supper. Over 265 years after his death he remains one of Scotlandβs global superstars - SlΓ inte Tae the Bard π₯ π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
OTD in 1759 Robert Burns was born. Today he is celebrated as Scotlandβs national poet. @uofglasgow.bsky.social is home to the world leading @glasgowburns.bsky.social who are literally rewriting our understanding of the bard. This research will bring to the fore his love of nature. Happy #BurnsNight
The University tower seen from Kelvingrove Park.
UofG ranks in the world top 100 in eight out of 11 subject areas in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
Two subjects ranked in the world top 50, with Law placing 44th & Medical Health at ranked at 50th.
Read more: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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