Craig MacLellan A team of archaeologists have discovered an early Bronze Age burial chamber during a joint venture between the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen. The chamber, which is believed to be around 4000 years old, was discovered at Forteviot, Perthshire, during the 2009 summer season of the Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot (SERF) project. [...]
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Edvard Munch’s most famous artwork, ‘The Scream’, is due to go on display at the Hunterian Art Gallery this summer.
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A major new study has found that final year students are apprehensive about their employment prospects when they graduate this summer.
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Graduating students face an uncertain summer as university lecturers ballot on strike action over redundancies.
Craig MacLellan The Scottish Executive has announced plans to implement new measures aimed at giving greater support and advice to disabled students. The new procedures will mean that an expert group will review the case of any student who does not meet the existing criteria for assistance if their application has been supported by their [...]
Craig McLellan The University of Glasgow’s Department of Urban Studies won two prizes at the recent Royal Town Planning Institute annual awards. The department, which launched a planning school in 2006, won an award for excellence in planning education. The planning school offers an MSc programme in real estate, planning and regeneration, which comprises five [...]
Craig MacLellan Glasgow University’s Principal, Sir Muir Russell, received a pay increase almost four times the rate of inflation last year, making him the highest paid university principal in Scotland. Sir Muir, who is due to step down from his position in October, received a pay rise of 12.1%, increasing his salary from £205,000 in [...]
Craig MacLellan Academic research at the University of Glasgow has received excellent results in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The RAE, which is undertaken every seven years, examines the quality of research carried out by universities across the UK and is an internationally recognised standard. Almost 70% of the research submitted by the University [...]
Craig MacLellan The number of students coming to study at Scottish higher education institutions from other European Union Member States has risen dramatically over the last five years. The number of EU students receiving fee support from the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) has risen 93.8% between 2002-2003 and 2007-2008. There was also a [...]
Craig MacLellan The price of travel on the Glasgow Subway is set to increase for the second time in under a year. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), which operates the Subway system, has been hit by the escalating cost of energy. An increase of 94% in the price of traction energy, which is used to [...]
