Award Archives - The Glasgow Guardian



The Oscars of Football: the history of the Ballon d’Or

3rd December 2023

The Ballon d’Or award is accompanied with glitz and glamour, despite favouring attacking players playing in European clubs. In the world of football, the Ballon d’Or remains the ultimate recognition of excellence and talent on the pitch. Established in 1956, this is a prestigious award that has celebrated the sport’s greatest players for nearly seven ...


University wins coveted research award

27th February 2022

The University of Glasgow has been awarded the inaugural Turing Network and Development Award. The University of Glasgow was one of twenty-four universities to win the inaugural Network Development Award. This award, presented by the Alan Turing Institute, “recognises the University’s commitment to collaborative and creative research in data science and artificial intelligence”, and is ...


UofG spinout company Vector Photonics wins prestigious engineering award

7th December 2021

The new company, established just last year, has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Colin Campbell Mitchell Award. University of Glasgow spinout Vector Photonics has been awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Colin Campbell Mitchell Award in a ceremony at the Academy’s Enterprise Showcase on 16 November.  Named in honour of one of Scotland’s most ...


Less than two weeks remain for Scotland’s young artists to enter into The Sound of Young Scotland 2021 award

1st August 2021

Successful applicants will receive up to £5,500 to help them launch their debut album There are less than two weeks left for Scotland’s young artists to enter to win The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award’s new prize: The Sound of Young Scotland 2021. The Sound of Young Scotland is a new award introduced ...


University of Glasgow researcher wins early career researcher award

5th December 2020

Dr Lewis Steell has been awarded with the UK Early Career Researcher Award for medicine. University of Glasgow researcher Dr Lewis Steell has been awarded the UK Early Career Researcher Award for medicine by Elsevier and the US-UK Fulbright Commission.  Dr Steell’s research has focused on physical activity, cardiovascular risk, and risk factors for obesity ...


University of Glasgow named THE University of the Year

2nd December 2020

Times Higher Education gave the award to Glasgow on 26 November. The University of Glasgow has been declared Times Higher Education (THE) University of the Year.  The awards, which give prominent praise for exceptional achievements of individuals, teams and institutions in higher education gave Glasgow the prestigious award for its efforts to redress its past ...