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GU Badminton shortlisted for Club of the Year BUCS Awards 2023

20th June 2023

After winning Club of the Year at GUSA Ball, Glasgow University Badminton Club is shortlisted for Club of the Year at the 2023 BUCS Awards. Glasgow University Badminton Club has been shortlisted for Club of the Year at the 2023 BUCS Awards. They are one of five nominations up for the prized award. The 2023 ...


Sports Personality of the Year 2021

23rd December 2021

A round up of all of the awards from the 2021 Sports Personality of the Year. This year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) awards were hosted by Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Alex Scott and Gary Lineker. Taking place as a mixed virtual and in-person format due to a rising number of Covid-19 cases ...


UofG wins at Times Higher Education Awards

18th December 2021

The University won Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year for establishing the UK’s biggest coronavirus testing centre. The University of Glasgow was announced the winner of the Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year for its Lighthouse Laboratory, the biggest coronavirus testing centre in the UK.  The Lighthouse Laboratory was created in the University’s clinical i...


Glasgow shortlisted for Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2021

7th April 2021

The facilities awarded include The Lighthouse Laboratory for its contribution to the Covid-19 response. The University of Glasgow has been nominated for four Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2021. The Awards commemorate academic and business partnerships and the remarkable work they achieve, and Glasgow has been recently shortlisted.  The University of Glasgow has received two shortlistings...


The Golden Globes’ diversity problem

28th February 2021

Michaela Coel’s landmark show I May Destroy You was outrageously snubbed by The Golden Globes while Emily in Paris received a bizarre nomination.  The nominations for the Golden Globes have been announced, recognising a brilliant wave of British talent for a variety of performances in film and television over the last year. Emma Corrin, Daniel ...


A world changing uni?

8th January 2021

UofG was named THE University of the Year 2020, but does the award really mean anything for prospective students? At the end of 2020, the University of Glasgow was awarded the title of Times Higher Education’s University of the Year. The judges cited efforts by the University to uncover its historic links to slavery and ...


Scottish Album of the Year Award: Our Guide to the Nominees

24th October 2020

We’ve taken a look at the nominees for the 2020 Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) awards and provided a handy guide to each album and artist! If 2020 has proved anything, it’s that end-of-year awards may join cockroaches as the only things left after Armageddon. We are entering the last gasp of this cursed ...


No one wins with literary prizes

14th October 2020

Views Editor Emily Hay explores how literary prizes are outdated and damaging to the public’s conception of a book’s worth. It’s that time of year again: the shortlist for the Booker Prize has been announced, and the book world is in the full swing of speculation about just who’s going to bag that all-important £50,000 ...


University of Glasgow nominated for University of the Year at the THE Awards 2020

6th October 2020

Glasgow is also nominated for Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year. The University of Glasgow has been nominated as University of the Year in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2020. The principal, Sir Anton Muscatelli, made the announcement on Twitter: “On behalf of everyone at the University of Glasgow I am delighted that ...