📢 ICYMI: check out Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau's blog analysing #UKYouthPoll2025 data to show that young people are generally willing and able to give their views on politics.
🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc...
#UKYouthPoll #GenZ
03.02.2026 12:00 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
As always, excellent comment from Mark Wong and fellow experts on AI and UK workers.
04.02.2026 12:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
NEW SURVEY FINDINGS‼️
81% of women musicians in the Scottish folk music scene, who participated in a new survey, have been sexually assaulted or harassed.
Full report here: sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...
@uofgsociology.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk
🔊Video of findings.
22.01.2026 07:01 — 👍 10 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies
EVERY day, around 125 babies are born in Scotland. Each new life represents a new beginning but also significant, and often scary, changes for their…
‘All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies’
The Scottish Child Payment increase for babies is welcome, but costs of childhood do not end when they turn one, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and Ilona Pinter for @scotnational.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
28.01.2026 08:55 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
US cash, sponsored shirts and TV deals: how money took over English football
A potted history of sporting commercialism.
"We’ve lost so much of what football is" ⚽
How has the beautiful game become so dominated by commerce? The answers can be found by studying 50 years of Norwich City F.C., says @robinireland.bsky.social (with a little help from Delia Smith).
Read more in @theconversation.com
bit.ly/4c3lW8W
28.01.2026 11:59 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
The main building and tower at the University of Glasgow surrounded by trees.
Historic places are vital for mental health, according to research by @uofgussp.bsky.social, @imadgination03.bsky.social and Historic England.
Familiar historic places provide emotional stability – helping people to function and thrive in everyday life.
More: gla.ac/4qQ0CIZ
21.01.2026 15:07 — 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Expert gives verdict on neo-Nazi posting by Donald Trump's White House
THE White House’s online neo-Nazi references reflect the extreme content people at the heart of Donald Trump’s administration are viewing, an…
"It’s not coincidence, it’s not an accident. It is something which is strategic communication and they must see value in that.”
@pauljreilly.bsky.social spoke to @scotnational.bsky.social about inflammatory Neo-Nazi posts posted by US government agencies.
www.thenational.scot/news/2577284...
19.01.2026 09:12 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A person sits on perforated metal stairs with their head resting on crossed arms, holding a smartphone, wearing a green jacket and jeans.
The link between high engagement gambling and suicidality is stronger than thought, according to a study by @uofgsps.bsky.social and @citystgeorges.bsky.social
More: gla.ac/4b7CJHE
19.01.2026 12:17 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
We're so excited that our new #UKYouthPoll course is kicking off at @glasgow.ac.uk today! 🤩
There are a few spaces left on the course for @uofgsocsci.bsky.social honours students – find out more: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/the-joh...
#UKYouthPoll2026 @focaldata.bsky.social
12.01.2026 11:01 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Glasgow’s Gorbachev go-between
How a local academic saw through the iron curtain
“If you met him, you weren’t likely to forget him.”
Great article in @glasgowbell.bsky.social about the extraordinary story of 'tour de force' Alec Nove, leading Soviet expert and former head of the Institute for Soviet and East Europe Studies @glasgow.ac.uk
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/alec-nove-so...
12.01.2026 11:02 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
It's not every day you get to wish your workplace a happy 575th birthday! 🥳
Congratulations @glasgow.ac.uk - so proud to be a part of your story.
PS was happy to lend 'a hand' to this...
07.01.2026 10:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The end of term & the winter break is right around the corner!
Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings to our community in Glasgow and all over the world. ❤️
18.12.2025 09:03 — 👍 22 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Large group of adults and children standing at night in front of a historic building, beside a brightly lit Christmas tree, wearing winter coats on a wet street.
Families from @changingrealities.bsky.social met with PM Sir Keir Starmer and @darrenpjones.bsky.social at 10 Downing Street yesterday, to share how they are challenging #childpoverty in the UK.
Changing Realities is a collaboration between UofG @lshtm.bsky.social @cpaguk.bsky.social
19.12.2025 11:10 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 3
"The challenges are immense but it is within our power to take action to achieve racial justice."
Great to see research by @nasarmeer.bsky.social represented at this recent @nuffieldfoundation.org event on building a racially just and inclusive society.
19.12.2025 10:15 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Fantastic to see this from @johnswinney.bsky.social on the important research that @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social is doing on the positive impact of the Scottish Child Payment.
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15.12.2025 09:50 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Brilliant to see the work of @changingrealities.bsky.social @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social being recognised - this group of parents and carers has achieved an incredible amount this year, not least influencing the Child Poverty Strategy. True #worldchangers
10.12.2025 14:13 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is fantastic news and well deserved for Freya, who really has had an exceptional year, including the successful rollout of 'Are You Prepared?' - a climate resilience game for Scotland's primary school children. She and @nationalresilience.bsky.social are a pleasure to work with!
08.12.2025 11:30 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Love seeing Mark in this - the work he is doing on AI bias has the potential to be massively world changing (he's also one of the loveliest academics I have the privilege of working with!).
Excellent campaign - well done to all at @glasgow.ac.uk who created this 🌍
05.12.2025 10:42 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Big lights spelling out 'UofG' sit in the University cloisters which are also lit with fairy lights.
Echoes of Christmas at UofG 🎶
Everyone is invited to a Christmas gathering as St Constantine’s Primary School joins us for Echoes of Christmas.
📍11 Dec, 1:00–1:30pm, The Cloisters, University of Glasgow
Come along to listen to the singing or join in for some festive cheer!
03.12.2025 10:48 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Excellent comment by @pauljreilly.bsky.social on toxic immigration debates online and why we must question misinformation that can help fuel racist violence.
01.12.2025 10:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Stock photo of a doctor wearing a facemask.
‘A common problem hiding in plain sight.’
With 1/3 of junior doctors having experienced sexual harassment and abuse, experts at @uofgasbs.bsky.social and @ouranu.bsky.social are bringing together experiences and approaches to tackle a global issue.
More: gla.ac/4pAPRck
28.11.2025 11:59 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A year ago today I joined some of the incredible @changingrealities.bsky.social parents at Downing Street who shared what changes are needed to end child poverty - incl why the two-child limit must be scrapped. It’s brilliant to see yesterday’s announcement after so much hard work from so many.
27.11.2025 13:03 — 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
The @changingrealities.bsky.social group - led by @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social - have been doing incredible work to lobby for change that will improve the circumstances of families struggling with poverty.
27.11.2025 11:13 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pictured is Dr Jiayi Jin, the study's lead author, with Dr Mark Drane, director of Urban Habitat.
“Designing healthier cities begins with listening, to data, to place, and to people”
Congrats to Mingyu Zhu @ubdc.bsky.social and @northumbriauni.bsky.social partners, who won the Design Research for Healthy Cities Award at the Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress 🎉
bit.ly/49AWab6
26.11.2025 11:07 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I’m so delighted that we get to extend our research in this area - nearly twenty years of gambling prevalence research, and there’s still so much to do….
25.11.2025 22:50 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Great to see this important research into gambling behaviours continue. Our experts including @shwardle.bsky.social have led hugely impactful research into gambling harms and how these affect individuals - and those around them - for the past two decades.
25.11.2025 16:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
'We just want a ferry service that works.'
An event about Scotland's ferry provision may sound heavy for a Monday - but actually this was a really interesting presentation about @uofgasbs.bsky.social research on the lifeline service ferries offer and the impact on island communities and business.
24.11.2025 15:34 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
As the UN calls for fashion industry action at #COP30, here's your reminder that there's a more sustainable way to shop in Glasgow 💙
Check out Worthwhile Wardrobe - a @uofgasbs.bsky.social
and Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice partnership - for all your formal wear needs! worthwhilewardrobe.co.uk
14.11.2025 13:49 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Worthwhile Wardrobe
As the UN calls for fashion industry action at #COP30, here's your reminder that there's a more sustainable way to shop in Glasgow 💙
Check out Worthwhile Wardrobe - a @uofgasbs.bsky.social and Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice partnership - for all your formal wear needs!
worthwhilewardrobe.co.uk
14.11.2025 13:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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