The Festival of Social Science is a celebration of ideas that matter to people and communities across Glasgow and beyond.
From how we work and use technology to how we connect and care for one another, these events bring research to life in ways that are fun, accessible, and relevant to us all.
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The 23rd ESRC Festival of Social Science will run from Saturday 18 October to Saturday 8th November. This year’s central theme is "Our Working Lives", exploring how digital technology is reshaping the way we work and interact.
festivalofsocialscience.com/https://fest...
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The image is text on a blue and purple background. The text says 'join us for the SLDO Conference, Thursday 11th December at The University of Glasgow. Register for this free event via https://bit.ly/4nGNVhC. In the top left corner there is a yellow logo with text that says Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory, and in the top right corner there is a dark blue logo with white writing which says University of Glasgow and has the University crest.
Join us on Thursday 11th December 2025 to mark 25 years of #learningdisabilities research at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social We'll be sharing the latest findings & celebrating the role of partnership across our work. Registration is now open for this free event - bit.ly/4nGNVhC
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The exhibition features portraits by four Project Ability artists - John McNaught, Cameron Morgan, Ryan Jago and Jonathan McKinstry.
Project Ability artists will be offering members of the public the chance to sit for a portrait on Saturday 20th September between 1 and 3pm!
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Here I Am is an exhibition by Project Ability celebrating Learning Disability Awareness Week, and is on display throughout September.
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Images of 4 portraits from "I Am Here" exhibition
On Saturday 20th September, Byres Hub will be open for tours and the chance to sit for a live portrait by Project Ability artists.
You can visit the exhibition area and go up to our room with a view to look out across St Mungo Square, the University's Western Campus and the south of Glasgow.
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📣 Announcing a new Playlist for Life Help Point Network in Glasgow's West End with the August 6 opening of a 'Dementia Heroes' cafe @byreshub.bsky.social ☕
💚 Held on the 1st Weds monthly to connect people affected by the condition, including to charity advisors providing free advice and resources 🎵
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Photo Requirements:
Minimum resolution: 300 DPI
Minimum dimensions: 3500 x 3500 pixels
No identifiable people in the photos, please!
Let your creativity shine and share the natural world through your lens. We can’t wait to see what you capture! T&Cs apply.
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Theme: Nature – from landscapes to plants and weather – highlighting how the natural environment benefits our health and wellbeing
Deadline: 📅 30th July 2025
Submission Emails:
📧 byreshub@glasgow.ac.uk
📧 shw-admin@glasgow.ac.uk
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Photo Requirements:
Minimum resolution: 300 DPI
Minimum dimensions: 3500 x 3500 pixels
No identifiable people in the photos, please!
Let your creativity shine and share the natural world through your lens. We can’t wait to see what you capture! T&Cs apply.
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We’re excited to invite you to take part in our Nature Photo Competition! Whether you're a seasoned photographer or just love capturing the beauty of the outdoors, we’d love to see your work.
The top 5 images will be printed at scale on the inner black walls in the Clarice Pears building.
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@quarriers.bsky.social
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Quarriers North West Carers Service are holding drop-in meetings at Byres Community Hub from 11am-1pm on:
Thursday 19th June
Thursday 24th July
Meet the team and find out about what the service does for unpaid carers (information, advice, funding for short breaks, training and peer support).
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That's next Monday, 16th June. ❤️
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Gillian, Health Defence Coordinator from @chsscotland.bsky.social will be offering free first-come-first-served drop-in blood pressure checks to staff, students and members of the public from 12noon-1pm straight after Hub Monday. No booking is needed.
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Looking forward to hosting this in Byres Hub. Our new community created bunting is on display for the occasion.
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YouTube video by UofG MVLS
Hub Mondays at Byres Community Hub
Next Hub Monday is on 16th June
🏫10am tour of Clarice Pears & Byres Hub
☕️ 10.30am networking & refreshments
🗣️ 11am themed talk ‘Shaping healthy 20 min neighbourhoods across Scotland’
No booking. All welcome
Hub Mondays at Byres Community Hub youtu.be/cC5bQkZWR04?... via @YouTube
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Blue poster with white writing advertising an activity in Byres Community Hub Connections Marketplace on Sat 7th June, Lipreading with Jill Bradshaw
#ByresHubCommunityDay #CelebratingConnections #Glasgow850 #GlaSciFest #WestFest #Lipreading #CodeofSilence
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Byres Hub Community Day 2025: Celebrating Connections
Join us for a free, fun-filled day celebrating connections within our Hub and across the city.
Bring along your old laptops to donate and discover our services to receive free, refurbished computer equipment! Scan the QR code on the image to learn more and register now by heading to byreshubcommunityday2025.eventbrite.co.uk
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Discover Plugged In at this year's Byres Hub Community Day, Saturday 7th June 12-4pm. Head down to learn about this computer recycling project from North West Glasgow Voluntary Sector Network.
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Speech bubble from woman with megaphone on orange background: "Think you've got what it takes to escape Byres Hub?"
Additional text: "Join us at our Community Day on 7th June to find out!"
We're so excited for our Community Day, 12-4pm on Sat 7th June!
There's a brilliant, varied programme for the day with something for everyone including an escape room style challenge. Register on Eventbrite for this FREE event and share with your networks: byreshubcommunityday2025.eventbrite.com
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Join us @byreshub.bsky.social on Friday 20th June from 1-2.30pm for the launch of a new booklet for families of young people navigating the transition from school to adult life. Registration essential - find out more & book here bit.ly/43o5vyq
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Our annual community day is one month today! Drop in from 12-4pm on Sat 7th June to meet lots of fantastic third sector organisations in our connections marketplace, have a go at the challenges in our Byres Hub Subway escape room & much more. Book free tkts byreshubcommunityday2025.eventbrite.co.uk
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Byres Hub Community Day 2025: Celebrating Connections
Join us for a free, fun-filled day celebrating connections within our Hub and across the city.
We are delighted to be part of the community event @byreshub.bsky.social For more information byreshubcommunityday2025.eventbrite.co.uk Please share in your networks @nwgvsn.bsky.social @glasgowcvs.bsky.social @glasgowwestend.bsky.social @create-glasgow.bsky.social Thank you
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Chance to Change
Chance to Change
Today @byreshub.bsky.social we had the privilege to preview the brilliant, moving & hard hitting new film from the Chance2Change group. Their Health n Equality project brings together poetry, art & film to address #healthinequalities & inspire social change. www.yokercampus.org/Chance-to-Ch...
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Lives on Paper
Local creative writers’ group Writing Wrongs is pleased to announce that they will present a series of free workshops in Byres Hub
Would you like to document some stories from your life but need some support to get started? "Lives on Paper" is an inspirational and enjoyable memoir writing workshop open to all.
Book a free space for Friday, April 11th, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lives-on-p...
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Visible Mending workshop today (Monday 7 April) in Byres Hub from 12noon - 4pm. Friendly welcome, free tea and coffee and learning together how to repair clothes in a fun way.
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Hub Mondays
Join us every second Monday 10am-12pm to check out our space and network with other groups! Our next Hub Monday is on 7th April.
Hub Monday Today - 7th April - Lee Scott @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social will be joining us from
10.30am to tell us about ‘The Changing Museum’ scoping work for major redevelopment of the museum’s public-facing venues.
Join at 10am for tour of @uofgshw.bsky.social
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/heal...
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📢 Have you, or someone you know, experienced psychosis and felt worried about relapse?
We’re looking to speak with people in Scotland who have lived experience of psychosis and worry about relapse. Help us better understand fear of relapse and support those who experience it.
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Bringing together diverse expertise and insight to find innovative and inclusive ways to improve the health of people, places and communities. www.phiuk.org https://linktr.ee/phi_uk
Research Fellow at University of Glasgow - Urban Studies and Social Policy. Research on the role of citizen voices in policy-making processes, public engagement and lived experience as a form evidence.
Director Psychosis Research Group | http://psychosisresearch.info | Academic Clinical Psychologist | Professor | Psychosis | Mental Health Science | Empowerment
Likes cats, wine and bicycles but not at the same time usually
Psychosis Postdoctoral Researcher and Occasional Educator at the University of Glasgow. Currently working on developing support for fears of recurrence.
Likes cats, hates injustice. Here to learn. She / they.
https://psychosisresearch.info/
Talking Mats is a #socialenterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to think about and communicate effectively about things that matter to them.
Research group focused on occupational health and medicine within Public Health at the School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow. HWLG was established by Prof. Ewan Macdonald in 1990
Participatory arts-based researcher & adult educator. Visual note taker. PhD @UofGEducation. Research Associate @gppcglasgow @UofGSHW. Irrepressible enthusiast.
Leading research; improving health; tackling inequalities
gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing
Byres Community Hub @byreshub.bsky.social
Public & Community Engagement with Research at the University of Glasgow.
Based at the University of Glasgow, our research is focused on the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities & the health & social inequalities they experience #research #healthinequalities
Find out more at www.sldo.ac.uk
Fascinated by viruses and the diseases they cause.
www.cvr.ac.uk
probably typing with a cat on my shoulder | Professor of Public Policy & Health @uofgussp University of Glasgow | Editor, Sociology of Health & Illness | author 'How Britain Loves the NHS' @policypress
Prog Lead, MPH (on campus), Senior Lecturer in Public Health, and Deputy Director of Education in School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow. Sociologist.
🤔👩🏻🏫 Substance Use • Health • Inequality • Ethics • Pedagogy
She/her • 💖🐶👾☕ • views mine
Prof of Population Health Stats, Associate Director & co-Head of Inequalities Programme, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Chair of EUPHA Section Council. My views.
GP and Senior Clinical Lecturer @UofGlasgow | Academic lead, Scottish Deep End Project (www.gla.ac.uk/deepend) | Inclusion health SIG, Society for Academic Primary Care
Prof of Public Health & Health Inequalities at University of Glasgow. Honorary Consultant at Public Health Scotland.
Professor of Human Geography in Scotland.
Research = mental health/missing people/seasonal affective disorder/geohumanities/climate change.
Human Being🦋
https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/livingwithsad/winteringwell/resources/
Head of School of Health and Wellbeing and Norie Miller Professor of General Practice at the University of Glasgow
Director Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals at the University of Glasgow
Promoting person-centred care and primary care re
Professor of Health Psychology, Author, Podcaster, Journal Editor, Director, Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab @UofGlasgow, www.suicideresearch.info
Prof of Public Health University of Glasgow. Health & econ inequalities; climate; systems. Mum. Private account
