📣 Calling all UofG Staff & Students. Join us on 23 March in the ARC for our Celebrating Achievements in Knowledge Exchange & Innovation - People & Excellence showcase & awards.
Celebratory showcase from 2.30pm and awards presentation at 4.15pm.
Limited tickets: bit.ly/40XOQAA
Happy International Women’s Day!
We are proud of the women of #TeamUofG, past and present. Here are just a few who have shaped our community over our 575-year history.
Learn more: Gla.ac.uk/explore/575
And that’s not all! Check out the full SPRING FLING programme and book tickets via the link in our bio🔗
📖 Responding to Lanark
📅 Wednesday 15 April ⏰ 18:00
In partnership with @agrayarchive.bsky.social , celebrate 45 years since the publication of Alasdair Gray's Lanark in the company of author Rachelle Atalla, who will read from a specially commissioned short story to mark the occasion.
🧑🧒 Family Day
📅 Saturday 11 April⏰ 12:00
From clocks to time capsules to tempo, it’s time for the whole family to get stuck into our research at the university. There's the option too to join us for a screening of Alice in Wonderland (Disney, 1951).
♟️ Play Across Time: Games Night
📅 Tuesday 7 April ⏰ 16:00
Explore the history (and future) of Scottish games and gaming through an exciting programme of interactive activity. Expect stalls, workshops, talks, gaming consoles, historic board games, and immersive VR.
🎵 Songs from the Cosmos
📅 Tuesday 7 April⏰ 17:30
A singular performance and journey into sound and vision using muons (energetic subatomic particles) with BAFTA-winning artist and musician Lomond Campbell and nuclear physicist David Mahon.
🎞️CinemARC: Interstellar
📅 Thursday 9 April⏰ 17:30
Christopher Nolan's smash-hit Interstellar introduced by Dr Daniel Williams, who'll be talking time, black holes, and the scientific accuracy of the movie. A chance to ask all your burning questions!
🎞️CinemARC: Tracing Light
📅 Thursday 2 April⏰ 18:00
Tracing Light brings together leading physicists and artists on a quest to understand and animate light. A unique film experience followed by a Q&A with the researchers and filmmakers involved.
@skylinefilm.bsky.social @sonjahenrici.bsky.social
🚨 Announcement 🚨
🌷The annual Spring Fling festival returns from 2 - 17 April with a free programme for all ages, exploring the theme 'About Time'. A sure fire way to put a spring in your step!
👉 View the full programme + book via the link in our bio🔗
🎟️ All tickets are FREE
HIGHLIGHTS BELOW...
ARC Conversations - Obesity & weightloss drugs: solution or distraction?
17 March, 4–5:30pm
In this talk, Naveed Sattar will explore the evidence behind weight-loss drugs.
Free + ticketed. Drinks after the event.
More info + booking ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arc-conver...
🎥Join us on Thur 19 Feb for this special presentation of the 2014 Iranian film, Tales, directed by Rakhshan Banietemad 🎥
💬The screening will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by Loa Pourmirza from The Joon Project and Dr Zahra Khosroshahi.
🎫Last tickets available here: tinyurl.com/3trx73n3
Congratulations & good luck to our UofG colleagues who have been shortlisted for the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards. 👏 🤞
Organised by Interface, the awards celebrate partnerships between academia, business, the public sector + the third sector.
Find out more: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
In January, Professor Chris Pearce (Vice Principal of Research and Knowledge Exchange) visited Tanzania to see first hand how long term collaborations between the University and Tanzanian partners translate excellent science into real-world impact.
@uofgmvls.bsky.social
We're excited to host this @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social exhibition led by staff and students from Product Design.
'Equitable Communities of Health in the Climate Era: Designing Future Experiences' is free and open to the public from 6 - 12 February (closed on Saturday and Sunday).
🎞️ Cine Dialógico
📅 Thu 5 Mar | ⏰ 17:30
A premiere screening with Ragged Cinema & Havana Glasgow Film Festival. Can film foster solidarities across borders? The film follows feminist activists in Cuba, Catalunya & Glasgow through zero-budget dialogical filmmaking.
🎞️ Tales
📅 Thu 19 Feb | ⏰ 17:30
A rare chance to see Rakhshan Banietemad’s groundbreaking 2014 Iranian film on the big screen. Curated with Dr Zahra Khosroshahi & Loa Pourmirza from The Joon Project.
🎞️I Swear
📅 Thu 22 Jan | ⏰ 17:30
Celebrate Burns Night with this acclaimed film set in the Scottish Borders. Plus a post-screening Q&A with linguists Prof Jennifer Smith & Dr Clara Cohen, chaired by Prof Joanna Kopaczyk-McPherson — exploring swearing in language, brains & Scottish culture.
🎬❄️ Our winter CinemARC programme is now open for bookings!
An eclectic programme of films, discussions & collaborators.
🎟️ All events are FREE
🔗 Full programme + tickets via the link in our bio
Help us develop a global map of how Burns Night is celebrated! Take Part in The Burns Supper at 225 Years Research Project ⬇️ .
There are still tickets for our annual Centre for Robert Burns Studies Conference this Sat (17th Jan), held in the ARC: gla.ac/3LaXLe5
Happy Birthday to us! 🎉
The University of Glasgow is 575 years old today. We have been changing the world since 1451!
This year we will be celebrating the centuries of impact of UofG, while looking towards to the future, with our #TeamUofG community around the world.
#UofG575
The event takes place on 22 January from 17:30 and you can book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1978594585...
🎬CinemARC is back for 2026!
🍿To celebrate Burns night, we are excited to be taking you to the Scottish Borders with an acclaimed recent
production, I Swear.
📣After the film, join us for a panel with Jennifer Smith and Clara Cohen, led by Joanna Kopaczyk-McPherson.
Our Christmas elves have been busy making decorations over the last few weeks in our fantastic MakerSpace!
Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings from everyone in the ARC.
‼️Reminder that our Winter Warmer Family Day is tomorrow, Saturday 6th December 12-3pm
🆓 All activities are free, and most are drop-in
☕️ Cafe open for refreshments
🌟Come along for some festive fun!
🔗More info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/light-up-w...
Congratulations to everyone at Keltic Pharma, including our Director, Andrew Tobin. 👏
We are proud to congratulate Kelly Hawkins from our Operations Team on being recognised by colleagues from @uofgmvls.bsky.social for her contribution to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion at UofG. 🎉
Kelly was nominated for leading our ‘Making with Pride’ workshops 🏳️🌈 .
🔗Booking links for sessions that need to be booked in advance at the link in bio.
☕️Our café, The Western, will be open for light refreshments. Plus, you can hear some fantastic festive music from the Byres Road Big Band.
Please note that children must be accompanied by adults.
🌟Light up your imagination at our FREE Winter Warmer Family Day.
⏰Join us on Saturday 6 December for a free Winter Warmer Family Day.
🆓Drop-in any time between 12noon and 3pm to enjoy a varied programme of festive activities. All activities are free and most are drop-in. 1/2
The inaugural @scottishgames.bsky.social 'Hello World! Scottish Students Startup Summit' aims to ignite the next generation of games and tech entrepreneurs.
It takes place on 2 March 2026 @uofgarc.bsky.social
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
