Glasgow

• Europe’s most advanced animal hospital opens
  The doors have opened on the most advanced animal hospital in Europe. More than 10 years in the planning, the University of Glasgow’s Small Animal Hospital will have over 11,000 visits annually from across the UK and will provide a new benchmark in the care of animals. Based within the world-leading Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the £15million [...]
• UNISON to lobby Glasgow College over nursery closure
  UNISON, the education union, today announced that its members would lobby the graduation ceremony of Glasgow College of Nautical Studies tonight (MONDAY) in its continuing campaign to reverse the college plans to close its Thistle Street nursery. The lobby will take place at Glasgow Concert Hall, tonight (9 November) at 6.30 pm. It is not planned [...]
• Bullying to be tackled by Glasgow and Respectme
  Glasgow has revised and updated its anti-bullying policy in response to a number of factors, including the increase in cyber-bullying and new legislation. The new policy will also require early years, primary and secondary schools in the city to record and report all discriminatory behaviour. This will be done electronically and merged with the existing obligation to [...]
• Glasgow researchers unveil speech secrets
  Psychology researchers at the University of Glasgow have found the sound of the human voice can be recognised by the brain in less than one fifth of a second. The study, conducted at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging in the Department of Psychology, found that the brain recognises voices within a similar time-frame as it recognises [...]
• Over 1500 new jobs announced for Glasgow
  Over 1500 new jobs for Glasgow have been welcomed by the SNP candidate in the Glasgow North East by-election, David Kerr. The 1505 jobs are supported with funding from the Scottish Government. The jobs were part of a series of announcements made by First Minister Alex Salmond and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in their speeches [...]
• Anti-violence programme gets police recognition
  A groundbreaking educational programme created by Medics Against Violence (MAV) has today been recognised by the Scottish Policing Awards. The programme, involving university experts, was set up to educate pupils about the dangers of getting involved in violence and weapon carrying. MAV has been running in schools across Strathclyde for almost a year. Its founders Dr Christine [...]
• Glasgow?s world first for the English language
  After 45 years painstaking scholarship by the English Language department of the University of Glasgow, the world’s first historical thesaurus is to be published this week (22 October). The brainchild of Professor Michael Samuels in 1964, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is the culmination of thousands of hours work by hundreds of research [...]
• Glasgow North East By-election called
  The by-election for the Westminster parliamentary constituency of Glasgow North East will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2009. It is being held following the resignation of Michael Martin, the former Speaker of the House of Commons. For the first time in three centuries, the speaker of the House of Commons resigned – the biggest casualty in [...]
• New products from Victor Lighting
  Hazardous area lighting specialist, Victor Lighting has introduced a CAP 437 and ICAO compliant heli deck perimeter light to their range. The high efficiency Vanguard VL34 meets the new safety standards, applicable from January 2009, providing safer and glare free perimeter lighting for helicopter platforms. Built for challenging environments, the VL34 will withstand [...]
• Leading economists call for Scottish fiscal autonomy
  Leading economists, Professors Ronald MacDonald and Paul Hallwood are calling for an end to the Barnett Formula and a move to Scottish fiscal autonomy. In their new book, The Political Economy of Financing the Scottish Government: Considering a New Constitutional Settlement for Scotland, they consider a number of alternatives to the current system, including the Calman [...]

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