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Great insights into how to cope through the Winter months,
Wonderful to see the @pressandjournal.co.uk cover our ‘Wintering Well at the Library’ programme and our friends at @orkneylibrary.bsky.social
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How new Sad seasonal depression boxes in Orkney aim to brighten long winter nights
A set of boxes, aimed at those helping those suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, are now available for loan from the library service
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Great insights into how to cope through the Winter months,
Paul Gordon has just joined his son Montel as a UofG PhD scholar. Both are part of the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme, pursuing research shaped by lived experience and cultural insight. www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Paul Gordon has just joined his son Montel as a UofG PhD scholar. Both are part of the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarship programme, pursuing research shaped by lived experience and cultural insight. www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Photo: Martin Shields
@uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
Photo: Martin Shields
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Live in the Orkney islands and suffer from low winter mood? You could be offered a box of sunlight to help tackle it, as part of a project led by our very own Prof Hester Parr.
Boxes of sunlight will be offered to people in Orkney to help with low winter mood as part of the Living with SAD project led by Prof @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and Prof Hayden Lorimer (@slipshodspeller.bsky.social) of Edinburgh Uni.
More here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
More here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Live in the Orkney islands and suffer from low winter mood? You could be offered a box of sunlight to help tackle it, as part of a project led by our very own Prof Hester Parr.
BBC - Read about how Prof Hester Parr, who leads the 'Living with Sad' project, works with people who suffer the winter months to provide creative and cultural resources to encourage a more outdoor life, and give tips to build new 'light routines'.
Great to see Prof Hester Parr (@hesterparr.bsky.social) of @uofgges.bsky.social featured in this BBC News piece showcasing the Wintering Well project she leads with Prof Hayden Lorimer (@slipshodspeller.bsky.social) of the University of Edinburgh.
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How to cope with long winter nights when the clocks go back
More than a million people in the UK experience symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder - but a project is aiming to help people in Orkney look after their mental health.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
BBC - Read about how Prof Hester Parr, who leads the 'Living with Sad' project, works with people who suffer the winter months to provide creative and cultural resources to encourage a more outdoor life, and give tips to build new 'light routines'.
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This report by our very own Rhiannon Hawkins proposes a novel solution - the Mental Health Vulnerability Index (MHVI) - to help agencies identify communities most vulnerable to developing mental ill health during climatic hazards.
@uofgges.bsky.social PGR Rhiannon Hawkins has just had her ‘Mental health vulnerability index’ published / cited by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction 💪
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Mental Health Vulnerability Index (MHVI): preparing communities, societies and authorities for the impacts of climate change on mental health
This report proposes the Mental Health Vulnerability Index (MHVI) as a solution to help a range of agencies identify communities most vulnerable to developing mental ill health during climatic hazards...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This report by our very own Rhiannon Hawkins proposes a novel solution - the Mental Health Vulnerability Index (MHVI) - to help agencies identify communities most vulnerable to developing mental ill health during climatic hazards.
We're proud to lead this supercomputer modelling study that unlocks a longstanding deep Earth mystery.
A new study led by Dr Antoniette Greta Grima (@geoniette.bsky.social) of @uofgges.bsky.social uses the power of supercomputing to model how massive slabs of ancient ocean floors are shaped as they sink hundreds of kilometres below the Earth's surface.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We're proud to lead this supercomputer modelling study that unlocks a longstanding deep Earth mystery.
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What are the consequences of burning fossil fuels? What alternatives have we got? Watch this TEDx talk by our Head of School, Prof. Todd Ehlers.
What is the worst idea in human history? In this TEDx talk, Professor Todd Ehlers, head of @uofgges.bsky.social, makes a compelling case that burning fossil fuels to power our world was the worst mistake we ever made.
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Watch it in full below:
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September 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What are the consequences of burning fossil fuels? What alternatives have we got? Watch this TEDx talk by our Head of School, Prof. Todd Ehlers.
Professor Larissa Naylor comments on the potential impacts of climate change on coastal erosion in Scotland.
"We are not going to be able to control nature in the same way in the future," warns Prof Larissa Naylor of @uofgges.bsky.social in this article on the threat that climate change-driven coastal erosion poses to Scotland.
Read the full piece here: theferret.scot/communities-...
Read the full piece here: theferret.scot/communities-...
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Professor Larissa Naylor comments on the potential impacts of climate change on coastal erosion in Scotland.
Congratulations to our very own Prof Larissa Naylor! 👏👏👏
Congrats to Prof Larissa Naylor of @uofgges.bsky.social, who was Highly Commended in the category of Biodiversity Champion Award: Established Professional at the CIRIA Biodiversity Challenge Awards 2025!
Read more here: www.bigchallenge.info/2025-winners
Read more here: www.bigchallenge.info/2025-winners
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Congratulations to our very own Prof Larissa Naylor! 👏👏👏
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September 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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BBC reports on the call to hillwalkers, by our researchers, to look out for meteorite fragments that landed in the Highlands this summer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Highland hillwalkers asked to look out for meteorite fragments
The UK Fireball Alliance is hopeful walkers will stumble across the space rocks which fell in the Highlands in July.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
BBC reports on the call to hillwalkers, by our researchers, to look out for meteorite fragments that landed in the Highlands this summer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hillwalkers setting out to bag a Munro are being asked for their help to bag a meteorite too, as scientists from @uofgges.bsky.social and the UK Fireball Network race to recover samples of a space rock which lit up the skies over Scotland this summer.
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hillwalkers setting out to bag a Munro are being asked for their help to bag a meteorite too, as scientists from @uofgges.bsky.social and the UK Fireball Network race to recover samples of a space rock which lit up the skies over Scotland this summer.
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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Chair of the Working Group for Missing People in Scotland, spoke today alongside Victims Minister Siobhian Brown as they jointly launched the new National Framework for Missing People in Scotland 2025.
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Chair of the Working Group for Missing People in Scotland, spoke today alongside Victims Minister Siobhian Brown as they jointly launched the new National Framework for Missing People in Scotland 2025.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Prof @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social,
Chair of the Working Group for Missing People in Scotland, spoke today alongside Victims Minister Siobhian Brown as they jointly launched the new National Framework for Missing People in Scotland 2025.
Read more here: gov.scot/news/support...
Chair of the Working Group for Missing People in Scotland, spoke today alongside Victims Minister Siobhian Brown as they jointly launched the new National Framework for Missing People in Scotland 2025.
Read more here: gov.scot/news/support...
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Four of our leading academics have been elected as Fellows of @britishacademy.bsky.social 👏
Huge congratulations to Professor Callum G Brown (History), Professor Chris Philo (Geography), Professor Jennifer Smith (Sociolinguistics) and Professor Satnam Virdee (Sociology).
Read more: gla.ac/4nUyKSH
Huge congratulations to Professor Callum G Brown (History), Professor Chris Philo (Geography), Professor Jennifer Smith (Sociolinguistics) and Professor Satnam Virdee (Sociology).
Read more: gla.ac/4nUyKSH
July 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Four of our leading academics have been elected as Fellows of @britishacademy.bsky.social 👏
Huge congratulations to Professor Callum G Brown (History), Professor Chris Philo (Geography), Professor Jennifer Smith (Sociolinguistics) and Professor Satnam Virdee (Sociology).
Read more: gla.ac/4nUyKSH
Huge congratulations to Professor Callum G Brown (History), Professor Chris Philo (Geography), Professor Jennifer Smith (Sociolinguistics) and Professor Satnam Virdee (Sociology).
Read more: gla.ac/4nUyKSH
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A new study from @uofgges.bsky.social on the extent of future Clyde Estuary flooding caused by climate change could help coastal cities around the world better defend themselves against rising tides and extreme weather.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
June 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A new study from @uofgges.bsky.social on the extent of future Clyde Estuary flooding caused by climate change could help coastal cities around the world better defend themselves against rising tides and extreme weather.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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Warming up for the first credit-bearing iteration of @uofgges.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social transdisciplinary course in Lewis. We’ll be bringing together geo- bio- and archaeo- ways of understanding Coastal Conservation. Ullapool @seasavers.bsky.social setting the tone.
June 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Warming up for the first credit-bearing iteration of @uofgges.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social transdisciplinary course in Lewis. We’ll be bringing together geo- bio- and archaeo- ways of understanding Coastal Conservation. Ullapool @seasavers.bsky.social setting the tone.
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Dr Adam Bobbette of @uofgges.bsky.social was interviewed by BBC News Indonesia about the Sangguran Inscription, a historic cultural artifact currently kept in the Scottish Borders.
Read the full story, translated from Indonesian into English, here: www-bbc-com.translate.goog/indonesia/ar...
Read the full story, translated from Indonesian into English, here: www-bbc-com.translate.goog/indonesia/ar...
Kutukan, rujak, dan sejarah yang hilang: Kisah batu prasasti dari Malang yang teronggok di halaman bangsawan Inggris - BBC News Indonesia
Sebuah batu prasasti abad ke-10 dari Jawa Timur tergeletak di taman keluarga bangsawan Inggris. Pada permukaan Batu Minto—disebut sebagai Prasasti Sangguran di Indonesia—terukir sejarah kerajaan, kutu...
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April 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Dr Adam Bobbette of @uofgges.bsky.social was interviewed by BBC News Indonesia about the Sangguran Inscription, a historic cultural artifact currently kept in the Scottish Borders.
Read the full story, translated from Indonesian into English, here: www-bbc-com.translate.goog/indonesia/ar...
Read the full story, translated from Indonesian into English, here: www-bbc-com.translate.goog/indonesia/ar...
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The University of Glasgow is still accepting applications for the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarships in the College of Science and Engineering. Deadline extended to May 30th 2025. These scholarships are targeting #UKDomiciled and #Black students.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The University of Glasgow is still accepting applications for the James McCune Smith PhD Scholarships in the College of Science and Engineering. Deadline extended to May 30th 2025. These scholarships are targeting #UKDomiciled and #Black students.
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