#glasgow university

[astroxbunny]

As a student, here is some things I have learned

~Sometimes you’ll fall behind with classwork. THAT’S OKAY! Nobody expects you to give 100% of your effort 100% of the time!

~It’s easy to make friends, it’s hard to keep them (get their Snapchat! Message them every once in a while)

~More students actually wear hoodies and jeans opposed to designer clothes and dresses. The main thing is that you need to be comfortable!

~If you think there isn’t a support system, there is. It doesn’t matter what you need (academic help, mental health help, financial help), there’s always someone there to make sure you don’t slip through the cracks

~Your lecturers are on YOUR SIDE! Remember, they want you to pass (it looks better on their record :P). If you need help, just ask! If you don’t feel comfortable to ask, email them!

~Food is expensive! If you have the privilege of living at home, bring food with you. It’s much more affordable than eating out or eating from places near a huge student population

(many of these points are for myself to read back on but I hope I can help someone else with this experience)

[domkelly-artist-writer]

Took another trip around the town while heading to meet friends last night, and decided to take advantage of the good weather to snap some photos around the town.

It always inspires me walking the streets here, and it's got my creative juices flowing once again for sure!

[scotland]

Glasgow University 📚

🌍 Glasgow, Scotland 📸 Paulina B

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[househuntingscotland]

2 bedroom flat for sale on Westbank Quadrant, Glasgow

Asking price: £280,000

[thewales-family]

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the University of Glasgow to talk with students about mental health and wellbeing in Glasgow, Scotland -May 11th 2022.

Cutest pictures of the day, love these two so much ❤️

[theragingmoon]

caught in the rain ☔

[blobfishies]

Glasgow University architecture - perspective is mad difficult to get right

[ausetkmt]

Glasgow University is to pay £20m in reparations to atone for its historical links to the transatlantic slave trade in what the University of West Indies has described as a “bold, historic” move.

It signed an agreement with the University of the West Indies to fund a joint centre for development research, at a ceremony in Glasgow on Friday morning.

Glasgow University discovered last year it had benefited financially from Scottish slave traders in the 18th and 19th centuries by between £16.7m and £198m in today’s money.

In what is thought to be the first attempt by a British university to set up a programme of restorative justice, it has pledged to raise £20m for the centre, chiefly in research grants and gifts.

Other British universities, including Oxford and Bristol, have been the focus of protests over their ties to the slave trade and to powerful colonialists, such as Cecil Rhodes.

In 2017, All Souls College at Oxford launched an annual scholarship for Caribbean students and paid a £100,000 grant to a college in Barbados, in recognition of its funding from Christopher Codrington, a wealthy slave owner who bequeathed £10,000 in 1710 to build a library that bears his name.

Glasgow University played a key role in the abolitionist campaign of the era but until recently Scotland’s profiteering from slavery, including from tobacco and cotton plantations, was largely ignored. One of its former rectors was Robert Cunninghame Graham, who spent two decades making his fortune as a plantation owner and slaver.

Graham Campbell, a Scottish National party councillor who became the city’s first councillor of African-Caribbean descent in 2017, welcomed the agreement.

“Our mutual recognition of the appalling consequences of that past – an indictment of Scottish inhumanity over centuries towards enslaved Africans – are the justifications that are at the root of the modern-day racism that we fight now,” he said.

“This action is a necessary first step in the fight against institutionalised racism and discrimination in Scotland and the UK and for the international fight for reparative justice.”

Prof Anton Muscatelli, the principal of Glasgow University, said it was fitting the final ceremony took place on the same day as the International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

“Talking about any institution’s or country’s historical links to slavery can be a difficult conversation, but we felt it was a necessary one for our university to have,” he said.

[du-hjarta-skulblaka]

Watercolour of the cloisters at Glasgow University

[unrealityliminal]

dec 2018

[astroxbunny]

As someone who used to live in a town, here is what I have learned from attend a university in a city:

~On the subway, the unwritten rule is that you must wear headphones. Either that or you need to pretend to scroll on your phone (there is no signal down here so we all know your headphones are dead)

~There is a large, visible homeless population. If you’re feeling generous, the common advice is that you don’t give them money. Instead, offer them food or water. Remember though, they don’t need to say yes to this! All you can do is offer.

~Everyone asks about pronouns. Lecturers ask, teachers ask, classmates ask. Everyone.

~Everyone is queer. Genuinely, you will be surprised by the vast amount of queer people in the city. Anyone can express their gender or sexuality in whichever way they want because nobody judges

~The fashion is unreal. Gothic, alternative, kawaii, pyjamas, sporty, slutty. Anything goes. Nobody questions it too. They just appreciate the time and effort spent by the individual to make liberating looks

~There is a strong percentage of city goers who are academics. Most bookshops and cafes are full to the brim with students who are lost in books or study

~Young people rule the city. You will rarely see anyone over the age of 40. Even cafes are restaurants usually have young staff members running it.

~There are so many cultures. So many people of different backgrounds. So many cultural traditions and outfits. So many different religions and beliefs. So many different languages.

Anyway. Here’s my rare tumblr post.

[domkelly-artist-writer]

"Glasgow By Night Part Two". Another day, another round of pictures I snapped while out and about around Glasgow. I do always love stopping by Glasgow Uni, it inspires me endlessly for sure with its gothic grandeur.

[dilanensemble]

I have been in the University of Glasgow to perform a Kurdish Kamanche recital in October 2023. Now, you can watch a part of my live performance which was recently released on my YouTube channel.

If you're interested in watching more Kurdish instrumental music please feel free to subscribe on my channel.

[astrofotinhos]

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[sapphic-joy]

Physically at home, mentally in the Glasgow university library

[bletheringskite]

Happy Birthday to Glasgow University

Glasgow University is the second oldest University in Scotland - second to St. Andrews - and was inaugurated on January 7th 1451 at the request of William Turnbull, Bishop of Glasgow. On his instigation, King James II applied to Pope Nicholas V who issued a Papal Bull, and in doing so gave Glasgow the opportunity to create a 'Studium Generale' which would possess all of the powers of a University.

Initially lectures were held in the Chapter House of Glasgow Cathedral, until 1457 when building started on the High Street. It was in 1460 that James Lord Hamilton donated to the Faculty of Arts an area of land on the east side on the High Street, and in 1560 a further endowment of money and land was given by Mary Queen of Scots. The University remained at this site until the 17th century, when new building works began in the area directly behind the High Street, and eventually grew to replace the original building on the High Street. The resulting building -  the Old College we see pictured - ran along the busy High Street, with a main gateway in its centre that led through to two courtyards.