The Research and Innovation Office - GCU

Happy International Day of Education!

Today is International Day of Education with this year's theme: Learning for lasting peace 💙

We acknowledge our work in providing accessible, innovative and revolutionary education to students from all over the world 🌎

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What a busy year it has been! RIO will be taking some time to recharge over the holidays. Please be advised that our staff and our services will be unavailable from the evening of 22nd December until the morning of 3rd January,

In the meantime, we wish you all a happy holidays and we look forward to working with you again in the new year!

Staff and students are invited to mark Human Rights Day on Friday, December 8, at an event in the Archive Centre in the Alex Ferguson Library 💙

Human Rights @ 75 marks 75 years since the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The event will include a panel discussion reflecting on the past and present state of human rights. It will also provide a space for our community to come together to think about human rights challenges of the future.

🤝 Ahead of the event, you can also make a digital pledge for Human Rights Day here: https://gcuniv.padlet.org/equality/make-your-pledge-for-human-rights-day-g9h2ohiggn2dv22c

🔗 To register for this event, visit the Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-rights-75-tickets-767586571097?aff=oddtdtcreator GCU Library

📣To all our academics at GCU: Our team members, Yasmin Glover and Chiara Cipollari, are running drop-in sessions to offer you support on generating research ideas, planning research impact, and searching for funding opportunity & writing grants!

💻If interested, please contact Alexis McQuade to book a slot or just pop-in on the following dates!

Venue: H112 (or online)
Time: 10 AM - 2PM
Dates: 21 November, 17 January, 27 February, 23 April, 22 May

📣Our Research Impact Officer, Chiara Cipollari will be available in the schools for a chat on the following days for the rest of 2023:

✅SCEBE (M715) - 9 November from 10AM - 3PM
✅Yunus Centre (M303) - 30 November, from 10AM - 1PM
✅GSBS (Board Room) - 12 December, from 10AM - 3PM

Won't be able to make it on these dates? We'll be releasing dates for 2024 in the coming months, so stay tuned!

Join us for Global Entrepreneurship Week from 13 - 17 November!

Global Entrepreneurship Week at Glasgow Caledonian Glasgow Caledonian University is holding a series of events to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week beginning on Monday, November 13.

Join us at GCU for this Bridging Communities event co-hosted by The Melting Pot and UHatch!

What a feat for the university! Congratulations to all our colleagues for having made this happen!

Glasgow Caledonian surges into top 50 UK unis in 2024 Times rankings Glasgow Caledonian University has continued its remarkable ascent in the higher education league tables by breaking into the coveted top 50 of the 2024 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for the first time.

Welcome to all our new and returning students! 💙

Get ready for an amazing year filled with new adventures, friendships, and memories. Don't forget to stay in the loop with all things student life – follow for the latest updates and events! 🤝