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Glasgow's River Festival – two-day family event centred on the Clyde near the SECC and Science Centre. Started 2004, not held in 2010. Glasgow Cabaret Festival – week-long theatre, variety, burlesque, circus and comedy festival at various venues around Glasgow. Started 2009, not held in 2010, but was held in October 2011. [2] [3]
Glasgow Science Festival (GSF) is a science festival held every June in Glasgow, Scotland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was founded in 2007 and provides science-themed events for children, schools and adults at various venues in the city, including lecture theatres, laboratories, cafes, pubs, theatres and cinemas.
The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Ghlaschu [7]) is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.Founded by papal bull in 1451 [O.S. 1450], [8] it is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.
The Memorial Gates were erected in 1952 to commemorate the university's quincentenary, which had been in 1951. They were presented to the university by the General Council, the body of graduates of the university, on 18 June 1952. [2] They are attached to older gatepiers, which were erected in 1889 to designs by A G Thomson. [1]
Membership of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) is indicated, [9] as well as the curriculum followed by the school: English (i.e. GCSEs, A-levels), Scottish (i.e. Standard Grades/Intermediates, Highers, Advanced Highers), Mixed English and Scottish, or International Baccalaureate (IB).
The University of Edinburgh was taken out of the care of the city and established on a similar basis to the other ancient universities. [11] After the Robbins Report of 1963 there was a rapid expansion in higher education in Scotland. [12] [13] By the end of the decade the number of Scottish Universities had doubled. [14]
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Glasgow Clyde College: Glasgow and Rutherglen: 2013: Merger of Anniesland College, Cardonald College and Langside College: Glasgow Kelvin College: Glasgow: 2013: Merger of John Wheatley College, North Glasgow College and Stow College: Glasgow School of Art: Glasgow: 1845: Leith School of Art: Edinburgh: 1987: New College Lanarkshire: Coatbridge ...