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Watch: Creative Writing student Lucy's placement with charity RIG Arts
Learn what a Creative Writing placement looks like - from gaining experience in marketing to gathering material for creative projects.
Strathclyde Women's Week 2024: a spotlight on research
A greater understanding of the issues facing women and girls is vital to breaking barriers, inspiring inclusion and creating a more equitable world. Hear from academics across the Faculty whose recent research has focused on the experiences of women and girls, past and present.
The rediscovery of a lost literary classic
Dr Eleanor Bell, Senior Lecturer in English, on the "goosebump moment" of encountering the long-lost manuscript of Archie Hind's classic Glasgow novel The Dear Green Place. Dr Bell will be working with the University's Archives & Special Collections to archive and catalogue the work for future research.
Poor Things: Dr Rodge Glass on Alasdair Gray's big screen arrival
With a celebrated director and a Best Actress Oscar for Emma Stone, the film Poor Things - based on Alasdair Gray's 1992 novel - has made waves critically and commercially. Hear from Gray biographer and expert Dr Rodge Glass on what this means for the reputation of the novel and its iconic Glasgow author.
"The pirates we know are the ones who got caught"
Historian Dr David Wilson on the interwining of myth and reality in our perceptioon of piracy and how piracy's rise and fall relates to empire.
"Populism succeeds because it's media-friendly"
Dr Michael Higgins, Senior Lecturer on Media & Communication, on the great power and great responsibility of the next generation of communicators.
Professor Laura Piacentini on the Netflixisation
True crime podcasts, prison documentaries and police prodecurals - why are we so addicted to talking about crime?
Opinion and analysis (via The Conversation)
Recent articles from Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences academics featured on theconversation.com - a news site featuring content written by academic experts.
Do African MPs reflect the people who vote for them? We studied 17 countries to find out
Professor Bob Mattes (Politics)
6 April 2025
Across 17 African nations, a new study reveals the deep gaps between voters and their representatives - showing how democracy often looks more equal on paper than in practice.
Three novels by Nobel winner Han Kang that explain the fragile nature of South Korea
Dr Jessica Widner (English and Creative Writing)
13 March 2025
Through three haunting novels, Nobel laureate Han Kang exposes South Korea’s hidden wounds -tracing how beauty, violence, and memory intertwine in a fragile national soul.
Mati Diop: The Visionary Voice Redefining African Cinema
Professor David Murphy (French)
27 February 2025
Senegalese-French filmmaker Mati Diop has emerged as a bold new voice in African cinema, using her award-winning films to confront migration, heritage and memory across the continent.
Cramming for an exam isn’t the best way to learn – but if you have to do it, here’s how
Jonathan Firth (Education)
17 May 2024
Very compressed study schedules lead to a catastrophic amount of forgetting.
Time for Scotland to follow the rest of the UK and punish violent partners who cause pregnancy loss
Dr Mary Neal (Law)
30 April 2024
In the rest of the UK, a person who causes the loss of pregnancy can be charged with ‘child destruction’.
The Program: Netflix show exposes the dark side of America’s ‘troubled teens’ schools
Dr Sarah Golightley (Social Work)
11 March 2024
The ‘troubled-teen industry’ is big business, and it’s causing a lot of harm.