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Strathclyde partners with Ulster in £6 million energy project

Cross-border initiative aims to develop renewable energy storage solutions.

Head of our Architecture Department wins international award

Professor Ashraf Salama to receive prize from the International Union of Architects

Online course to tackle global violence against women

New MOOC aims to tackle global issue of violence against women.

Parents could hold key to Gaelic’s future

Study finds parents could have major role for language - even if they do not speak it

Strathclyde awarded £750,000 grant for Biomedical Engineering

Grant from the Wolfson Foundation for refurbishment of the Wolfson Building

AFRC forges new path for UK manufacturing

£2.3-million radial forge paves way for new manufacturing techniques

2017 Fulbright-Scotland Summer Institute students with Dr John Young

US exchange students experience the Highlands

Ten undergraduates from the US make a journey of discovery as part of the Fulbright-Scotland Summer Institute

Discovery Award for team tackling antibiotic resistance

Researchers developing lab-on-a-chip to help doctors identify best drugs to use

Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville speaks to Morad Musleh, a pupil at Whitehill Secondary School about the Accelerate programme he is particpating in.

Higher Education Minister praises Accelerate scheme

Widening access initiative helps students on university journey.

Strathclyde leads the way in internship programme

We have the highest number of students on Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Scholar Internship Programme

electronic and mechanical parts of an ION Accelerator

Strathclyde in £4.4 million industrial partnership

We are leading a partnership for making nuclear assets safer and more reliable.

Kind-hearted student raises funds for Indian charity

Student Jennifer Pirie raises £1,500 for Indian prosthetics charity MUKTI.

Participants in cohort 1 of Strathclyde Business School's Growth Advantage Programme run in association with Santander

Growth Advantage Programme participants see sales increase

Strathclyde’s Growth Advantage Programme 2017 has opened to applications.

Professor Peter Boyle is presented with the RSE Royal Medal by Her Majesty the Queen. Photo by Gary Doak Photography, courtesy of the RSE.

The Queen awards medal to Strathclyde Professor

Peter Boyle receives RSE Royal Medal for contribution to global cancer control and public health policy

Workplace of the Year

We scooped the Workplace of the Year and Outstanding Strategic Planning Team trophies

Digital currency fundraising concerns voiced

The unregulated nature of internet cyber currencies is putting investors at risk

Nobel Physics Laureate’s lecture to ‘go with a bang’

Nobel Prize in Physics winner Dr Bill Phillips will give a lecture at Strathclyde this week

Surge in female start-ups narrows ‘enterprise gap’

Number of new female entrepreneurs rises faster than men in past decade.

Alumni of the Year

Awards go to leading businesswoman Baroness Nosheena Mobarik and prominent venture capital investor Calum Paterson

Deputy First Minister John Swinney (second right) at the launch of the Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures

New institute to inspire better future for children

Deputy First Minister John Swinney welcomes our ambitious plans to support children facing adversity globally

Students competing in the 2017 Iberdrola-Scottish Power Challenge

Smart grids idea scoops Scottish Power-Iberdrola Challenge prize

PhD students named winners of the Scottish Power-Iberdrola Challenge.

Scotland’s economy edges close to recession

Report says Scotland's economy is stuck in cycle of weak growth.

New Chairman & Chief Executive for Digital Health & Care Institute

John Jeans and Professor George Crooks are appointed at the Strathclyde-hosted Institute

Sir Billy Connolly receives honorary degree from Strathclyde

Internationally renowned Glaswegian comedian is honoured by the University

Strathclyde Alumna named among Top 50 Women in Engineering 2017

Susan McDonald, 2010 Electrical and Mechanical Engineering graduate lauded.

Leanne Nimmo, Catriona McGeechan, Laura Halliday, Rachel Houston, and Amanda Onaga.

Students win Engineers without Borders design challenge

Students will travel to Mexico to take part in a sustainable development training course.

Sir Billy Connolly: our new Honorary Doctor

We’re delighted to welcome Sir Billy Connolly to the Strathclyde community.

Nicola Sturgeon with students on a visit to Strathclyde's Advanced Forming Research Centre in Inchinnan.

Strathclyde to oversee new £8.9m Lightweight Manufacturing Centre

Strathclyde to run new £8.9m Lightweight Manufacturing Centre.

Making politics accessible to the world – from Strathclyde

A profile of Strathclyde's Professor John Curtice, the most in-demand political commentator in the country

Fairtrade status for Strathclyde

University officially recognised for its commitment to Fairtrade

Professor Rebecca Lunn smiling at the camera in the James Weir Building

Strathclyde Engineering Professor appointed MBE

An Engineering Professor at the University of Strathclyde has been appointed an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Mural of Sir Billy Connolly in Glasgow city centre

Big Yin heads list of honorary graduands from Strathclyde

Sir Billy Connolly to be made an honorary Doctor of the University

Members of the Glasgow Children's University class of 2017

Glasgow Children’s University celebrates 128 new graduates

Children graduate in special ceremony at Strathclyde's Barony Hall

Portrait of Graham Norton by Gareth Reid

Award-winning artist event in adult learners programme

An audience with our award-winning art tutor in the Centre for Lifelong learning's new summer programme.

Partnership to help SMEs transform UK power systems

Strathclyde signs agreement to support transformation of UK energy system.

NASA astronauts William McArthur (an honorary graduate of Strathclyde) and Bob Cenkar at the Scottish Space School

NASA astronauts return to Strathclyde’s Space School

Pupils join NASA astronauts at Scottish Space School.

Closing the gender gap in STEM subjects

Strathclyde hosts event promoting science, technology, engineering and maths to school girls

Melanin-like material created by researchers at Strathclyde and City University of New York

Scientists develop molecular code for melanin-like materials

Scientists develop materials with melanin-like properties

Exhibition of Images of Research 2017 at ENGAGE

University’s Images of Research go on tour of Scotland

Images of Research exhibition goes on tour

Strathclyde Architecture students in End of Year Show

Our Architecture students display the range and quality of their work.

Winners of the Converge Challenge Ready Steady Pitch competition.

Early brain tumour diagnosis attracts praise from top business leaders

A Strathclyde research associate has won an academic start-up prize for her research.

Strathclyde team brings young engineer's invention to life

A budding engineer has seen her rotating bench concept come to life with the help of Strathclyde.

Professor Dimitris Drikakis (left), Executive Dean of the University of Strathclyde’s Faculty of Engineering, and Paul Feely, Engineering Director at BAE Systems Naval Ships, sign the strategic framework agreement between the University and the company

Strathclyde signs strategic agreement with BAE Systems

Partnership with aerospace company to strengthen long-term relationship in research, education and consultancy

View of the University of Strathclyde's James Weir building looking across Rottenrow Gardens

Strathclyde appoints new University Secretary

Dr Veena O’Halloran to take up post of University Secretary and Compliance Officer.

Shirley-Anne Somerville, Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, meets Strathclyde students Kieran Shellon and Rosanna Moore, both of whom came to the University through Widening Access programmes

Minister hears of Widening Access progress at Strathclyde

Students with experience of the care system have met Scottish Government Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville at the University of Strathclyde, as she heard of the University’s progress in widening access to higher education.

From air to sea: Strathclyde-led group wins international safety award

We have won a major international marine award for enhancing safety at sea.

Wheels of fortune

We’re proud of Rachael Halifax, from our Faculty of Engineering, winning a national award for her voluntary activities in getting people cycling. She spoke to us about the work that earned her the honour.