Call for participation: 10th Summer School & Symposium on Computational Interaction (S³CIX), University of Glasgow, Scotland. June 16-20, 2026.
Summer School expanded to include Symposium.
Call for Workshops (14th Feb) & Student Attendence (14th March).
s3cix.computationalinteracti…
Call for participation: 10th Summer School & Symposium on Computational Interaction (S³CIX), University of Glasgow, Scotland. June 16-20, 2026.
Summer School expanded to include Symposium.
Call for Workshops (14th Feb) & Student Attendence (14th March).
s3cix.computationalinteracti…
Be one of the first to graduate in our brand NEW Masters in HCI (Human Computer Interaction)! Led by Dr @XianghuaD, the programme gives students essential skills for leading positions in designing interactive solutions to address real world issues.
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New postgraduate programme: MSc in #HCI (Human Computer Interaction) 🖥️
Learn through research-led teaching and prepare yourself with practical skills to lead in designing interactive solutions to address real world issues.
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We're delighted that the establishment of the Centre builds on the initial success of a project led by our very own Professor Quintin Cutts and Dr Jack Parkinson, which was tested in Primary 4 classes and demonstrated an improvement pupils’ maths ability by an average of 20%.
We're pleased to be launching the Turner Kirk Centre for Spatial Reasoning with the announcement of a large-scale research pilot, backed by @scotgov and the @TurnerKirkTrust, to boost primary school pupils' maths performance.
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1212…
ALT Pupils from Kelvindale Primary School take part in a STEM SPACE spatial skills lesson
ALT (l-r) Dr Jack Parkinson, Professor Quintin Cutts, Dr Patricia Turner, Dr Ewan Kirk visit Kelvindale Primary School for the launch of the Turner Kirk Centre for Spatial Reasoning
ALT Dr Ewan Kirk of the Turner Kirk Trust joins a STEM SPACE lesson at Kelvindale Primary School
ALT Professor Quintin Cutts, director of the Turner Kirk Trust Centre for Spatial Reasoning, joins a STEM SPACE lesson at Kelvindale Primary School
The Ada Scotland Festival, which aims to shift the gender balance of Scotland’s computing sector, is set to return with more than 20 events aimed at young women and non-binary people across the country from September 29.
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1211…
Our EPSRC IAA Funding Calls have reopened!
#Funding to create #impact from your research. With priority given to projects that can deliver outcomes and impacts in 2027/28.
Find out more and apply: gla.ac.uk/colleges/scienceen…
ALT Text: New EPSRC IAA Funding Calls. Standard Calls, up to £50,000, 28 October 2025 and 27 January 2026. RA-led Call, up to £20,000, 24 February 2026. Fast track, up to £5,000, any time. Logos of EPSRC and University of Glasgow. Nice photo of a bridge over the Clyde underneath a pink sky in the background.
Exciting news – there are still some spaces on Curriculum for Life (C4L), new courses available to select programmes this academic year. Become global citizens, creative leaders, change makers and social innovators with C4L!
👉🏾 bit.ly/3U1BEaH
ALT A Curriculum for Life poster with the title What is Curriculum for Life. Below is text stating Curriculum for Life (C4L) are new elective courses available to Year 2 undergraduate students in; the College of Arts & Humanities, MA Social Science and select College of Science & Engineering and BSc programmes. Below that is a group meeting with Healthy and Equitable Futures on the screen behind them. In the background is an outline of a lightbulb.
ALT A Curriculum for Life poster with a quote stating “Taking part in the Collaborations in Practice course made me feel more confident and positive towards group work. It was refreshing to work with people outside of my discipline. The passion from everyone was contagious and made it so fun.” – Melissa, UofG Student 2025. Below that is a group of students presenting, with ‘The Sustainability Award’ on the screen behind them.
ALT A Curriculum for Life poster with the text Would you like to learn alongside students from different Colleges? With an arrow pointing to the next text, Enrol in a Curriculum for Life course this Academic Year. Below that is someone in the crowd speaking to a presenter. In the background is an outlined light bulb.
An innovative new partnership between UofG and @Skyscanner could be the answer to Scotland’s computer studies crisis.
The 'braided careers' approach combines computer science initial teacher education and a career in the tech industry.
More: gla.ac/427wL48
Displaced people seeking to start new lives in Scotland could be helped to settle in the country with the support of a new social robot.
Read about the system, in development from Shaul Ashkenazi of our Social CDT, @cwintegration and colleagues, here: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1209…
ALT Shaul Ashkenazi of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents and the Furhat robot used in the project.
New augmented-reality software developed by @ShaunMacdHCI of @GlasgowCS could teach old robots new tricks.
The AZRA system aims to provide more pet-like experiences for people who are unable to keep real animals.
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1204…
ALT A series of photographs showing the AZRA system overlaying new interactive elements on a simple robot pet toy
ALT Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas of the School of Computing Science (left) and Dr Rachael Boyd of the School of Mathematics & Statistics. Dr Boyd photo credit: Patrick Orson
Innovative approach to attracting new people into the computing science teaching profession from our @quintincutts , colleagues at the School of Education, and industry partners, @Skyscanner.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3…
Are you a STEM professional or graduate? Amplify Mentoring is looking for industry professionals to pair with students from backgrounds underrepresented in UK unis & STEM workforce.
30 mins/month, online, over an academic year.
Register by 17th Oct shorturl.at/ksP74
Great to see @fd301 and Emma Li from @GlasgowCS leading the inaugural Women in Distributed Data Systems panel at #ICDCS2025 — a fantastic new initiative to promote diversity and broaden participation at the conference. #WiDCS
Happy to share that our Abstract '𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐃𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞: 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞-𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨-𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐍𝐍 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬' has been accepted at the OSCAR workshop @ #ISCA2025! Kudos to @memjude🙂
@GlasgowCS, @dAIEDGE
Ph.D. studentship available at
@GlasgowCS
with Aegean Airlines. Model-based shared autonomy via active inference, Supervised by
@ssteinresearch
and
@MurraySmithRod
Application deadline, 30th June 2025. Fully funded PhD studentship (fees stipend). difai-project.org/aegeanphd.…
New research from @GlasgowCS shows that people’s perception of motion can be radically manipulated in passive VR environments without making them feel unwell.
It could open up new advances in video games, theme park rides, or simulators.
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1171…
ALT A graphic showing the team's experimental setup, with VR headset users in a motion-controlled chair and in the passenger seat of a car, a screenshot of the game they played, and graphics showing the perceived vs actual motion of both the motorised chair and the vehicle