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The Glasgow University Union (GUU) is hosting a debate on Scottish independence on Saturday to mark the 30 th anniversary of the World debating championships.

The dangers of passive smoking in people are well known, but how does it affect our pets? Clare Knottenbelt, Professor of Small Animal Medicine and Oncology at the University of Glasgow's Small Animal Hospital, says second-hand smoke causes health problems in animals too.

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) is to support the Universities of Glasgow and Dundee with £132,000 to strengthen their collaboration on dental and oral health research, which will contribute to better dental health services and care across Scotland.

A new study by the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA), and co-authored by Professor David Clark of the University of Glasgow has found that only 136 out of the world's 234 countries have one or

BBC Radio Scotland's landmark radio series on Scottish Universities will this week focus on the University of Glasgow.

The team will spend the next three years investigating how the biology of marine organisms might be used to deliver effective desalination.

A new University of Glasgow study challenges widely-held assumptions about the aspirations of young people from deprived backgrounds.

Debaters from Glasgow University Union are heading to Beijing after qualifying to be part of a European team that will pit their skills against China on 24-29th September.

The UK's first brain tumour tissue bank is being launched with support from the University of Glasgow.

After almost two years of closure, the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Museum has been formally re-opened by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Michael Russell MSP.

For centuries historians have believed that the spark that led to the popular Scottish uprising against Edward I in 1297 was William Wallace's killing of the English Sheriff of Lanark, William Hesilrig.

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have received substantial funding for a groundbreaking new study which will help to prevent the transmission of fever-causing illnesses between livestock and people in northern Tanzania.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has given a top accolade to the University of Glasgow's Professor Andrew Baker, one of the UK's leading heart scientists.

The history, traditions and ethos of the University of Glasgow form a major element of a landmark six part BBC Radio Scotland series to be broadcast each Wednesday afternoon at 1405, beginning on Wednesday 14 September 2011.

Scientists have made a key advance in developing a safer cure for sleeping sickness. Sleeping sickness - or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) - is a neglected tropical disease of major importance.

A ground-breaking clinical study into the effects of a new stem cell therapy has received approval to progress to its next stage of development.

A new study from the University of Glasgow, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, suggests that our expectancy is likely to be strongly affected by how much stress we were exposed to early in our lives. And worse still, the study also shows that early life stress experienced by our mates could also be affecting how long we are likely to live.

A team of scientists, cardiologists and heart surgeons from the University of Glasgow and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital has been awarded £3.9m for a study into how to prevent the failure of heart bypass grafts. The award was made by the Medical Research Council and British Heart Foundation (BHF) to a team at the University's Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences led by Professor Andrew Baker.

Excluding Religious Education from the Baccalaureate in England risks unravelling years of progress in developing a subject rich in reasoning and discursive skills, say experts.

Professor Muffy Calder of the University of Glasgow's School of Computing Science has been appointed as a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have, for the first time, been able to drag light by slowing it down to the speed of sound and sending it through a rotating crystal.

The University of Glasgow has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further help in the diagnosis of malaria.

King's College London and the University of Bristol have become the latest UK universities to offer their intellectual property free of charge to businesses under the revolutionary Easy Access Innovation Partnership initiative.

Obesity is an important contributor to premature death in women who have never smoked, especially among women in low income groups, according to research published on BMJ.com. While established research has shown clearly that smoking is linked to premature death and health inequalities, it is not known which causes of death are related to the social position of women who have never smoked, says the paper.

A new University of Glasgow study has found that medication commonly prescribed for people with heart problems can put them at an increased risk of developing diabetes. The study, which appears in the current edition of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that patients receiving high doses of statin therapy for cardiovascular problems are 12% more likely to develop diabetes than those receiving lesser doses.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, working with international colleagues, have discovered a new method of potentially reversing the effects of congestive heart failure. The team from the Institute of Neurosciences & Psychology led by George Baillie, have identified an enzyme that could be targeted with drugs to treat the condition.

Five projects at the University of Glasgow have been selected as being among the most important research projects taking place in universities today.

A University of Glasgow research project which could help crop harvests keep pace with the world's growing population has been given a funding boost.

Men living in deprived areas now suffer from higher levels of bowel cancer than those from more affluent areas Glasgow academics have found.

The University of Glasgow has welcomed two new appointments to senior positions within the College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences (MVLS).

While currently in the realm of sci-fi fantasy, the ability to read people's minds has taken a step closer to reality thanks to neuroscientists at the University of Glasgow. Researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology have been able to identify the type of information contained within certain brainwaves related to vision.

Historians from the University of Glasgow have found evidence to show that, as far as the English were concerned, Scots patriot and hero William Wallace aspired to be King of Scotland. A newly discovered English source, which also marks the earliest record of Wallace's gruesome execution, confirms outright what historians had only suspected before: the reason that Edward I dealt so harshly with Wallace was that he viewed him as a pretender to the Scottish crown.

Moredun and the University of Glasgow have announced the secondment of Professor Julie Fitzpatrick to the post of Professor of Food Security within the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University.