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New analysis by Universities UK shows that graduates will be key to government’s industrial strategy in Scotland.

Posted on: Mar. 10, 2025
  Recent data has revealed that graduates in Scotland account for 57% of the workforce   Official government forecasts show that between 2025 and 2035 the UK economy will need 1.7 million more workers in occupations associated with graduate skills​   By 2035 the UK economy will require a workforce where 61% hold a higher education qualification compared to 52%
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Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age – exhibition and major new book, researched and curated by Professor of Design History at The Glasgow School of Art, celebrates the history and legacy of Art Deco in Scotland

Posted on: Mar. 07, 2025
Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age is an exhibition of images, ephemera, a film and textual interpretation across nine themes through which the Art Deco style appeared during the inter-war period in Scotland.  The exhibition will run in the Reid Gallery Corridor at The Glasgow School of Art from 5th till 28th April, and is part
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First solo exhibition of published works by Lorna Miller, one of UK’s foremost political satirists and editorial cartoonists.

Posted on: Feb. 28, 2025
Eh? Aye! The artwork of Lorna Miller is the first ever solo exhibition to showcase the editorial talents of visual political satirist and cartooning illustrator Lorna Miller.     The exhibition will display an extensive collection of Miller’s published works – from titles including The Guardian, CommonSpace, Bella Caledonia, Private Eye and The Canary – alongside her first comics, created
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Experimental academic and artist collective The Tenementals launch innovative listening post installation with call to Glasgow venues

Posted on: Feb. 20, 2025
The Tenementals, an award-winning academic-artist collective which includes staff members from The Glasgow School of Art, are inviting Glasgow venues to host their groundbreaking interactive installation following its debut at the University of Glasgow.    The initiative launches with a special event at the University’s Advanced Research Centre on 14 March  from 7.30 – 9.00pm.  The launch will be precede
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GSA hosts the only Scottish show of important exhibition exploring social change through art making, illustrating the power of creativity to educate and improve lives impacted by the culture of knife crime

Posted on: Feb. 14, 2025
Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels   A touring exhibition curated by Professor Norman Cherry & Dauvit Alexander.   Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels is a multi-disciplinary exhibition which highlights and examines the urgent issue of knife crime in the UK.  The exhibition will run at Reid Gallery at The Glasgow School of Art from 22nd February till the 12th March, and will be the only opportunity to see
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The Glasgow School of Art’s unique printing and typesetting facility The Caseroom celebrates 60 remarkable years, preserving traditional craft while encouraging contemporary innovation, with exhibition of staff and student works

Posted on: Jan. 30, 2025
The Glasgow School of Art’s specialised printing and typesetting facility The Caseroom, part of the GSA’s School of Design, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2025 with an exhibition The Caseroom: 60 Years of Letterpress etc. at The Glasgow School of Art. The exhibition will bring together works by current and former students as well as staff and a wide range
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Author, curator and antiques expert Jeremy Cooper donates significant part of his collection of rare 1990’s British art ephemera to The Glasgow School of Art

Posted on: Jan. 28, 2025
Jeremy Cooper, the British novelist, author, art historian, and former antiques dealer has donated a collection of rare artist’s ephemera to The Glasgow School of Art Library.     This unique personally curated collection is principally focused on the Young British Artists (YBAs) of the 1990s and early 2000s, including materials related to Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George,
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Glasgow School of Art graduate wins prestigious Centenary Tartan design competition

Posted on: Jan. 27, 2025
Claire Fowler, a BA (hons) Textile design graduate of The Glasgow School of Art, has won a prestigious design competition by Mac Mic Group to create a bespoke tartan design as part of the company’s centenary celebrations.   Mac Mic Group announced its collaboration with The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) on the Mac Mic Centenary Tartan Project on Friday
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Glasgow School of Art graduate’s work underpins groundbreaking UK-first surgery on previously inoperable tumour  

Posted on: Jan. 21, 2025
Lisa Ferrie, a Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy Master’s graduate from the School of Innovation and Technology at The Glasgow School of Art, has, working with surgeons at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, contributed to the research development of a groundbreaking new surgery that allows for the successful removal of a tumour through the eye socket.  The procedure, known as
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10th Annual Winter School, hosted by the School of Innovation and Technology at The Glasgow School of Art, brings together brightest minds from across the world to apply innovative solutions to ecological challenges 

Posted on: Jan. 13, 2025
International experts from across Europe and Asia are joining with The Glasgow School of Art’s School of Innovation and Technology (S.I.T.) for the first phase of the 10th anniversary edition of the annual GSA Winter School, which runs from 13th to 17th January.  The second phase of the Winter School will take place, on site, at the GSA Highlands campus on
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