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Fusion Fest, the headline event of Glasgow Tech Week, will bring together technologists, artists, designers, researchers, investors and industry leaders to explore how creativity and technology collaborates to drive innovation and growth.   The half-day event, taking place on Thursday 10 September at The Briggait is hosted by Glasgow City Innovation District (GCID) in partnership with the University of Strathclyde,

Threads is a pop-up exhibition featuring an interactive experience, the Threads game, and textile works developed during Victoria Bradbury’s US-UK Fulbright Fellowship at The Glasgow School of Art. Through artistic research across SIT, Fine Art, and Design during 6 months of 2026 , she translated historical fragments into interactive digital environments and textile forms.   Threads draws particular inspiration from the

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) Degree Show 2026 opens to the public on Friday 29 May till 7 June, where a new generation of students showcases their innovation, creativity, and energy in what is Glasgow’s largest public exhibition of work. Staged across the entire Garnethill campus—spanning the Reid, Bourdon, Haldane, and Stow buildings—this year’s showcase represents a critical moment

The Glasgow School of Art has joined Ana Stewart’s pioneering Pathways Pledge, alongside Maven Capital Partners, BTO, within a Pledge community that now totals over 40 organisations.     Pathways Pledge is an independent initiative where companies sign up to specific actions aimed at driving diversity, equal opportunity and female participation in entrepreneurship and business.  Pledges being committed to in

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) presents an exhibition of 14 research-led projects at the Xiamen International Design Art Week in Xiamen, China, launching today, 28 April, 2026.  Staff and academics from the GSA’s School of Innovation and Technology (SIT) will also participate in lectures and discussions, joining leading artists, designers and scholars from China and around the world to explore how design can reach beyond the traditional boundaries of function and form to inform

The second phase of the Winter School 2026 will take place at The Glasgow School of Art’s Highlands & Islands campus on the Altyre Estate at Forres from 11 – 18 April.    The Winter School is an international and cross-cultural experience aimed at undergraduate, Masters and PhD students from around the world. This annual event brings together students and

As part of a new outreach initiative, CMAC, in collaboration with The Glasgow School of Art, has developed a virtual reality (VR) game designed for the Meta Quest headset, offering primary and secondary school pupils an immersive, hands-on introduction to the world of advanced pharmaceutical production.   The result is a gamified VR experience where students step into the shoes

A pioneering augmented reality collaboration that helps patients visualise and better understand surgical procedures has been shortlisted for a national award. The project, led by Professor Steven Lo, Consultant Plastic Surgeon with NHS Greater Glasgow’s Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit and Innovation Fellow at the West of Scotland Innovation Hub, and Professor Paul Chapman, Director of Emerging Technology at The Glasgow

Robin Livingstone has been selected to lead a funded collaborative research project as part of an innovative partnership between The Glasgow School of Art and Historic Environment Scotland, with support from the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities.   The award is for a practice-based inquiry into designing with heritage materials for sustainable, circular futures. Working with Dr Gina

The Viola Trust is set to unveil Virtual Viola, a stunning 3D digital recreation of Hull’s historic steam trawler, at Trinity House, Hull, on Wednesday 26 November to an audience of specially invited guests.   The new interactive experience will offer audiences an unprecedented opportunity to explore the trawler’s decks, cabins, and engine room as if they were stepping aboard