College news

Current news and research updates form around the College. Older items can be viewed in our archive section at the bottom of the page.

News listing

Publication date

Care home study highlights Covid‘s mental toll

16 April, 2021

Covid-related restrictions have caused mental distress to three out of four people who have…

Beach combers make their mark in gallery show

16 April, 2021

People living near Scotland’s vulnerable coasts can add to a growing archive of objects that will…

Musical time machine recreates lost performance

01 April, 2021

Virtual reality and ground-breaking acoustic techniques are being used to recreate historical music…

Infants’ language more advanced than first words

30 March, 2021

Babies can recognise combinations of words even before they have uttered their first word, a study…

College Professors become Royal Society Fellows

30 March, 2021

Five professors from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences have been named as Royal Society…

Exhibit honours ladies who launched bold plan

26 March, 2021

It was a daring philanthropic endeavour conceived in the so-called Athens of the North … but, just…