20 April 2021
GCU on top of the world in impact rankings
GCU named number one in the UK for promoting gender equality – and in the top five in the world – in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings.
20 April 2021
Regular physical activity could cut COVID-19 death risk by one third
Regular physical activity cuts the risk of dying from infectious diseases such as COVID-19 by 37 per cent and reduces the chance of catching the virus by 31 per cent, according to new global research.
19 April 2021
Is social media use a potentially addictive behaviour?
Frequent use of social media may not amount to the same as addiction, according to researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and the University of Strathclyde.
08 April 2021
His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Glasgow Caledonian University, our staff and students, join with others around the country and wider world today to express our sadness following the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
26 March 2021
GCU-led international stroke research network awarded new funding
The Glasgow Caledonian University-led international Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists has been awarded new funding to support its research aimed at improving the lives of stroke survivors with speech problems.
24 March 2021
World Economic Forum recognises GCU Forth and Clyde Canal study
On World Water Day, The World Economic Forum recognised research carried out by Glasgow Caledonian University in partnership with Scottish Canals, which linked the regeneration of the Forth and Clyde Canal in North Glasgow to improved health.
24 March 2021
Lockdown link to cognitive decline uncovered
A decline in cognitive functions – such as memory, attention and decision-making – is connected to the tightest restrictions in Scotland’s COVID-19 lockdown, a new peer-reviewed study has found.
17 March 2021
Scottish SIREN study recruitment drive going well
Professor Lesley Price, who is co-ordinating the Scottish arm off the UK-wide SIREN study – the world's largest, analysing COVID-19 immunity among healthcare workers – revealed recruitment is going well.
11 March 2021
GCU team star in COP26 Climate Data Challenge Hackathon
A team of scientists from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) will be taking part in a 48-hour COP26 Met Office Climate Data Challenge Hackathon next week (March 16-17).
11 March 2021
Transatlantic lecture for international sport psychology student
Glasgow Caledonian University sport psychology student and former Israel national baseball team player Nadav Ephrat has just delivered mental skills training to students in the US.
11 March 2021
Two GCU psychology doctoral students are working with Cricket Scotland's stars of the future
Glasgow Caledonian University and Cricket Scotland have extended their partnership to provide an innovative psychology support programme for up-and-coming cricket talent.
05 March 2021
World-renowned HIV expert is behind new European PrEP guidance
Esteemed Glasgow Caledonian University sexual health clinical academic Professor Claudia Estcourt is behind new guidance launched today for the use of HIV prevention, PrEP, across EU and European Economic Area (EEA) countries.