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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 30/09/2026

World Top 100 ⭐ We have again improved our position within the world top 100 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027. The University has placed 83rd in the world! Read more: gla.ac/4hobLhS

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A team of engineers led by Prof Shanmugam Kumar of @uofgengineering.bsky.social have adapted a medical imaging technique to give 3D-printed materials the ability to sense where they are being damaged and track how that damage develops in real time. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 07/09/2026

Are you due to graduate this winter? Our Winter 2026 Graduation Ceremony is now open for enrolment! Don’t miss your chance to celebrate your achievements with your friends, family and faculty! Enrolment closes: Wednesday 23 September Enrol today: gla.ac/3SQfACU

Inside of Bute Hall at the University of Glasgow. Students in graduation gowns standing on both sides of a central walk way. The principal sat in the front of the room with parents sat around the space and up in the balcony.

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Trek Central @trekcentral.net · 08/09/2026

60 YEARS OF STAR TREK 🖖 “To boldly go where no one has gone before.” September 8th, 1966 → September 8th, 2026 Happy 60th Anniversary, #StarTrek. 🚀 #StarTrek60th

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Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology @uofgwarstudies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Reminder: The 13th Biennial Fields of Conflict Conference is taking place at the University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk this Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September. Join academics & heritage professionals discussing recent developments in Conflict Archaeology. Further info & tickets at the link below.

“Police and Army bomb disposal officers with a defused German 1000kg ‘Luftmine’ (parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941”, Photograph H8281, Imperial War Museum London. Artist: War Office official photographer, Lockeyear W T (Lt). Text description from Fields of Conflict website.

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Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology @uofgwarstudies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Link below for further information/tickets to the 13th Biennial Fields of Conflict Conference. Photo in previous post, Police & Army bomb disposal officers with a defused German 1000kg 'Luftmine' (parachute mine) in Glasgow, 18 March 1941 (H8281, Imperial War Museum, London). foc2026.co.uk

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Fields of Conflict XIII

The 13th Biennial International Conference in Conflict Archaeology

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Glasgow City of Science and Innovation @gcosi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🤖 What makes us feel an emotional connection with a robot? Researchers at the University of Glasgow are exploring how different faces and voices could make future robot companions more appealing to their users. 📍 @glasgow.ac.uk 👇 Learn more glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/university-o...

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University Of Glasgow Research Could Shape The Future Of Social Robots | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

University of Glasgow researchers have found that animal-like and anime-inspired faces could make social robots more emotionally engaging. Using augmented reality to test different faces and voices, t...

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ESA Operations @operations.esa.int · 31/08/2026

☀️💶 Just one big solar storm can cost Europe tens to hundreds of billions of euros according to the new socio-economic impact report published by the European Commission. Operational space weather services will make a critical difference. defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/study-impact...

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Giving robot companions animal-like or anime-style faces and voices could maximise their emotional appeal to users and improve future social robots, new research led by @uofgcompsci.bsky.social's @shaunmacdonald.bsky.social suggests. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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Tim Peacock @drtimpeacock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My father (Professor Noël Peacock) & I were delighted to host the 48th Annual Conference of the national Society for Early Modern French Studies (SEMFS) last month at @glasgow.ac.uk - 3 days of research papers on the very topical theme of 'Freedom/La Liberté'. Further information in the next post.

A group of people, viewed from behind, sitting in rows, with two people at a table at the front, one delivering a conference paper. A large screen behind the speaker includes a picture and the text 'The limits of Liberty in La Rochelle'. Part of the Society for Early Modern French Studies Conference at the University of Glasgow in July 2026.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Animated ‘virtual agents’ could help keep the roads of the future safer by alerting people behind the wheel of semi-autonomous cars to oncoming hazards, new research from @uofgcompsci.bsky.social suggests. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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Glasgow Science Centre @glasgowscience.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#ScienceOnThisDay In 1877, Thomas Edison coined the telephone greeting “Hello.” He suggested the use of “Hello” to the president of the Telegraph Company to answer the phone instead of “Ahoy, ahoy” suggested by Alexander Bell.

Thomas Edison listens to a boxy early phonograph/telegraph using a stethoscope-like earpiece.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We welcomed The One Show to our Acre Road Observatory last night to watch the solar eclipse with us. Dr Iain Hannah from @uofgphysastro.bsky.social spoke to presenter Jennifer Reoch about the science behind the historic event. Watch the programme for yourself on iPlayer here: lnkd.in/e9HYYGZB

One Show presenter Jennifer Reoch speaks to Dr Iain Hannah at the Acre Road Observatory

A crowd gathers to watch the solar eclipse at the Acre Road Observatory

Dr Iain Hannah speaks to One Show presenter Jennifer Reoch

A photograph of the eclipse showing through cloud cover

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 12/08/2026

Did you catch the eclipse today? 📸 Whether it was full totality or just a sliver of shadow, we want to see it. Share your photos and impressions with #EuropeanSolarEclipse 👇 🔭🧪 ☀️

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 12/08/2026

Is this an artificial solar eclipse? 😵 Yes, this 2025 image is from Proba-3, the world's first precision formation flying mission 👉 esa.int/proba3 Two spacecraft recreate a solar eclipse in space, every 19.6-hour orbit. That's eclipses on demand! #EuropeanSolarEclipse 🔭

This is an image of the Sun during an artificial solar eclipse. Against a black background, the Sun’s bright body is covered by a black disc, and light green hair-like tendrils extend from the black disc in all directions. Brighter green light peeks from behind the black disc’s edge, slowly fading towards the outer edges of the image.

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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A quote to mark the day. This ground level view of the Nagasaki bomb, taken from 5 miles away by Hiromichi Matsuda, always feels to me to be almost unbearably sinister. #Nagasaki81

Nagasaki, distant ground view: Photo of the Nagasaki cloud taken ~15 minutes after the atomic bomb detonation, by Hiromichi Matsuda, stationed at Koyagi-jima Island, some 5 miles / 8 km away

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

81 years ago today, on August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped upon the city of Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States. This was 3 days after the first atomic attack on Hiroshima.

Nagasaki, bomber's eye view: Close-up view of the head of the mushroom cloud at the Nagasaki explosion, as seen from either the bomber or the observation plane.

Nagasaki, before and after, aerial views.

Nagasaki, ground view, some weeks after the attack.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dr Ana Da Silva Felipe and @drtoniho.bsky.social of @cvrinfo.bsky.social will lead Glasgow's contribution to the international DETECTIVE consortium to improve the early detection of emerging viral threats and strengthen future pandemic preparedness. Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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UofG helps secure €4.4 million EU funding to train the next generation of viral experts

The MRC-University of Glasgow’s Centre for Virus Research (CVR) is playing a leading role in a major new European doctoral training programme.

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UofGARC @uofgarc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

To celebrate our 575th birthday we’re throwing open our doors for Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival 2026! We hope you can join us from 17 – 20 September, we have lots of events happening! More info and to book tickets: www.glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk/whats-on

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 06/08/2026

Did you know that The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith turned 250 years old this year? We are marking this milestone anniversary by bringing together students, academics, alumni and international partners to discuss the enduring relevance of one of history's most influential books. 👉 gla.ac/4pXGLI9

Students standing with a giant copy of the Wealth of Nations book

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

@glasgow.ac.uk and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social are partners in a new Leverhulme Doctoral Programme in Responsible Hybrid Intelligence announced today. Full story via the link: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

The University of Glasgow's Gilbert Scott Building and Tower taken from a drone and looking east across Kelvingrove Park and the West End of Glasgow.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 04/08/2026

Good luck to everyone receiving their results today🤞🍀 If you’re joining #TeamUofG, let us know. We can’t wait to welcome you! ❤️

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Archive but it's a videogame from 1998.

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UofGARC @uofgarc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Mathis Riehle is often spotted around the ARC sketchnoting at talks and during meetings. Mathis uses technique as it helps keeps his mind focused, then he can leave the meeting with a piece of art in his hands - pretty cool. #sketchnote #sketchnoting #doodle #art bsky.app/profile/morn...

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Why do we need an archaeology of space? 'But archaeology can be of the living, not just of the dead, and this means it's inextricably linked with the future'. 🧪 🔭 🏺 #SpaceArchaeology

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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Tim Peacock @drtimpeacock.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

OTD 80 years ago, Operation Crossroads nuclear test, shot Baker, created images with global impacts on generations of audiences, explored in my article 'From Crossroads to Godzilla: the cinematic legacies of the first postwar nuclear tests' (@uk.theconversation.com 2021). Article link in next post.

Operation Crossroads Baker (wide) nuclear weapons test, 25 July 1946, Public Domain. From the US Department of Defense. Black and white photograph. Historical wide shot. A hollow column of water erupts from a lagoon, surrounded by a fast-moving, hemispheric white condensation cloud (Wilson cloud effect) hovering above the shockwave-disturbed water surface, with target warships faintly visible near the base. In the foreground, a beach and trees, part of the island where the camera is located.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

80 years ago right now at Bikini Lagoon (8:35 AM local time, July 25), 42,000 people witnessed Shot BAKER of Operation Crossroads, the second postwar US atomic test. A 23-kt Mark-III Fat Man-type A-bomb was detonated 90 feet underwater to assess its effects on 94 US, Japanese, and German warships.

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Crossroads Baker

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 24/07/2026

The Clyde Auditorium, affectionately known as the Armadillo would follow in 1997 and the nickname was so successful that it's now the venue's official name. Fast forward to 2013 and the SSE Hydro, now the OVO Hydro, arrived on the scene. 📷 HES #Glasgow

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 24/07/2026

The Commonwealth Games studio down at the Scottish Events Campus stands on the site of one of the city’s most important trading docks. The cluster of venues in the shadow of the Finnieston crane were created on the site of Queen’s Dock, centre of the city’s worldwide trading operations.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 24/07/2026

Congrats to 14 UofG researchers who have secured awards in the latest Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Awards. Over £661,000 will fund research for projects led by UofG scholars spanning health, heritage, climate, history, engineering, social justice & refugee studies. More: gla.ac/4bDC0NO

The Gilbert Scott building at the University of Glasgow.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 23/07/2026

The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games have arrived in Glasgow! Last month, Finnie, the Games mascot, paid a special visit to our campus at Open Day. We are just as excited as Finnie for #Glasgow2026! Sending a warm #TeamUofG welcome to all the athletes and visitors in Glasgow for the Games ❤️

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Glasgow Science Centre @glasgowscience.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#ScienceOnThisDay In 1969, Apollo 11 made history as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon, while Michael Collins orbited above. An estimated 700 million people watched live around the world.

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in a photograph taken by Neil Armstrong, who can be seen in the visor reflection along with Earth, the Lunar Module Eagle, and the U.S. flag

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 18/07/2026

Great to hear that Network Rail has purchased the miniature replica of Union Corner, created by Bricks & Bones. The 175-year-old Victorian building was consumed by fire in March, with Union Street and all entrances to Glasgow Central Station reopening yesterday. 📷 Network Rail #Glasgow

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Mark Wong @markwong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hosting the International Conference on Social Media & Society @socialmediaandsociety.org at Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk 300 attendees, 6 continents, 190+ papers, 40+ posters, 10+ workshops/panels. See some of the interdisciplinary world-changing research on social media, platforms, AI at #SMSociety ⬇️

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UofGARC @uofgarc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🤩 Check out this round-up of the ARC’s 2025-2026 public programme! We can't wait to welcome audiences back to the ARC for 2026-27.

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Tim Peacock @drtimpeacock.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Delighted to have welcomed delegates from Macquarie University @mqsois.bsky.social to the ARC at the University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgarc.bsky.social - from hearing about ARC-XR's latest VR research & the work of @uofggameslab.bsky.social to running a Serious Game around nuclear diplomacy.

A group of people standing on a stairwell inside the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre (ARC).

A group of people sitting around different tables in a room, discussing. There are maps and flags on the tables and on a screen on the wall, part of a Nuclear Diplomacy Serious Game.

A group of people inside the ARC-XR Extended Reality Suite, standing with their backs to the camera, listening to XR Lab Manager Dr Alan Matthews discussing about the research in the Suite. The room itself has open spaces with green screen curtains and markings on the wall and floors to support virtual reality experiments.

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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 14/07/2026

I've spent the last few days down south, so here's a London icon with Glaswegian bones. The familiar stonework of Tower Bridge hides an impressive steel skeleton forming the main structure, which was constructed by the Glasgow civil engineering company Sir William Arrol & Co.

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UofGARC @uofgarc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

International Conference on Social Media & Society is coming to Glasgow!

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Mark Wong @markwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#SMSociety 2026 at @glasgow.ac.uk next week! Full press release: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin... “a different path must be possible and fairness and public concerns should at the heart of its development. We as a society must demand better, fairer, and more ethical ways of developing technology.”

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UofG hosts International Conference on Social Media & Society

An international conference that puts the spotlight on social media and society will be hosted by the University of Glasgow.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 10/07/2026

Last chance to get your ticket for this special event on Monday!

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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 10/07/2026

Chatham House experts and researchers are available to follow on Bluesky. Connect with our experts here and follow them for their analysis on key international events and major global trends. ⬇️ go.bsky.app/UKHXrog

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Peter Johnston @peterajohnston.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In July IWM London opens Childhood in War. This free exhibition shares children's view of war from more than 100 years. 450 million children live in conflict zones worldwide; their stories have never been more important. Read more here: www.iwm.org.uk/events/child...

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 10/07/2026

An international conference that puts the spotlight on social media & society will take place at UofG. @socialmediaandsociety.org is one of the first conferences on social media in the world, with a reputation for shaping the future of social media research. More: gla.ac/4eT3l0B #SMSociety

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Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

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Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

UK-based early career historian in need of up to £2,000 to complete a project? Deadline for the Royal Historical Society's scheme is 4 September: royalhistorical.smapply.io/prog/early_c...

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Early Career Fellowship Grants - RHS

The Society's Early Career Fellowship Grant scheme provides grants of £2,000, maximum, for discrete research projects lasting no more than six months. In 2026, two rounds of grants will be awarded by ...

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 24/06/2026

No less than 60 million stars in one image. It's possible thanks to ESA's Euclid mission. For just one day, Euclid turned its gaze to the crowded heart of the Milky Way and captured the largest, most detailed photo ever taken of our galaxy's centre in visible light. Let's dive deeper 👇 🔭 🧪 ☄️ 1/8

A dense field of tiny stars fills this square image taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. The lower and central areas are dominated by bright yellow and gold colours, forming a textured background similar to fine glitter or sand. Dark brown and black patches cut irregularly through the yellow regions, like ink stains or clouds of smoke. Toward the upper left, the colours shift to purple and reddish tones, blending gently into the surrounding star field. Small blue points of light are scattered across the image.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 24/06/2026

We have been ranked 14th in the world in the 2026 @timeshighered.bsky.social (THE) Impact Ratings. 👏 The result means UofG ranks top in Scotland, 2nd in the UK & 3rd in Europe.This benchmarks universities against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. More: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1279238_en.html

The university tower with a bird flying above and green trees in front.

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 24/06/2026

Summer graduations have officially begun! Huge congratulations to all our new graduates ❤️ We are so proud of you all! #TeamUofG #UofGgrad26

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Graduates standing in the middle with mum and dad on either side

Graduate holding the UofG grad booklet wearing the grad gown and smiling

Graduate in the middle with champagne glass and UofG grad booklet with dad and partner next to her

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