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Rachel SandisonExecutive Director and Vice Principal, External Relations
Rachel Sandison is the Executive Director of External Relations at the University of Glasgow, UK, where she has responsibility for leading an integrated service covering Marketing, Recruitment & Admissions, International Affairs and Development & Alumni Relations. Rachel is also the University’s Universitas 21 network Senior Leader.
Rachel is a Chartered Marketer and Chair of the Glasgow Economic Leadership HE/FE Marketing group and a member of CASE’s US Commission in addition to sitting on a number of sector advisory boards. She is also a member of Faculty at the CASE Europe Strategic Marketing Institute and a current School Governor.
Previously, Rachel was the Director of Marketing, Student Recruitment and Alumni Relations at the University of Aberdeen, UK.
Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow has been inspiring great minds for over 560 years. Our alumni include world changers from economist Adam Smith and engineer James Watt to the inventor of television, John Logie Baird and the writer and producer of Doctor Who and Sherlock, Steven Moffat. In addition, the University has fostered the talents of one Prime Minister, seven Nobel Laureates and Scotland’s current First Minister. We have a diverse and growing student population with more than 27,000 students from almost 140 different countries.
The Latest from University of Glasgow
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Burns & the Environment: @UofGlasgow @GlasgowBurns research to explore the farmer-poet's engagement with nature. New PhD studentship funded to study Burns’s ecological consciousness is announced ahead of #BurnsNight
https://gla.ac/3PKLkUS
It's nearly #BurnsNight! 🏴
UofG’s @chapelchoir perform 'Blyth hae I been on yon hill' - a piece Burns said was ‘one of the finest songs I ever made in my life’.
Enjoy this beautiful tribute to Scotland’s National Bard 🎶
@GlasgowBurns
@UofGArtsHums
@Scotland
RED WEATHER WARNING
A reminder that all face-to-face teaching, assessments, meetings & events are cancelled, and all university buildings are closed due to the @metoffice warning.
Reopening 6am on 25 Jan.
Please take extra care #TeamUofG
ICYMI @ScotParl has debated the importance of Robert Burns ahead of #BurnsNight. It included praise for the work of @UofGlasgow @GlasgowBurns; the Burns & the Scottish Economy report by @P14Murray & the work underway at UofG's partner @Burns_Ellisland
⚠️IMPORTANT: Due to the red weather warning, all UofG Libraries and study spaces will be closed tomorrow (Friday 24 January).
More information ⬇️
IMPORTANT: RED WEATHER WARNING ⚠️
Due to a @metoffice red weather warning in place for tomorrow (Friday 24 January), we are cancelling all face-to-face teaching and assessments for the day across all campuses.
Any in-person meetings and events are also cancelled.
Colleagues…
And a reminder to colleagues and students to download the UofG SafeZone app for updates and alerts.
Please contact @uofgsecurity colleagues in emergency and non-emergency situations.
Find out more about SafeZone and download: https://gla.ac/4axgOHK 2/2
All University buildings will be closed, including library, study spaces, James McCune Smith Learning Hub and Stevie building from 11pm on Thursday, 23 January, to 6am on Saturday, 25 January, with the exception of Student Residences, Animal Facilities, and some key critical…
We're looking forward to visiting India in Feb 2025!
- Bengaluru: 2 Feb
- Delhi: 5 Feb
If you're a student in India, come to an event to explore studying at UofG with presentations, mini-lectures, networking & a chance to ask questions.
Register here: http://gla.ac.uk/international/country/india
UofG ranks in the world top 100 in eight out of 11 subject areas in the @timeshighered World University Rankings by Subject 2025.
Two subjects ranked in the world top 50, with @UofGLaw placing 44th & Medical Health at 50th.
More: http://gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1141612_en.html
#TeamUofG
Thank you to everyone who joined us this Saturday for our annual Glasgow Burns Supper! What a fantastic celebration it was 🏴 🥃 ✨
There's a few spots for Toronto & NYC Burns left:
https://gla.ac.uk/alumni/events/alumni-events/…
And Global Burns, our online event! https://bit.ly/42muTW3
Our roots are in Glasgow,our reach is worldwide
As a globally connected university with deep civic roots, for over 560 years Glasgow has established creative and vibrant partnerships with communities, colleagues and students across the world. We have over 300 formal agreements with universities overseas covering a wide range of activities from research collaborations through to joint degrees and international student mobility arrangements. As well as developing innovative international partnerships, we have developed a significant overseas presence, building on well-established links in Asia to achieve a range of transnational education provision in Singapore (Engineering and Computing Studies), and with two top-ranked ‘985’ Universities in China – UESTC in Chengdu (Engineering) and with Nankai University in Tianjin.
Mission and vision
- To be a world-class, world-changing university.
- To bring inspiring people together and create a world-class environment for learning and research, empowering staff and students alike to discover and share knowledge that can change the world.
Ranked in the top 1% of world universities
2,000
Active researchers
£180m
Annual research income
The University is ranked in the top 1% of world universities and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities. It enjoys a long-standing reputation as a research powerhouse with a focus on research excellence. It is one of the UK’s top 10 earners of research income with total earnings over £180m per year and has a base of over 2000 active researchers. Our priority themes and multidisciplinary research networks bring these researchers together with practitioners, policy makers and NGOs to create academic communities which focus on key issues and challenges, including: precision medicine; quantum technologies; nanotechnology; sensor systems; space; future cities; water; digital humanities; global security; international development; refugee, asylum and migration; human rights and sustainable development. Find out more at www.glasgow.ac.uk/research/infocus
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