University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre.

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The ARC, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, (Off Byres Road), Glasgow G11 6EW

Home of Collaborative Research, Innovation and Discovery

The ARC is an asset for all research and scholarly communities across the University – providing dedicated support and innovative use of space it enables researchers and their partners to deliver collaborative projects. Additionally, it has created a welcoming gateway into University research for communities and partners – offering an exciting and ever-changing programme of public events.

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Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy events, and activities that open the University’s world-changing research to the public. Plus a variety of community events including: talks, screenings, exhibitions, festivals, music and theatre.  What’s On at ARC

The ARC hosts community groups and not-for-profit organisations free of charge. (Get in touch to discuss event proposals)

Glasgow Science Festival: The Art of Science

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11 June, 2025,  6 – 8 p.m. University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW An adult-focused evening of fun activities, mini-talks and an exhibition to explore the connection between art and science. Join Glasgow Science Festival for an evening at the Advanced Research Centre for activities, mini talks and an exhibition […]

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CinemARC: Carbon Shorts with Glasgow Short Film Festival

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Inspired by the Bengaluru Science Gallery exhibition CARBON: Under Pressure, at the Advanced Research Centre on  3 and 29 June, the ARC and Glasgow Short Film Festival have teamed up to explore the social, cultural and environmental […]

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CinemARC – The Life Aquatic

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13 June, 2025, 7.00 p.m. The ARC presents Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic as part of Glasgow Science Festival. Marking Glasgow’s 850th birthday, the ARC is taking inspiration from the fish on the city’s crest to present Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic for an evening screening. Starring Bill Murray, expect a colourful cast of characters in this […]

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CinemARC – Song of the Sea

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Friday, June 13, 2025 · 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.    Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Glasgow Science Festival  Marking Glasgow’s 850th birthday, the ARC is taking inspiration from the fish on the city’s crest to present Song of the Sea for a family-friendly screening. This enchanting animation […]

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Robots and Oranges – Alan Windram

Saturday, 21 June, 2025, 2.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow G11 6EW Join Alan Windram, award-winning author, in this highly interactive, fun-filled children’s event with his latest One Button Benny picture book. ‘One Button Benny and the Dinosaur Dilemma’ plus his brand new book ‘Kevin The Orange’. Come along […]

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Dear Green Music Scene at University of Glasgow ARC

Sunday 15th June, 2025 – 12.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. St Mungo’s Square, University of Glasgow ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW The second edition of the Dear Green Music Scene Festival. For 2025, the ARC, the College of Arts and Humanities Sustainability Forum, Doughnut Music Lab, GALLANT, Glasgow Science Festival, Music in the University and WestFest, have all teamed up to create this […]

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Masks We Wear: Exhibition

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University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre Fantastic exhibition returning to University of Glagow ARC Monday 26 May 2025 – Friday 30 May 2025 Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Ln, Glasgow G11 6EW This exhibition features artworks by 37 young people attending Hyndland Secondary School.  ‘Masks We Wear’ showcases the work of pupils […]

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Ostriches are in the ARC – Glasgow Science Festival

Thursday 05 June 2025, 10:30 – 15:30 Ostriches Are In The ARC University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW Speaker: Prof. Christina Young Ostriches and flowers are in Professor Christina Young’s History of Art lab at the ARC – in paintings and botanical drawings on loan from Argyll & Bute and Kew […]

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A Conversation with Andrew O’Hagan, University of Glasgow ARC

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 · 6 – 7:30pm  A conversation with Honorary Professor Andrew O’Hagan, chaired by Prof Gerard Carruthers (Scottish Literature) By College of Arts & Humanities, University of Glasgow  At: Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW A conversation with Andrew O’Hagan – novelist, essayist, and Honorary […]

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ARC Conversations and Identities Journal: Global Dignity and Seeing Others

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Monday, May 12, 2025, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Professor Michèle Lamont from Harvard University reflects on how we equip ourselves to think across different levels of analysis. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Global Dignity and Seeing Others How can we equip ourselves to think across different levels […]

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Games Night: Space and Place

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Friday, April 18, 2025, 6 p.m.- 8.30 p.m. Part of the Spring Fling: Space and Place collection A games night with a difference as you explore how games and gaming help  imagine space and place. Free – reserve a spot Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW

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Spring Fling 2025 at ARC University of Glasgow

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7 – 18 April, 2025 Come to the ARC during the School Holidays for this FREE public programme of events and activities for all ages. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW SPACE AND PLACE ARC SPRING FLING 2025   Spring Fling – Space and Place What areas do you […]

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Creating Awesome Community Spaces, Spring Fling University of Glasgow

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Monday 14 April, 2025 Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April About this event In this fun session, you find out a bit more about the idea of ‘place-making’, which is all about people creating the best possible spaces to make them […]

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Where We Are From storytelling with Anna Lehr

Where We Are From storytelling with Anna Lehr

Wednesday 9 April, 2025, 12pm, 1 pm and 2 pm Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Join storyteller Anna Lehr for tales from all over the world and beyond! Telling and listening to stories makes us human and we all have […]

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My Dog Max with Alan Dapré- Spring Fling – University of Glasgow

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Saturday 12 April, 2025,  11 a.m.- noon and 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Alan Dapré shares My dog Max, his latest picture book about a determined girl who really wants a dog! A hilarious story of hope, home […]

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CinemARC The Wild Robot

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 5 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. A screening of the Oscar nominated animation The Wild Robot and the chance to interact with robots in real life! Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW The ARC is excited to present a free, family friendly screening of The Wild Robot […]

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ARC Conversations – Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology

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Tuesday 25 March, 2025, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW ARC Conversations – Why I’ll never be photographed in a lab coat Hear Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology, discuss pivotal career moments and the role of human experience as a driver of innovation […]

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Field Arts at CinemaARC University of Glasgow

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Monday, 7 April, 2025, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Last year, FieldARTS brought together a dozen artists and researchers for a week of collaborative fieldwork along the Clyde River Corridor, tracing the sedimentary, infrastructural, and colonial lineaments of a manufactured waterway once recognised as the […]

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The Tenementals: Popular Music as Academic Research + Drinks Reception

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Friday, March 14, 2025, 6.00-7.20pm (Drinks Reception 7.30-9.00pm)  Popular Music as Academic Research: Four Papers on The Tenementals Advanced Research Centre, Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow G11 6EW The Tenementals is a wild research project which has one foot in the university sector and one foot in Glasgow’s vibrant music scene. It runs on the […]

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CinemARC Gipsy Queen

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Thursday 20 March, 2025 – 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Film Screening and Concert Advanced , Research Centre,University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane (Off Byres Road), Glasgow G11 6EW Free – Reserve a Spot at Eventbrite The ARC is excited to be partnering with CineRoma, the UK’s first Roma film festival, for a screening of Gipsy […]

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Community event, Free Events, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre

Glasgow Goes Green 2025 – University of Glasgow ARC

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Wednesday, 5 March, 2025, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Unit, Chapel Lane, ARC Room 237 Glasgow G11 6EW Glasgow Goes Green: Sustainable Synergies, a celebration for sustainability! Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team This year’s Glasgow Goes Green aims to bridge the gap between different disciplines and explore what they have […]

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Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Exhibition at Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow

Designing Future Experiences – University of Glasgow (ARC) Review by Pat Byrne Jim and I went along to the launch of this fantastic exhibition at ARC.  Glasgow School of Art design students look to the future; exploring what health might look like in 1935.  The focus of the exhibition is the result of Product Design […]

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Designing Future Experiences Exhibition – University of Glasgow ARC

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University of Glasgow ARC – 6 until 13 February 2025 Reciprocal Systems of Health in the Climate Era – Designing Future Experiences Exhibition Design speculations for the year 2035 by Product Design Students from the School of Innovation and Technology at the Glasgow School of Art in partnership with the University of Glasgow. See Review […]

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