Location
The University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow
is the fourth oldest university in
the English-speaking world. It dates from 1451 when King James II of
Scotland persuaded Pope Nicholas V to grant a lead seal, or bull,
authorising Bishop William Turnbull of Glasgow to set up a university.
For its first nine years, the fledgling university was based at Glasgow
Cathedral. In 1460, the University moved to High Street, where, over
the next 400 years, it continued to expand both in its scope and size.
It was a centre of the both the industrial revolution and the Scottish
Enlightenment.
As it grew however, the University was restricted by the encroaching
overcrowding and squalor of the city and the expanding factories and
railways, fruits of the industrial expansion it had helped to shape. As
a result, in 1870, it moved to its current familiar west end location
at Gilmorehill, then a greenfield site enclosed by a large loop of the
River Kelvin.
As part of the move, Pearce Lodge and the Lion and Unicorn Staircase
were moved stone by stone from the old site to the new and both can
still be seen today. Meanwhile, the rest of the campus at Gilmorehill
was centred on a neo-Gothic main building designed by Sir George
Gilbert Scott; his son, John Oldrid Scott, added the spire. From that
time on, the University has stood as a landmark across the city, with
its distinctive profile silhouetted against the skyline.
The Symposium
The Symposium will take place in the Joseph Black (Chemistry) Building, Main Lecture Theatre, Room B4-19. The Joseph Black Building is number B4 on the campus map. Click on the street map below to see a scalable map.
Getting to Glasgow
Glasgow can be reached by air, road, or rail. The Hillhead subway station (on Byres Road, straight north of the Joseph Black Building) is a 5 min walk away. If arriving by train, take the subway from Buchanan Street (for Queen Street railway station) or St. Enoch (for Central Station).
There is no on-campus parking available. Pay-and-display street parking is available along University Avenue, Byres Road, and in the streets west of Byres Road. A limited number of free parking spaces are available in Unversity Place.
