School of Innovation & Technology
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The School of Innovation & Technology at The Glasgow School of Art
Platter and Patter: Decolonising Narratives of the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 Join us for a bowl of soup whilst we discuss an aspect of Glasgow’s social history. Tues 28 July, 12-13.30, Free Edward House, 199 Sauchiehall Street, #Glasgow Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/platter-an...
Platter and Patter: Decolonising Narratives of the Brit
Every month, we invite community members and a guest to explore an aspect of Sauchiehall Street’s heritage over a warm bowl of soup
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SMEs and scaleups are sest to recieve £500m in new funding from the UK government to boost job creation and business growth. Full story www.digit.fyi/500m-boost-t... #Tech | #News | #SMEs | #BritishBusinessBank | #Scaleups
£500M Boost to SMEs and Scaleups From UK Gov and British Business Bank
SMEs and scaleups are sest to recieve £500m in new funding from the UK government to boost job creation and business growth.
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The next #PortfolioDay is just a few days away on Tuesday, July 14th! Get those portfolios ready! Go to portfolioday.art for more info! Good luck! 💛
Tomorrow is #portfolioday - ahead of that, you can check our some of the work by this year's SIT graduates on the @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social showcase here: gsashowcase.net/innovation-t...
School of Innovation & Technology – Showcase 2026
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💥 What a weekend of the 18th and 19th July we'll have at the @govanstones.bsky.social. Includes LIVE ARCHAEOLOGY all weekend in our 1,500-year-old churchyard, Vanguard Centre medieval weapons workshops, a Hobby Clan dig, Giant Chess & a FREE TALK with Little Kingdoms author, @alexharvv.bsky.social!
We have the following 3 calls for research funding for RHS Fellows & Members: bit.ly/4wwSMGu > 'Open Research Grants', for mid & later career historians > 'Early Career Fellowship Grants', for postdocs > Martin Lynn Scholarship', for PhD research in African history Closing 4 September #Skystorians
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: September 2026 deadlines - RHS
The Society invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates of 4 September 2026. Early Career Fellowship Grants, 2026-27* off...
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REEVALUATE joined the Gaming Cluster Meeting in Brussels, highlighting cultural heritage reuse, co-design with artists and game developers, IP protection, and the need for training pathways from digitization to responsible creative reuse. #REEVALUATE #GamesForCulture #HorizonEurope
Coming soon: Threads: An exhibition about a videogame about witch persecution. By Victoria Bradbury, US-UK Fullbright Commission Distinguished Scholar Windows On Heritage Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art - 3-5 July 2026
GSA Degree Show 2026 - on now until 7th June! www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow26 (image: Callum Cole, Glowposts - Communication Design 2026)
The UK games industry continues to show why it is one of the best places in the world to build teams, nurture IP and bring games to market. This month's edition of Ukie's The Lobby looks back at everything UK studios achieved in May. Read more: zurl.co/mqqdd
May’d in the UK – Celebrating a momentous month for British games
May 2026 may well have recorded the hottest day since records began, but it might also go down as the hottest month for UK video games releases in recent memory. The UK is, as ever, punching above its...
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Tony is a great guy who chatted with our students this year on the challenge of running (and maintaining!) an indie game studio. His new game is also just out and it looks awesome!
Tony Gowland@tonygowland.bsky.social · 3mo agoInto the Slimy Mines is roguelike tower defense. Build paths enemies slither down, dig gold, squish slimes, and most important of all RESCUE YOUR CREW! Coming May 29th on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Epic and Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3639440/...
Delighted to welcome Simon Eilbeck to the archive. His likeness inspired Alasdair Gray’s Sir Arthur Shots “spider with a face” in McGrotty and Ludmilla. We hope to record his oral history soon.
I'll be speaking on a panel about "Serious Play: Adult learning through games" as part of @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social Thursday 4 June 2026, 12pm to 1pm Online via zoom Free, book here: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026/calenda... #PlayfulLearning
Serious Play: Adult learning through games
Specialists in playful learning explore how new or ‘hacked’ games can enhance adult learning experiences and add value to organisations’ in-person training sessions.
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We had a great visit yesterday from @alastairlow.bsky.social - who spent the whole afternoon demoing his projects and talking about retro and indie game development with our staff, students and a group of visiting high school students #gamedev
Work on your own thing. makestuff.club #2 tickets are now available! It’s built around a simple idea: we get more done when we’re not doing it alone. We’ll be there, we hope to see you there too! 🗓️ Wed 3rd June, 🕰️ 6:30pm-8:30pm 📍 Vega Glasgow Tickets available on our website.
Really looking forward to meeting and teaching some young writers how to make games at The Young Writers Cafe at Moniack Mhor in September! www.moniackmhor.org.uk/courses/youn...
Young Writers' Café with Thomas Welsh - Moniack Mhor
Do you want to write for videogames? Join Thomas Welsh, games writer and author as he talks about creativity, the games industry, fantasy and sci-fi writing, and how to start your games career
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Bring the whole team to Conference 2026 for just £680 💸 With an all-staff digital ticket, everyone in your organisation can benefit from access to this year's streamed sessions. It's a great way to invest in your team's professional development – and could offer you a significant cost saving 👇
Fees and financial support for Conference 2026 - Museums Association
How much Conference 2026 costs to attend and how you can find support to fund your ticket
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New video is out! Ever wonder what copper ore and the invention of stamp mills have to do with Enlightenment philosophy? Or what a stamp mill is in the first place? Or how limited access to graphite changed pencil leads forever? I’ve got you covered! youtu.be/CuOZK9_ZXKM 🏺 #archaeology #history
Stamping out the Copper with Stamp Mills | Archaeologist’s Guide to Minecraft (Ep. 17)
YouTube video by ArchaeoPlays
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For those interested in Historical Games Studies (and adjacent fields) the University of Luxembourg are offering what looks to be an amazing Doctoral Researcher in Historical Game Studies position. 🗃️ www.uni.lu/en/jobs/doct...
Doctoral Researcher in Historical Game Studies
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New book chapter out: "Agents of Change Toolkit for Educational Change" radar.gsa.ac.uk/10844/ Presents an interactive, co-designed resource for whole-school approaches to educational change. #GameBasedLearning #GBL #schoolimprovement #teachers #schools #education #change #research #EduSky
A wee showreel of some of our student work in Virtual Worldbuilding - a short project on concepting, developing and showcasing virtual enviroments in Unreal, working with pre-existing 3D assets www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHx5...
Virtual Worldbuilding in Unreal
YouTube video by GSA School of Innovation and Technology
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further thoughts on this: when Brendan discusses that eg musicians have always been a type of ‘artist entrepreneur’ like devs it lets me think about the teaching work I do in games and how to grow that muscle of bringing work to an audience into new developers. this entire presentation is so useful
Cara Ellison@caraellison.bsky.social · 3mo agowhen I studied English at uni, there were many people who’d say ‘so you’re going to become a teacher then’. Since jobs have dried up in games, I’ve been thinking so much about what Brendan says here brkeogh.com/2019/06/22/a...
Congratulations Daisy!
Dr Daisy Abbott@daisyabbott.bsky.social · 3mo ago🏆 "Empire Retold" has won a Data Sonification Award! Our #augmentedReality app brings unheard voices to the history of #Bellahouston Park — the site of Glasgow's 1938 British #Empire Exhibition. Free to download on iOS & Android. #Glasgow #DigitalHeritage #GlasgowSchoolOfArt #AR #history #GBL
My blog about this is here: gamebasedlearninginhe.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/n... and the @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social press release is here: gsamediacentre.co.uk/dr-daisy-abb... Please share with people you know working on #anti-racism or in the third sector or education. @sit-gsa.bsky.social
New Policy Guidance for Museums and Cultural Institutions
Do you want a document to share with funders, politicians, bosses that explains why anti-racism activities are needed in your organisation? This short, visual booklet will help!
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Our annual Winter School, with participants from round the world, is running this week in and around our Highlands campus - updates and images here: www.instagram.com/sit_gsa/
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1,150 Followers - 214 Posts - "‘New hands weaving old ways’ Yesterday, as part of Winter School 2026, students who have travelled to Winter School fro…"
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Tomorrow! Come join us and the Videogames Glasgow meetup group for the next Soapbox session! Thrilled to have @alastairlow.bsky.social and Suum Studio
Joe Bain@ohcripes.bsky.social · 4mo agoReminder! Glasgow Games Soapbox is on tomorrow at Glasgow School of Art, with a talk from @alastairlow.bsky.social on retro game dev tools, and another from Suum Studio about their rave-culture game. www.meetup.com/videogames-g...
