Legacy Conference 2015 Submissions Deadline
Submissions for the Legacy Conference 2015 are now due on 29th July 2015. For more information please visit the tab on our homepage or click here.
Sustained effort is needed to secure an economic legacy for local communities
Both Glasgow City Council and The Scottish Government have made the East End of Glasgow a particular focus for legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games. A recent report from GoWell in the East End examines the likelihood of the Games, and associated regeneration activities, having economic impacts upon the East End in the short-term and…
The Glasgow games are over but the legacy debate continues
Daniel0685/Flickr CC BY By Kenneth Gibb, University of Glasgow The 20th Commonwealth Games have come and gone. Glasgow has demonstrated that it can successfully deliver a large-scale, global, multi-sport and cultural event. It can fill the stadia, shuttle people around the city relatively efficiently, and generally provide a positive and memorable experience for visitors and residents…
Legacy?
By Professor Ken Gibb, University of Glasgow Originally published on 21st July on Ken’s blog – http://kengibb.wordpress.com/ Photo credit: © https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevies_snaps/ In a few days Glasgow will host its first mega event. The preparations, the visitors and the symbols of the Commonwealth Games are inescapable throughout the city. Even where I live in Lanarkshire, the triathlon is taking…
Events: Game for debate
The University of Glasgow is organizing three public engagement debates which are part of the Glasgow Science Festival but also come under the University’s public engagement with the Commonwealth Games. The highlights of all three debates – billed as Game for Debate – will be broadcast on the BBC Radio Scotland John Beattie Show –…