Oct 26 2010
Dr Tahseen Jafry, a lecturer in Glasgow Caledonian University’s School of the Built and Natural Environment, is presenting a paper on rural women in agriculture at the International Conference On Agricultural Extension 2010. The AGREX’10 conference takes place in Malaysia and focuses on the “Empowerment of agri-food stakeholders in facing global challenges towards sustainability”. Dr [...]
Oct 25 2010
The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK has increased by more than 150,000 to 2.8 million in the past year, warns Diabetes UK today. The data, collected from GP practices, also show the nationwide figure of people registered as obese to have risen to over five and half million, an increase of [...]
Oct 18 2010
Scottish Development International has detailed the new education links between GCU and India which were announced by First Minister Alex Salmond. “Scotland is renowned for its world class education system and I warmly welcome these new commitments to share knowledge, expertise and skills with India,” said the First Minister. “We have global strengths in key industries [...]
Oct 12 2010
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has been granted £20,000 from the Scottish Government’s South Asia Development Award to deliver a programme in the management of diabetic foot disease in India that could prevent diabetes related limb amputations. GCU’s Strategic Business Development team – the Applied Knowledge Exchange - facilitated a bid with experts from the School [...]
