The routine business of the Faculty is conducted throughout the year by the Teaching， Learning and Assessment （TLA） Committee， a standing committee reporting to Senate， and by the Faculty Business Committees. The Faculty Business Committees， comprising the Faculty officers and any other coopted members， meet in advance of each TLA committee to dispatchdispatch vt.分派， 派遣 n.派遣， 急件 routine affairs and review issues arising from the implementation of policy or course proposals， highlighting issues which may need discussion in the wider forum of the TLA.
Student Participation
There is ample scope for student participationparticipation n.分享， 参与 in University government， at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. All matriculated students of the University have the right to vote in the election of a Rector who holds office for a threeyear period and chairs the University Court. The Rector appoints an Assessor who is also a member of the University Court and is usually a student.
In addition， the University Court has in recent years coopted to its membership the President of the SRC （Student Representative Council）. There are student representativesrepresentative n.代表 adj.典型的， 有代表性的 on the Senate and the Academic Council. Students also have representatives on a wide range of University committees. The SRC itself exists to represent students on all matters and is the recognised channel of communication between students and the University authorities.
The University of Glasgow
格拉斯哥大学
格拉斯哥大学是继牛津大学、剑桥大学、圣安德鲁大学后全英第四所最古老的大学，成立于1451年。她是英国重点大学之一，也是最大并享有圣誉的大学之一。
大学设有十个学院，5500名教职员工，共有19500名全日制学生在此就读。该校研究经费充足，设施齐全，是全英最富有的大学之一。
学术优势
格拉斯哥大学科系齐全，她的本科生教学为4年。她有许多英国首创科目，早在19世纪，这个中世纪古城就实现了工业化，相应地，格拉斯哥大学建立了英国第一个土木工程系和造船系，目前，工程学仍然是该校的学术优势之一，航空工程、造船工程、软件工程都很有名气，其中造船学中海洋工程国际有名。医学院是英国大学里第一个将重点由临床转向病人照顾的医学院该校这些学科和下列学科在教学及研究品质评估中获得很高的分数：会计与金融、心理学、化学、计算机、地理、地质、物理、天文、哲学和社会学。
许多着名学者在这所大学学习、工作过，其中包括现代经济学的创始人亚当·史密斯，蒸汽机的发明人杰姆斯·瓦特以及威廉·汤姆逊。大学有许多着名的专家学者，其中包括英国皇家学会会员2人、英国文科科学院院士2人、英国工程院院士1人。
该校图书馆拥有两万册图书，从犊皮纸手稿到卫星电视应有尽有，并可快速检索附近七所苏格兰大学图书馆的资料。格拉斯哥大学学生中研究生的比例很高，在1998/1999年度，30%的研究生来自海外，大学设有研究生公寓，还在城内有六、七十套套房供已婚学生居住。
学生生活
格拉斯哥城里有一个新建的音乐厅，还有几个大剧院和美术馆。格拉斯歌德的Mayfest节远近闻名，届时整个城市沉浸在街头表演、剧团演出、交响乐团、乐队演奏的艺术世界中。大学有两个学生会，互相竞争，争取学生加盟。大学的辩论会曾五次荣获世界学生辩论会冠军。大学还拥有完善的体育设施。学校向学生保证住宿，通常是至少一年可以住在主校园内。
学生招生和录取服务处为海外学生组织导向课程，内容包括主题演讲和校园、市区及周围近郊的巡礼。另外，还提供一些结交朋友的机会。留学生辅导员向大家提供私人建议，并给以实质性的帮助。
The University of Glasgow dates from the middle of the fifteenth century. The University played its distinguisheddistinguished adj.卓着的， 着名的， 高贵的 part in the Enlightenment and in fostering the research and inquiryinquiry n.质询，调查 which prepared the ground for the Industrial Revolution in which the city of Glasgow was to play a world role.
Today， the University of Glasgow is one of the UK，s leading universities with an international reputation for its research and teaching and an important role in the cultural and commercial life of the country.
Firmly rooted in the West of Scotland from where it recruits 47% of its students， the University of Glasgow is nevertheless an international institution， attracting students from 80 countries and sending large numbers of students on study periods abroad. Today，s research projects are typicallytypically adv.代表性地， 作为特色地 international， with academics from every continent working in Glasgow while the University，s own staff make valued contributions to collaborative work with some 200 institutions around the world.
The University of Glasgow has one of the largest research bases in the UK， with an annual income from research grants and contracts of over ￡95M in 2003～2004. It has around 3，400 researchers and around 96% of its academic staff are based in departments undertaking international quality research （RAE 2001）. It has recently been placed in the top ten researchintensive universities in the UK and achieved the highest rate of increase of those ten in its research income over the past five years （58% growth）.
The University of Glasgow has strong links with business and industry at a national and international level and gives a high prioritypriority n.先， 前， 优先， 优先权 to collaborative research. In 1997 it created Research and Enterprise （R&E） which has become one of the largest university commercialisation offices in Europe， based firmly on the belief that research and enterprise activities have to be integrated， proactiveproactive adj.（心理）前摄的 and world class. Cutting edge discoveries in biomedicine， engineering and other areas are being commercialised successfully.
The university，s initial accommodations were part of the complex of religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral. This coexistence became increasingly uneasy with time， particularly following the protestant reformation， after which Glasgow became a predominantly dissenting city. In the 17th century this， combined with the university，s growth and the broadening and secularisation of its curriculumcurriculum n.课程， led it to establish its own twoquadrangled building outside the cathedral precincts， on the nearby medieval High Street.
Over the following centuries， the university，s size and scope continued to expand. It was a centre of the Scottish Enlightenment and subsequently of the industrial revolution， and its expansion in the High Street was constrained by the density of the burgeoning mercantile district.
