International students and staff at the University of Glasgow are to celebrate St Andrews night by attempting to create a new world record for the number of different languages singing the same song simultaneously.

It is hoped that speakers of up to 100 different languages will perform Auld Lang Syne, one of Scotland’s best-loved and most international compositions, on Monday 30 November in the historic Bute Hall at the University.

The world record attempt has been organised as a celebration of the University’s multi-cultural make-up and to mark the end of the Hunterian Museum’s successful Homecoming Burns exhibition.

 Written by Robert Burns in 1788 and later set to the tune of a Scottish folk song, Auld Lang Syne, which is traditionally sung at Hogmanay, has become one of the most recognisable songs in the world.

University Principal Anton Muscatelli will welcome participants to the event on the night. He said: “There are over 100 different languages spoken by staff and students of the University of Glasgow and we are delighted that so many have signed up to support what promises to be a unique and special occasion. Singing Robert Burns’ international anthem will be a fitting way to end the end of the year of Homecoming.”

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