Not my Ambition, so I couldn’t tell you for sure. But other researchers are affected by Glass Studies, not Glasswork. The (hidden) stat that increases the cap on your Glasswork stat.
Mechanically speaking, are any of the Sartorial Eggs (i.e. Whitsun garments) better? For reference, I am an end game POSI. I just recently started my own University lab, though, and some of the qualities seem useful for that.