Good Practice resources

Examples of Good Practice at the University of Glasgow

This record highlights good practice collated from Periodic Subject Reviews, External Examiner Reports and Annual Monitoring Reports.

Assessment and feedback

Guidelines and case studies on assessment and feedback

Case studies of good practice

Case studies of good practice gathered from faculties and services as part of an update on the Learning and Teaching Strategy and from past Departmental reviews.

Collaborative Learning

Guidelines and case studies of collaborative learning.

Designing programmes and courses

Guidelines and case studies on programme and course design and review.

Employability 

Guidelines and case studies with links to the University of Glasgow and Higher Education Academy websites on employability.

Enquiry-based learning (EBL)

Guidelines and case studies on enquiry-based learning.

Equality and diversity

Guidelines and case studies on equality and diversity, inlcuding links to resources on disability, race equality and sexual orientation.

First year experience

Link to a good practice guide bringing together current research and resources to enable practitioners to consider what they currently do to encourage the engagement, success and retention of their first year students and how they might develop their practice in this area.

Graduate attributes, Employability and PDP

A holistic look at how graduate attributes, employability and PDP interact within an embedded curricular approach.

Internationalisation

Guidelines and case studies on internationalisation.

Learning

Links to a range of resources on learning in general and student learning more specifically.

Learning and technology

Includes two sections: 'Why bother with learning technologies?' and electronic voting systems and interactive lectures.

In addition to the material mentioned above there are now resources available for all members of staff at the University who are interested in using technology.

Peer observation of teaching

Guidelines for individuals and schools on how to facilitate peer observation of teaching.

Personal development planning (PDP) 

Guidelines and resources on PDP, including information on Mahara at the University of Glasgow.

Plagiarism

Guidelines and case studies on plagiarism.

Quality enhancement themes

Links to the Scottish Quality Enhancement themes website.

Small group learning and teaching

Resource on small group learning and teaching.

Supporting researchers in research data management

A University resource tailored to help researchers of all disciplines manage their research data in ways that meet and exceed the existing and emerging requirements of major funders, www.gla.ac.uk/datamanagement.

Sustainability

Resources on sustainability in the curriculum.