Event listings

The Art of the Burns Supper

Date: Tuesday 25 January 2022
Time: 18:00 GMT - 19:00 GMT
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Alumni events
Venue: Online

We are delighted to invite you to join us on Burns Night, Tuesday 25 January 2022 for a virtual celebration of Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns, entitled The Art of the Burns Supper.

Revisiting consumption for a climate friendly future. In conversation with Professor Tim Jackson

Date: Wednesday 18 August 2021 - Thursday 18 August 2022
Time: 09:00
Categories: COP 26 Online
Venue: Available on Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Anchor, Pocketcasts, Radio Public and Youtube
Speaker: Professor Tim Jackson

Join Deirdre Shaw, Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Solutions and Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, University of Glasgow as she discusses this important topic with Tim Jackson*, Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey.. Over three “bite-size” Podcasts they will explore key questions, including: How can we transform current consumption behaviours? What do climate friendly consumption lifestyles look like? How can we support and embed behavioural transformation?

Outdoors learning: more than a walk in the park

Date: Wednesday 26 January 2022
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Matt Offord, Adam Smith Business School

The logistics of higher education often prevent outdoors learning being a consideration. Yet the outdoors provides a nuanced and complex learning environment which can be extremely valuable. This presentation will describe the preparations for a field trip organised for postgraduate students on a service risk and resilience course at Adam Smith Business School.

Adam Smith Lecture Royal Philosophical Society

Date: Wednesday 26 January 2022
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: James McCune Smith Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli

Professor Muscatelli will talk on The Health and Wealth of Nations - pitfalls and opportunities in the economic recovery from the pandemic

Developing SoTL skills - choose your own adventure

Date: Thursday 27 January 2022
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Daisy Abbott, GSA and Sarah Honeychurch

This interactive workshop is designed to help participants to kick start their SoTL projects.

Burns Concert with Alastair Savage and Gregor Blamey

Date: Thursday 27 January 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Burns Concert 2022 Professional Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Scottish Folk BOOKING ESSENTIAL

College of Arts Undergraduate-Postgraduate Community Building

Date: Friday 28 January 2022
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Online

The Students' Representative Council & the College of Arts are hosting a student community event where undergraduates can gain an insight into the postgraduate experience.

In Conversation with Susannah Dickey

Date: Monday 31 January 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Susannah Dickey

In conversation with poet and writer Susannah Dickey

Mulling it over: Valuing reflection and cohort-centred learning in virtual fieldclass design

Date: Tuesday 01 February 2022
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Hannah Mathers, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences

We present a model for an inclusive and active virtual geoscience field class with approaches and considerations applicable to other disciplines.

Democratic Repair: Just how damaged is the British political system and what can be done to fix it?

Date: Wednesday 02 February 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events, Student events, Alumni events, Courses
Venue: Online
Speaker: Luke Tryl, Conleth Burns, Kezia Dugdale

Join us to discuss why distrust and disengagement in politics is so dangerous and what can be done to address it. Hosted by the John Smith Centre, Conleth Burns and Luke Tryl from More in Common will explore the findings of their recent report Democratic Repair, featuring nine recommendations to help rebuild trust in political processes and institutions. Chaired by Kezia Dugdale, there will be plenty time for audience Q&A.

Affective Intelligence and Robotics for Well-being

Date: Wednesday 02 February 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Zoom online
Speaker: Prof. Hatice Gunes

The Computing Technologies for Healthcare Theme and the Athena Swan invite Prof Hatice Gunes for a special session that includes a research talk about her work on designing artificially intelligent interfaces and robots along with an overview of her successful journey from a PhD student to a Professor and fellow of the Alan Turing Institute.

Research Integrity: Power, Privilege, Trust and Temptation

Date: Wednesday 02 February 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Research Integrity Champions

Calling the whole research community - we need you! Please feed you views and experiences of research integrity into the Research Integrity Review.

Héloïse Werner and Natalie Burch

Date: Thursday 03 February 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Héloïse Werner and Natalie Burch Professional Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Contemporary Classical BOOKING ESSENTIAL

In Conversation with Jacob Polley

Date: Monday 07 February 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Jacob Polley

In conversation with poet and writer Jacob Polley

'Mama Gloria' Film Screening

Date: Monday 07 February 2022
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Categories: Films and theatre, Social events, Academic events
Venue: Online

The LGBTQ+ Staff Network is pleased to screen this documentary chronicling the life of charismatic Trans activist, Gloria Allen

Linking Up Assessments to Make Feedback Meaningful: An Introduction to Assessment Blueprinting

Date: Wednesday 09 February 2022
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis, Academic and Digital Development

Students spend a lot of time creating work to be assessed, and academics spend a lot of time marking that work and creating feedback to help each student learn. This workshop will introduce you to assessment blueprinting, which enables you to link assessments across a Programme and make the feedback you provide meaningful for the next relevant assessment.

Escape Rooms as Teaching Tools

Date: Thursday 10 February 2022
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Rachelle Emily O-Brien, University of Durham

Ever wonder why people struggle to turn off their console? Video games are often praised for their ‘holding power’ and the motivational and engaging opportunities they create for players. This workshop will look at what can be learned from video games and applied to education, specially focussing on Escape Rooms.

Mainly Two

Date: Thursday 10 February 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Mainly Two Professional Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Contemporary Classical BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Assessing your Assessment: Creating Inclusive Assessment Tasks

Date: Wednesday 16 February 2022
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis, Academic and Digital Development

This session will allow participants to evaluate their assessment tasks and think about enhancements that could make these assessments more inclusive.

Ed Cohen

Date: Thursday 17 February 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Ed Cohen, Piano Professional Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Classical BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Staying Connected: A Toolkit for Effective Groupwork

Date: Thursday 17 February 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Maxine Swingler, Gayle Pringle Barnes, Lara Hani Wehbe

This workshop will focus on practical activities to support group work, such as allocating group roles, improving communication and encouraging group reflection.

In Conversation with Irenosen Okojie

Date: Monday 21 February 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Irenosen Okojie

In conversation with author MBE Irenosen Okoji

Connecting with SoTL writing goals through collage

Date: Wednesday 23 February 2022
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Alison McCandlish, Urban Studies

Looking to remind yourself to make time to write, or connect in different ways with your SoTL projects and writing goals? Using images and text we will consider our influences, solidify our writing and research intentions and inspire ourselves to make writing goals which work for us, via the power of collage. Don't worry, you don't need to be in anyway artistic or creative, this is all about experimentation and making something which is unique and useful for you.

Chris Greive Standards Trio

Date: Thursday 24 February 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Chris Greive Standards Trio Professional Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Jazz BOOKING ESSENTIAL

“Wherever I Could Move Around”: The Worldmaking Work of Gays and Girls in the Archived Photographs and Testimony of Kewpie of District Six

Date: Thursday 24 February 2022
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Ruth Ramsden-Karelse

The LGBTQ+ Staff Network is pleased to welcome Ruth to speak from her DPhil thesis, in which she argues that an archival resource depicting a queer of colour community in apartheid South Africa represents a politically and culturally important theory-practice of worldmaking.

New York City Burns Supper

Date: Saturday 26 February 2022
Time: 19:00 - 23:30
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: The Harmonie Club

Join us in the Harmonie Club as we return to New York City for our 2022 Burns Supper.

In Conversation with Michael Pedersen

Date: Monday 28 February 2022
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Michael Pedersen

In conversations with poet Michael Pedersen

Team-Based Learning: Optimising Active and Collaborative Learning in a blended model of learning and teaching

Date: Thursday 03 March 2022
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Sarah Honeychurch, Academic and Digital Development, Iyke Ikegwuonu and Margaret Fletcher, Adam Smith Business School

This workshop aims to introduce participants to Team-Based Learning (TBL) by experiencing it as a student would. TBL is a student-centred ‘flipped’ learning and teaching strategy designed to engage students through a process of preparation, assessment and application of knowledge. It shifts the focus of classroom time from conveying course concepts by the instructor to the application of course concepts by student learning teams. It is also a useful model to help students develop team working skills.

Dunedin Consort

Date: Thursday 03 March 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Dunedin Consort Professional Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Early Music BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Let’s Talk About [X]

Date: Tuesday 08 March 2022 - Wednesday 09 March 2022
Time: 11:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Remo online
Speaker: Undergraduate students from the University of Glasgow

Let’s Talk About [X] is the University’s annual conference that showcases the exceptional research carried out by our undergraduates. Students, staff and members of the public all welcome.

Welcome to The National Teaching Repository!

Date: Wednesday 09 March 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Academic and Digital Development and Dr Dawne Irving-Bell, Edge Hill University

The National Teaching Repository (NTR) is an Open Educational Resource, an inclusive, developmental space where anyone with an interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning can share information and knowledge, and access the very best ideas, in a safe and secure way. This session will introduce participants to the NTR and explain how educators can access it as consumers and find resources to use in their own teaching.

Roberto Cassani Trio

Date: Thursday 10 March 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Roberto Cassani Trio Professional Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Jazz / Folk fusion BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Annual University Service

Date: Sunday 13 March 2022
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: Glasgow Cathedral

All members of the University are invited to attend the Annual University Service in Glasgow Cathedral on Sunday 13 March 2022 at 11.00am.

Rubrics to the Rescue? How the Use of Rubrics Can Enhance Assessment of Student Learning and Provision of Feedback

Date: Tuesday 15 March 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis, Academic and Digital Development

This session will look at how the use of rubrics can help enhance the student learning experience. It will provide an overview of how to create sustainable rubrics and how rubrics can be used to help create meaningful, criterion based assessment, and provide more focused feedback to students.

Firelight Trio

Date: Thursday 17 March 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Firelight Trio Thursday Professional Lunchtime Concert Series Genre: Scottish Folk BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Designing Meaningful Assessment to Promote Academic Integrity and Prevent Plagiarism

Date: Tuesday 22 March 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis, Academic and Digital Development

We'll discuss ideas of meaningful assessment and provide examples of what we mean by this. We'll then address meaningful assessment in the context of your own teaching, and help you to consider how you might make the assessments you use throughout a course and/or programme authentic, meaningful and relevant.

McEwen Commission 2021-22: Ailie Robertson

Date: Thursday 24 March 2022
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Academic events
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall

Multi-award winning Scottish composer Ailie Robertson presents the world premiere of her new work, constituting the University of Glasgow McEwen Commission 2021-22. BOOKING ESSENTIAL

NYC Tartan Day Parade and drinks reception

Date: Saturday 09 April 2022
Time: 13:00 - 20:00
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: New York City parade down Sixth Avenue followed by drinks nearby

Save the Date: The New York City Tartan Day Parade returns in 2022!

High-Stakes Assessments: Balancing, Spreading and Mitigating their Impact

Date: Wednesday 20 April 2022
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis, Academic and Digital Development

The University is making efforts to lessen, where appropriate, the large and sometimes disproportionate impact of single or high-stakes assessment pieces on overall course grades. This is an area of active development, and a fuller description of this session's content will follow shortly. In the meantime, the session is open for booking.

Engaging international students in active learning

Date: Tuesday 26 April 2022
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Julia Bohlmann

With rising international student numbers come many inspiring encounters but also potential misalignments of teacher and student expectations. These misalignments apply especially to expectations around how learning should take place and the role teachers and students play in the (co-)construction of knowledge. In order to create more alignment with our students, this session will offer an overview of the specific transition challenges of international students and introduce approaches on how to engage them more actively in their learning and include them in the classroom community as a whole.

Interculturality and the International classroom

Date: Wednesday 11 May 2022
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Julia Bohlmann

Teaching at the University of Glasgow increasingly entails regular interaction with students from a variety of geographical and academic cultures. While this brings enriching and rewarding experiences, the international classroom challenges us as teachers to (re)think how we engage with our students interculturally. This interactive workshop will offer a space to identify and overcome barriers to interculturality – the equitable interaction of diverse cultures – in the classroom.

Once and Future Fantasies Conference

Date: Wednesday 13 July 2022 - Sunday 17 July 2022
Time: 9:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: University of Glasgow
Speaker: Nalo Hopkinson, Professor Dame Marina Warner

Once and Future Fantasies is the first conference co-sponsored by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts to take place outside North America. The conference will be hosted by the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic at the University of Glasgow on 13-17 July 2022. The art of the fantastic has never been more visible than it is today. This conference asks what the fantastic in the arts has to offer at this time of crisis, rooted as it is in the distant and recent past, while remaining extraordinarily sensitive to the shifting landscape of the present and the infinite possibilities of the future.