Postgraduate Open Day

Date: Thursday 15 November 2018
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Categories: Open days and visits,
Venue: Glasgow University Union (GUU)

Our Postgraduate Open Day offers the perfect opportunity to find out more about our research and taught opportunities.

Approaches: Comparative research (i.e. experiments) and surveys

Date: Thursday 15 November 2018
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session explores the more positivistic side of educational research, such as interventions, pseudo-experiments comparative studies, as well as touching on larger-scale surveys. With a nod to sequential and concurrent designs, we'll discuss the power and limitations of more quantitative scholarship designs, ensuring that you leave with an understanding beyond what might be your own 'typical' methodology.

Music in the University Lunchtime series - Fergus McCreadie Jazz

Date: Thursday 15 November 2018
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Admission free without ticket and subject to seating capacity of Hall - funded by the Ferguson Bequest.

Estonia Now: From 1918 to 2018 and Beyond

Date: Thursday 15 November 2018
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre

This year, the Republic of Estonia celebrates its 100th anniversary. As part of these celebrations Ambassador Tiina Intelmann will deliver insights into the Estonian way of life, people and politics.

Estonia Now: Screening of Rodeo

Date: Thursday 15 November 2018
Time: 18:00 - 19:40
Categories: Films and theatre,
Venue: Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre

Register now for an exclusive screening of the 2018 documentary Rodeo taking place on Thursday 15 November 2018. The film is set in the years following the first free elections in Estonia.

Glasgow Marrow Presents: The Patient Story

Date: Thursday 15 November 2018
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Room 213, St Andrews Building

Glasgow Marrow presents a unique evening of inspirational talks to raise awareness of and dispel myths associated with stem cell transplantation.

Creative Conversations

Date: Tuesday 18 September 2018 - Monday 10 December 2018
Categories: Exhibitions,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum

Date: Friday 28 September 2018 - Sunday 06 January 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions,
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum marks the William Hunter Tercentenary – 300 years since the birth Hunterian founder, Dr William Hunter (1718-1783).This major exhibition not only offers a critical examination of Hunter - a man of exceptional vision who saw no boundaries between art and science - but explores his life, character and career as well as his research, collection and links to Glasgow.

Philosophy in Cicero's speeches

Date: Wednesday 03 October 2018 - Wednesday 20 March 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: room 208, John McIntyre Building

Lecture part of the Humanities Lecture Series. All welcome.

Lecture Series: Modernity and the Syrian Christians of Malabar

Date: Wednesday 07 November 2018 - Wednesday 21 November 2018
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: 4 The Square Ground Seminar Room 205

Three lectures on the transformation of the Syrian Christian community of the Malabar Coast, South India, under the weight of modernity through the routes of migrations, land reclamation and agrarian expansion. The lectures explore the historical context that engendered a land-centric development discourse, its technologies of legitimisation and the cultural imaginations around this exigent material change. At a broader level, it also insinuate at the apparently conflicting orientations--local and imperial/global, religious and secular, traditional and modern, and pre-political and political--involved in the production of modern subjectivities in the erstwhile colonies of the global South.

RET 5 - SF only: influencing others and demonstrating effectiveness

Date: Friday 16 November 2018
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

For RET Senior Fellowship applicants must address Descriptor 3, criterion vii: Successful co-ordination, support, supervision, management and/or mentoring of others (whether individuals and/or teams) in relation to teaching and learning.   This workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on and make explicit their approach to coordinating, supporting, supervising, managing and/or mentoring colleagues, whether in formal or informal relationships.  The workshop will help you begin to consider how this aspect of your practice can be demonstrated in your Senior Fellowship application, whether in a written submission or in professional dialogue. Specific guidance on preparation for the professional dialogue will be included. 

GRAMNet Annual Lecture: Reflections on the Framing of and Responses to the Refugee ‘Crisis’ in Europe

Date: Friday 16 November 2018
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical School Building

This lecture looks at the notion of ‘crisis’ in refugee studies, in particular examining the events of 2015 as framed in Europe as ‘the refugee crisis’. While that framing is open to challenge empirically, politically and ethically, it has nonetheless been resonant and powerful. The lecture is prompted by the question: Why do some ‘crises’ generate significant change, while others seem to paralyse?

Philosophy Alumni Event

Date: Saturday 17 November 2018
Time: 14:00 - 17:30
Categories: Alumni events,
Venue: Glasgow university Union

Alumni Event for Philosophy graduates

Kelvin Ensemble: John Grant, Conductor

Date: Sunday 18 November 2018
Time: 14:30
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Bute Hall

Programme - Shostakovich Festive Overture, Grieg Peer Gynt Suites no.1 & 2 and Brahms Symphony No.2 in D.

Tickets are available online at www.kelvin-ensemble.co.uk or available on the door. Information also available at https://www.facebook.com/kelvinensemble/

Television Co-Writers Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp

Date: Monday 19 November 2018
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Simon Carlyle (Boy Meets Girl, Benidorm, Bad Education) and Gregor Sharp (No Holds Bard, Piano Lessons, Fran’s People) are co-writers and creators of BBC 2’s successful sit-com Two Doors Down, filmed in locations around Glasgow and at BBC Scotland’s Dumbarton studios.

GRAMNet Seminar Series

Date: Monday 19 November 2018
Time: 15:30 - 16:30
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Gannochy Seminar Room, Wolfson Medical School Building

Competing Political Imaginaries and the Contested Image: How can we understand the past?

The Role of the Civic University

Date: Monday 19 November 2018
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre

Former Head of the UK Civil Service and Chair of the Civic University Commission Lord Bob Kerslake will deliver a Policy Scotland lecture on 'The Role of the Civic University'

Methods: undertaking online research

Date: Tuesday 20 November 2018
Time: 12:30 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session focuses on gathering data for research projects through the internet. It covers the use of online surveys, email data collection, the use of virtual documents, and the role that social media can play in your research project. It also highlights issues of data protection when it comes to undertaking research online.

University of Glasgow Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations V

Date: Tuesday 20 November 2018
Time: 18:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Open Access for publications and the REF: lunchtime talk

Date: Wednesday 21 November 2018
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: Library 249a Kelvin Theatre

This lunchtime talk will explain what you need to do in order to make your publications open access, and ensure that they are eligible for REF. We will also address funders' requirements and open access for research data.

Prof Louise Stoll: Catalysts - designing research-informed resources to stimulate deep change.

Date: Wednesday 21 November 2018
Time: 1745 - 1900
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre

Policy Scotland and the Robert Owen Centre are are delighted to welcome Louise Stoll, Professor of Professional Learning at UCL Institute of Education, London to deliver a lecture; Catalysts - designing research-informed resources to stimulate deep change.

LGBT Staff & PG Network - Welcome Back with Gerrie Douglas-Scott

Date: Wednesday 21 November 2018
Time: 17:30 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures, Social events,
Venue: Hunterian Museum

Join us in the stunning surroundings of the Hunterian Museum as we invite UofG alumna Gerrie Douglas-Scott as our guest speaker. Gerrie is one half of the first lesbian couple to marry when it became legal for same sex couples in Scotland in 2014. Since then they have gone on to become a Humanist celebrant, conducting ceremonies marking landmark moments for others. Gerrie will share with us her experiences of navigating such a varied life and career.

RET 6: Identifying evidence and engaging with scholarship

Date: Thursday 22 November 2018
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

Central to all RET applications is reflective analysis of what applicants do in terms of teaching and/or supporting learning.  Without concrete examples of impact, writing about teaching can become a series of assertions.  Using written examples we will discuss  some key features of convincing evidence of good teaching. In addition, we will consider how teaching can be enhanced by engaging with existing scholarship of learning and teaching. 

The UK Circuits and Systems (UKCAS) Workshop

Date: Thursday 22 November 2018
Time: 11:00 - 17:30
Categories: Conferences,
Venue: The Senate Room, Main Building

The UK Circuits and Systems (UKCAS) workshop will provide ample opportunities for knowledge exchange and explore joint collaborations between various participants from UK universities through lectures and field visits covering various areas in the supply chain of the emerging technologies and integrated systems.

Music in the University Lunchtime series - Ryan Corbett, accordion

Date: Thursday 22 November 2018
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Young prizewinner, Ryan Corbett, will play a programme to include transcriptions of music by Bach, Scarlatti and Rameau alongside music of the 20th Century Russian Bayan school.

Admission free and subject to seating capacity of Hall - Funded by the Ferguson Bequest.

GCEC Seminar: Towards submarine landslides and their consequences

Date: Thursday 22 November 2018
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: Rankine Building: 514

The simulation of submarine landslides and their consequences has been a long-standing challenge. This is majorly owing to the strong coupling among sliding sediments, seawater and infrastructure as well as the induced extreme material deformation. In this talk, a novel continuum approach – the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) will be introduced with emphasis on its capability for stability analysis of submarine slopes. It will be shown that the complete process of potential submarine slope failure can be predicted in a single simulation using this approach with the direct threat to a nearby pipeline and indirect threat by generating tsunami being estimated.

Jewish Rebels from Glasgow and Beyond: Celebrated in Song, Poetry, History and Prose

Date: Thursday 22 November 2018
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures,
Venue: The Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Part of Book Week Scotland. Come and enjoy music, poetry and talks to celebrate Jewish Rebels from Glasgow and beyond.

Playwright, Screenwriter and Theatre Director Zinnie Harris

Date: Monday 26 November 2018
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Zinnie Harris is a playwright, screenwriter and theatre director.

What can Strictly Come Dancing teach us about assessment & feedback (not to mention The X Factor)?

Date: Tuesday 27 November 2018
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

The judging on Strictly Come Dancing is probably how the largest cross-section of the public are exposed to what we would call assessment and feedback. The way marks are awarded, decisions are made and feedback given can give an insight into how we assess and feedback on student work. We'll use examples from these shows to start a conversation about how we assess, the feedback we give, and what we might expect students to do with it. The session may help colleagues understand why students don’t always do what we would like them to do with the feedback we give.

Meet the Anatomy Experts: The Anatomy of Pregnancy and the Gravid Uterus

Date: Tuesday 27 November 2018
Time: 17:30
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery Lecture Theatre

William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum marks the William Hunter Tercentenary – 300 years since the birth of Hunterian founder, Dr William Hunter (1718-1783). This 'Meet the Anatomy Expert' special event provides an accessible insight into some of the medical themes contained within this outstanding display.

RET 7: PF only – Demonstrating strategic leadership of teaching/supporting learning in HE

Date: Wednesday 28 November 2018
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

To be recognised as a RET Principal Fellow applicants must demonstrate a “sustained record of effective strategic leadership in academic practice and academic development as a key contribution to high quality student learning” This workshop will provide opportunities to discuss Descriptor D4 of the UKPSF and identify the types of evidence appropriate for demonstrating that your practice aligns with D4.  Advice will be provided to help you write the Documentary Submission and the process of the follow up interview will be explained.   

Approaches: Ethnography and Case Studies

Date: Wednesday 28 November 2018
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

Ethnography is a method of investigation that looks at the situation (in this case, the teaching scenario) from the point of view of the culture and behaviour of the subjects being studied. This session will explore what ethnography is, how it works as a research approach in an educational context, what methods are related to ethnography, and some of the principles of ethnographic research. The session also introduces case studies as a methodology and explores their purpose within research and scholarship in higher education.

Methods: carrying out observations

Date: Thursday 29 November 2018
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session offers an overview of the principles of observation as a research method. We'll discuss issues around observation bias, interference with the observed, 'going native', and the significance of data derived through observation.

Music in the University Lunchtime series - Catriona McKay (clarsach), Chris Stout (Shetland fiddle)

Date: Thursday 29 November 2018
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall - TBC

World renowned musical partnership, Catriona and Chris, are delighted to return to the lunchtime series to perform a concert for St Andrew’s Day.

Admission free and subject to seating capacity of Hall - Funded by the Ferguson Bequest.

Exciting with Light

Date: Thursday 29 November 2018
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Room 257, Kelvin Building, School of Physics and Astronomy

Institute of Physics Scotland public lecture in Glasgow. "Exciting with Light: Cardiac optogenetics combines targeted gene delivery and illumination to optically manipulate cardiac activity".

NYC UofG Alumni Association Launch Event

Date: Thursday 29 November 2018
Time: 19:00 - 21:30
Categories: Alumni events,
Venue: citizenM New York Bowery Hotel

Join us at the brand new citizenM Hotel in the Lower East Side for the launch of the NYC University of Glasgow Alumni Association. Over the course of the evening you will have the opportunity to view the hotel owner's art collection, whilst taking in the city with drinks and nibbles in the roof top bar.

Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues: QMU50

Date: Friday 30 November 2018 - Saturday 01 December 2018
Time: 19:30 - 02:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: Queen Margaret Union

On 30th November, the anniversary of the legendary 1991 Nirvana gig, Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues will tell the story of the QMU's musical legacy through a mixture of song, spoken word, and a live video essay made up of archive images and written testimonials sent in by the public. We're delighted to have Glasgow’s favourite glam rockers on board for our birthday party. It promises to be glamtastic in every department!

Night at the Museum: Comics Scotland

Date: Saturday 01 December 2018
Time: 19:00 - 22:00
Categories: Social events,
Venue: Hunterian Museum

Comics Scotland is an exploration of Scotland's illustrious history in the development of comics. This unique free event at the Hunterian Museum celebrates ‘St. Andrew’s Fair Saturday 2018’. With stalls, guest speakers and a cosplay competition, there is something for everyone!

Madrigirls Advent Service by Candlelight

Date: Sunday 02 December 2018
Time: 20:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Madrigirls present their annual service of carols and readings for Advent.

Admission free and subject to seating capacity of Chapel.

2nd Visualisation in Science Conference 2018

Date: Monday 03 December 2018
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences,
Venue: Kelvin Hall Conference Suite

Following on from the success of last year’s event, we will be hosting the 2nd Annual Visualisation in Science (Vis) Conference on the 3rd December 2018 at the Kelvin Hall Conference Suite. This conference is open to all staff and students in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (MVLS) who are interested in visualisation techniques in science, or whose work relates to what we do in MVLS. The purpose of the conference is to start an open dialogue and showcase the digital work we are involved in across MVLS.

Introduction to Active Learning

Date: Monday 03 December 2018
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

With the campus redevelopment under way, an increasing number of rooms are being built or adapted to give you greater flexibility in your modes of teaching. This session gives an introduction to active learning and examines the concept of Glasgow's learning spaces, both physical and online. It introduces the resources generated through the MALT (Moodle Active Learning and Teaching) LTDF project, which demonstrate how active learning can be used creatively to facilitate face-to-face, blended, and online learning. These resources include material to support co-operative and collaborative approaches to teaching, learning, and also assessment - all underpinned by the values of active learning.

Novelist Ann Cleeves

Date: Monday 03 December 2018
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Ann Cleeves is the author of over thirty critically acclaimed novels, and in 2017 was awarded the highest accolade in crime writing, the CWA Diamond Dagger.

Supervising Arts & SocSci Dissertation Students (UG & PGT)

Date: Tuesday 04 December 2018
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

The purpose of this session is to give staff a clearer understanding of the challenges and obstacles encountered by dissertation students. We'll consider common issues met by students as they transition through their dissertation, as well as the student perception of support offered by supervisors. By considering the research process from the point of view of the inexperienced student, we can better support their academic performance.

Open Access for publications and the REF: lunchtime talk

Date: Thursday 06 December 2018
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Courses,
Venue: Library 249a Kelvin Theatre

This lunchtime talk will explain what you need to do in order to make your publications open access, and ensure that they are eligible for REF. We will also address funders' requirements and open access for research data.

Supervising CoSE and MVLS Dissertation Students (UG & PGT)

Date: Thursday 06 December 2018
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

The purpose of this session is to give staff a clearer understanding of the challenges and obstacles encountered by dissertation students. We'll consider common issues met by students as they transition through their dissertation, as well as the student perception of support offered by supervisors. By considering the research process from the point of view of the inexperienced student, we can better support their academic performance.

London Carol Concert

Date: Thursday 06 December 2018
Time: 19:00 - 21:30
Categories: Alumni events,
Venue: St. Columba's Church of Scotland, Pont Street, London

Join us for our second London Carol Concert on Thursday 6 December 2018 at St. Columba's Church of Scotland on Pont Street, London.

University Service of Nine Lessons & Carols

Date: Sunday 09 December 2018
Time: 18:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Singer-Songwriter Karine Polwart

Date: Monday 10 December 2018
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer Of The Year 2018, Karine Polwart is a multi-award-winning Scottish songwriter and musician, as well as a theatre maker, storyteller, spoken-word performer and published essayist.

University Family Carol Service with Chapel Choir & Kevin Bowyer (organ)

Date: Tuesday 11 December 2018
Time: 18:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Beyond the Bookstack: Behind the Scenes in Hunter's Library

Date: Wednesday 12 December 2018
Time: 15:00 - 18:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures, Academic events,
Venue: Meet at Hunterian Art Gallery

William Hunter amassed an incredible library of 10,000 books and manuscripts. Often cited as one of the finest 18th century libraries to remain intact, the exhibition William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum features many of its wonderful treasures, now in the care of the Library's Special Collections. Go behind the scenes at this event.

Dunedin Consort: Beginning of the Revolution, Director John Butt

Date: Monday 07 January 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music,
Venue: Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow

A Programme of the Music to be played under the direction of Mr. Arnold / Dolmetsch, at 6, Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, on Tuesday afternoon, / 18 February, 1896, at / 5 o’clock.
Every chapter of history has its turning point, every revolution its leader. The revival of historically informed performance - the lifeblood of what we do at Dunedin Consort - owes much to Arnold Dolmetsch, a fanatical instrument collector who in pioneering the early music revival of the late-nineteenth century ‘opened the door to a forgotten treasure-house of beauty’. Join us as we recreate one of the performances that kick-started this remarkable revolution, where music by Purcell, Handel, Kuhnau and Rameau was rendered in full colour once more thanks to Dolmetsch’s unique insights into period performance.

Ticket information TBC.

London Burns Supper

Date: Friday 11 January 2019
Time: 18:30 - 23:30
Categories: Alumni events,
Venue: The Caledonian Club, Belgravia, London

To celebrate the life, works and spirit of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, join us on Friday 11 January for our annual London Burns Supper.

Planning for MOOCS (the course design process)

Date: Monday 14 January 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

In this session, participants will gain a deeper understanding into the important role that MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) play at Glasgow. We'll explore the current direction of MOOCs, focus on the processes of announcing, designing and running a MOOC, and investigate the impact they've had on our face-to-face learners along with how they support our distance programmes. Drawing on examples from all four colleges, this workshop will appeal to teachers and teaching support staff from any discipline.

RET 1: Peer Observation of Teaching

Date: Wednesday 16 January 2019
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

Receiving feedback on teaching is a key CPD process, and applications to the RET experience-based route in the Associate Fellow, Fellow and Senior Fellow categories require that you demonstrate commitment to Peer Observation of Teaching. We will present the recommended Peer Observation process and we will discuss the strengths and challenges of being observed as well as the types of feedback likely to be most useful. There will be an opportunity to consider how best to demonstrate reflection in response to an observation.

Introduction to RET

Date: Thursday 17 January 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This workshop will introduce participants to RET and how it relates to the UKPSF. Participants will be asked to assess current practice against the descriptors of the UKPSF and, through discussion, consider which category of recognition is most appropriate. The stages of preparing and submitting a RET application will be described and participants will identify the next step in the process.

Methods: conducting interviews

Date: Monday 21 January 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

In publishing scholarship of teaching and learning, interviews allow you to get deeper responses than surveys, and also to follow up based on initial answers. This workshop is aimed at anyone undertaking research interviews for the first time. We'll examine aspects such as preparing good interview questions, choosing effective interview environments, having relevant documentation, and approaches to recording interviews.

RET 2: Writing about teaching

Date: Thursday 24 January 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

The session will look at identifying case studies by mapping, and then discuss reflective writing about teaching in relation to those case studies. It will use examples of good, and poor, reflective writing and participants will have the opportunity to begin writing some of their own reflections.

Writing aims and ILOs

Date: Tuesday 29 January 2019
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session will introduce the concept of Constructive Alignment and will then use a workshop format to explore well (and poorly) written Aims and ILOs. Finally, participants will review and enhance Aims and ILOs from their own discipline and/or Aims/ILOs they are currently drafting. 

RET 3: Professional values

Date: Wednesday 30 January 2019
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session will introduce participants to the professional values in the UK Professional Standards Framework, and encourage them to think about how their academic practice aligns with each of the four values.

Adapting your teaching for Glasgow's new active learning spaces

Date: Wednesday 30 January 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: Hugh Fraser Room, Wolfson Medical School Building

Glasgow has equipped an increasing number of rooms as Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) spaces. These teaching spaces will become an integral part of the campus redevelopment, and so this session draws on the experience of teaching staff who have already successfully used them. The session introduces the concept of active teaching and learning in these environments to promote student collaboration and problem-solving, and gives you a chance to hear about successful teaching approaches (and perhaps also warnings!). As this takes place in a TEAL space, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with it from the student perspective.

On parity of esteem for teaching and research: prestige, recognition, values and inequality

Date: Thursday 31 January 2019
Time: 12:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

Having worked on tackling the parity question for over twenty years, Professor Gwen van der Velden (Warwick) discusses some of the underpinning values of academic status and esteem. In a one hour seminar Gwen will relate esteem to the academic prestige economy, hidden inequality and seeks to redefine implicit and often historic values that support the divide between research and teaching. After the formal seminar a two hour roundtable will be offered to explore some of the issue in more depth and discuss realistic ways to change existing patterns.

Using digital storytelling for teaching, learning and assessment

Date: Tuesday 05 February 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: 253 Gilbert Scott Conference Suite (Main Building)

(Note change from original venue in Southpark House) Digital storytelling is a way of using your digital literacy to develop interesting and engaging ways of teaching, both face-to-face or online, by creating videos that we can use as a basis for sharing knowledge. It is therefore suitable for all subjects and disciplines. This session introduces the concept and looks at what makes a good digital story. You'll get an insight into the processes involved (and tips for addressing these), and the tools available to support you to develop digital storytelling for your teaching.

RET 4: Evaluating your teaching

Date: Tuesday 05 February 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This workshop will explore ways to evaluate your teaching and support of learning to encourage reflective practice. It will help RET participants to develop their applications for RET Fellowship in any category.

Approaches: Grounded Theory and Practitioner Enquiry

Date: Wednesday 06 February 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

In contrast to research that starts with a hypothesis, “Grounded Theory is a form of qualitative research developed [...] for the purpose of constructing theory” from the observations upwards (Corbin, 2017). This session is a brief introduction to the principles of Grounded Theory, and its applicability to educational scholarship.

Methods: engaging in self-reflection (reflective logs, autoethnography)

Date: Thursday 07 February 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This explores some of the ways a member of teaching staff could research and evaluate their own teaching practice. It covers a variety of self-reflective approaches e.g. reflective journals, self-narrative research, and introduces the reflexive method of analytic autoethnography.

Chicago Burns Supper

Date: Saturday 09 February 2019
Time: 18:30 - 23:00
Categories: Social events, Alumni events,
Venue: The University Club of Chicago

To celebrate the life, works, and spirit of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, the University of Glasgow International Office are hosting a Burns Supper at The University Club of Chicago on Saturday 9 February.

Introduction to Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET)

Date: Monday 11 February 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This workshop will introduce participants to RET and how it relates to the UKPSF. Participants will be asked to assess current practice against the descriptors of the UKPSF and, through discussion, consider which category of recognition is most appropriate. The stages of preparing and submitting a RET application will be described and participants will identify the next step in the process.

Assessment design

Date: Tuesday 12 February 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session will introduce the concept of Constructive Alignment and will then use a workshop format to build on current (or anticipated) Aims and ILOs and address how the ILOs can be assessed. The workshop will look at a variety of assessment types and their pros and cons. Participants will be invited to consider the design of their own courses/programmes. 

Decolonising the curriculum: why and how?

Date: Friday 15 February 2019
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session will look at the growing imperative in HE Institutions to challenge assumptions about racial and civilisational hierarchies and their impact on academic study. The session will consider, through discussion and practical activities, why it might be important to challenge the historical contexts of knowledge and how, through considering course content, including biographies, you might make small changes to courses that can represent a more diverse student population and engage all students in challenging assumptions about knowledge.

Los Angeles Burns Supper

Date: Saturday 16 February 2019
Time: 18:30 - 23:00
Categories: Social events, Alumni events,
Venue: The Kimpton Everly Hotel

To celebrate the life, works, and spirit of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, the University of Glasgow International Office are hosting a Burns Supper in The Kimpton Everly Hotel on Saturday 16 February.

Lecture 1: The Archaeological Clock

Date: Monday 18 February 2019
Time: 18:30 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures,
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre

In this talk, I will discuss the temporal structure of the archaeological record and the question of scale. Issues such as temporal resolution, time averaging and the long-term all intersect and raise questions about the appropriate time scale of archaeological analysis.

The dos and don'ts of Creating Online Video

Date: Wednesday 20 February 2019
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

The Media & Digital Development experts in LEADS will take you through the basics of practical videography and explore the best use of software and equipment available for creating your own content. They'll also give you an introduction on how to prepare and work with our team on developing professional videos.

RET 5 - SF only: influencing others and demonstrating effectiveness

Date: Thursday 21 February 2019
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

For RET Senior Fellowship applicants must address Descriptor 3, criterion vii: Successful co-ordination, support, supervision, management and/or mentoring of others (whether individuals and/or teams) in relation to teaching and learning. This workshop will provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on and make explicit their approach to coordinating, supporting, supervising, managing and/or mentoring colleagues, whether in formal or informal relationships. The workshop will help you begin to consider how this aspect of your practice can be demonstrated in your Senior Fellowship application, whether in a written submission or in professional dialogue. Specific guidance on preparation for the professional dialogue will be included.

Methods: facilitating focus groups

Date: Thursday 21 February 2019
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

Focus groups let you examine your participants' experience of a teaching situation in more depth than a survey, and with more data sources than a one-on-one interview. This introduction to how and why to use focus groups for data collection covers how to prepare for facilitating them, and includes some of the key issues to consider in focus group design, such as sampling and planning issues, as well as anticipating problems.

Spielberg in the Classroom: Incorporating Rich Media in Active Learning

Date: Wednesday 27 February 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session is aimed at anyone planning for blended or online learning, and who want to create videos as part of these resources. There will be a showcase of a variety of resources from Glasgow's MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and courses sponsodered by BOLD funding (Blended and OnLine Delivery - an internal funding initiative spread over the past several years).

Problem-based learning: a model for active learning used at Glasgow

Date: Thursday 28 February 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

In this workshop we'll explore the use of PBL as a small-group teaching method which promotes self-directed independent learning. This is an interactive and practice-based workshop, providing examples, ideas and tools to support staff who are thinking about developing this type of teaching. Traditionally used in medicine, we'll consider how this approach can be of benefit to students from a wide variety of disciplines.

Establishing a mindful classroom (supporting mental health)

Date: Monday 04 March 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

University can have unexpected impacts on a student's mental health. This session considers how we can teach in a way that is mindful of this.

Supervising doctoral students’ writing

Date: Tuesday 05 March 2019
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This seminar will explore the idea of using a range of approaches to help postgraduate students develop academic writing skills and strategies, so that they can complete their theses on time and, where appropriate, publish during the doctorate. We can discuss the pros and cons of different strategies and their potential at different stages.

RET 6: Identifying evidence and engaging with scholarship

Date: Friday 08 March 2019
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

Central to all RET applications is reflective analysis of what applicants do in terms of teaching and/or supporting learning. Without concrete examples of impact, writing about teaching can become a series of assertions. Using written examples we will discuss some key features of convincing evidence of good teaching. In addition, we will consider how teaching can be enhanced by engaging with existing scholarship of learning and teaching.

RET 7: PF only – Demonstrating strategic leadership of teaching/supporting learning in HE

Date: Monday 11 March 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

To be recognised as a RET Principal Fellow applicants must demonstrate a “sustained record of effective strategic leadership in academic practice and academic development as a key contribution to high quality student learning” This workshop will provide opportunities to discuss Descriptor D4 of the UKPSF and identify the types of evidence appropriate for demonstrating that your practice aligns with D4. Advice will be provided to help you write the Documentary Submission and the process of the follow up interview will be explained.

Designing authentic assessment to promote academic integrity and prevent plagiarism

Date: Monday 11 March 2019
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

We'll discuss ideas of authentic assessment and provide examples of what we mean by this. We'll then address authentic 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 and relevant.

7th Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Degeneration Meeting

Date: Monday 11 March 2019 - Thursday 14 March 2019
Time: 16:00 - 13:00
Categories: Conferences,
Venue: Lodge on Loch Lomond

The 7th Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Degeneration meeting is the latest in a biannual series focusing specifically on axon degeneration disorders and the underlying mechanisms. It attracts an excellent list of speakers, offers a friendly atmosphere for discussion and hosts around 100 delegates and speakers from all over the world.

Using Mahara for online portfolios

Date: Tuesday 12 March 2019
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

Portofolio assessment is useful in letting students show (and reflect on) their progression through a course, and it provides multiple small opportunities for them to stay engaged as the course goes by. This session introduces the e-portfolio tool Mahara. We'll look at what the tool offers, why you might want to use it, and examples of how it is being used with students in the School of law.

Using Moodle for designing flipped learning

Date: Tuesday 19 March 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: Room 1022, Library

Flipping the Classroom means asking students to engage with content (such as videos, articles, activities) before class, meaning that classroom time can be used to explore concepts more collaboratively and dialogically. This session is delivered via flipped learning using Moodle, and encourages you to engage with the material online and then attend a three-hour workshop when you can come along and we will support you in developing flipped classroom resources that you can implement in your own practice.

Peer review tools for your students (Moodle, Aropä, Peerwise)

Date: Wednesday 20 March 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This session will address the topic of peer assessment and will attempt to answer the following questions: What is peer assessment? What can it be used for? Can it be used summatively or just formatively? In terms of enabling technologies, the session will introduce participants to Aropä, PeerWise and Moodle Workshop for peer assessment, and we will encourage staff to consider how they might use these tools in pedagogically effective ways to promote students’ active learning and collaboration.Although the session will mainly draw on examples from Life Sciences, examples of peer assessment in other disciplines will be highlighted. Therefore, the workshop will be applicable to staff from any college looking to introduce peer assessment in their courses.

Introduction to Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET)

Date: Tuesday 16 April 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events,
Venue: LEADS teaching room, Southpark House

This workshop will introduce participants to RET and how it relates to the UKPSF. Participants will be asked to assess current practice against the descriptors of the UKPSF and, through discussion, consider which category of recognition is most appropriate. The stages of preparing and submitting a RET application will be described and participants will identify the next step in the process.