All University Events

All University Events


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Meet the Chancellor

Date: Thursday 03 December 2020
Time: 9:30 - 10:30
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dame Katherine Grainger, DBE

Hear five-time medal winning Olympian, Dame Katherine Grainger DBE, share her secrets to gold-winning success, her tips for staying motivated in challenging times and what she plans for her new role as University of Glasgow Chancellor, during a live virtual conversation.

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Creative Conversations Damian Barr

Date: Monday 07 December 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom Event
Speaker: Damian Barr

Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr reading and in conversation.

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Creative Conversations with Indigenous Canada: Eden Robinson

Date: Thursday 10 December 2020
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom Event
Speaker: Eden Robinson

Celebrated writer Eden Robinson in conversation with Alexandra Abletshauser as part of Creative Conversations with Indigenous Canada
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Understanding infectious disease transmission and control - a view from the coalface

Date: Thursday 10 December 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Speaker: Professor Christl Donnelly

Over the last 25 years, Prof. Donnelly has been involved in many intensive efforts to understand and control infectious disease threats, including those relating to BSE/vCJD, foot and mouth disease, SARS, pandemic H1N1 influenza, MERS, Ebola (in West Africa and DRC), Zika and now COVID-19. The talk will reflect on what we have learned about controlling public and animal health threats, with particular emphasis on the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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BALEAP Conference: Exploring pedagogical approaches in EAP teaching

Date: Tuesday 06 April 2021 - Saturday 10 April 2021
Time: 8:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: online

English for Academic study at the University of Glasgow is delighted to welcome you to the BALEAP 2021 Conference, which will run in the week commencing 5th April, with an opening on Tuesday the 6th April to Saturday the 10th. Building on the 2019 Leeds conference theme (the practitioner), we aim to provide a forum to explore pedagogies for teaching EAP in different contexts, at different levels, face to face and online, and for EAP teacher development.