All University Events

All University Events


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Linguistic and cultural diversity, and inclusive assessment

Date: Wednesday 29 January 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Angela Gayton

How can staff awareness be raised of the fundamental role that language plays in ensuring inclusive assessment practice? In responding to this question, this session identifies common communicative issues and obstacles in assessment practices in HE, within the wider context of increasing linguistic and cultural diversity among student cohorts.
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New Music for (Very) Old Instruments

Date: Wednesday 29 January 2020
Time: 17:15 - 18:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Academic events
Venue: 14 University Gardens, University of Glasgow G12 8QL
Speaker: Fabrice Fitch, Royal Music Association

Royal Musical Association Research Colloquia at the University of Glasgow

Call and Response: The University of Glasgow and Slavery

Date: Monday 26 August 2019 - Tuesday 31 March 2020
Time: 09:00 - 17.00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Inspired by African and Scottish storytelling, this exhibition invites reactions and responses to the histories of enslaved people and their role in the university’s story. The archives, books and objects collected by previous generations illustrate how staff and students changed the world. What we decided to keep reflects where we have come from. How can we reinterpret our collections to tell a more inclusive story? Visit the exhibition and your response to be part of this difficult but necessary conversation.
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GUGA: Slighe gu Gàidhlig / Exploring Gaelic Identities

Date: Friday 11 October 2019 - Sunday 02 February 2020
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

This new exhibition considers what Gaelic identity means in 21st century Scotland and presents objects, books and manuscripts associated with Gaelic language and culture.
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Alex Impey -Gnostic Cautery

Date: Friday 15 November 2019 - Sunday 23 February 2020
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

Alex Impey is a Glasgow-based artist whose practice ranges from drawing to sculpture and writing. For this solo exhibition at The Hunterian, Impey has made new work in sculpture and video. These works extend an interest in themes of biology and technology that is a consistent feature of his practice.
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Exploration: From Deep Time to Outer Space

Date: Friday 20 December 2019 - Sunday 15 March 2020
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Museum

Many of the most interesting and scientifically valuable natural sciences collections are the legacy of amazing expeditions. This exhibition reveals fascinating tales of expedition triumph and tragedy.

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Chinese Mandarin Classes at the Confucius Institute

Date: Tuesday 21 January 2020 - Saturday 14 March 2020
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Courses
Venue: University of Glasgow
Speaker: Confucius Institute

Enrolment is now open for our Chinese Mandarin classes starting on January 21 for eight weeks.

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Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: Ruth Morley (flute), Scott Mitchell (piano)

Date: Thursday 30 January 2020
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Funded by the Ferguson Bequest - admission free without ticket and subject to seating capacity.
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Night at the Museum of Anatomy - The Evolution of Anatomical Education

Date: Thursday 30 January 2020
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures
Venue: Anatomy Facility, Thomson Building, University of Glasgow
Speaker: Professor Stuart McDonald and multiple speakers at the stalls

The much-anticipated Night at the Museum of Anatomy series is back in a slightly different format, and with an invited speaker as well as the usual stalls! We have teamed up with our friends and partners at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) and also the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) to bring this event to you. This year we are delighted to welcome our esteemed colleague Professor Stuart McDonald along who will give a talk prior to the viewing of the stalls.
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Boston Burns Supper 2020

Date: Friday 31 January 2020
Time: 18:30 - 23:30
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: Hilton Boston Back Bay
Speaker: Dr. Clark McGinn

Book here: http://www.alumni.gla.ac.uk/2020-Boston-Burns-Supper This evening will be hosted by senior University staff and Dr. Clark McGinn, graduate and Burns Scholar (MA 1983, PhD), who will deliver his enthralling Address to the Haggis and Toast to the Immortal Memory. Tickets are £80 per person for alumni and guests. We have a special discount for alumni from the last 10 years (graduating in 2009 and onwards) where tickets are £40 per head. Tickets include a drinks reception, a four-course meal and ceilidh.

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Washington D.C. Burns Supper 2020

Date: Saturday 01 February 2020
Time: 18:30 - 23:30
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: University Club of Washington D.C.
Speaker: Dr. Clark McGinn

The evening will be hosted by senior University staff and Dr. Clark McGinn, graduate and Burns Scholar (MA 1983, PhD), who will deliver his enthralling Address to the Haggis and Toast to the Immortal Memory. Tickets are £80 per person for alumni and guests. We have a special discount for alumni from the last 10 years (graduating in 2009 and onwards) where tickets are £40 per head. Tickets include a drinks reception, a four-course meal and ceilidh. Book here: http://www.alumni.gla.ac.uk/2020-washington-d.c-burns-supper-
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Service of Baptism

Date: Sunday 02 February 2020
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Rev Stuart MacQuarrie

All are welcome to join us for the Service of Holy Baptism with the Rev Stuart MacQuarrie, Chaplain to the University and the Chapel Choir in the beautiful Memorial Chapel.
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Nicky Melville: Poet and Artist

Date: Monday 03 February 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Nick-e Melville

Nick-e Melville is our guest for Creative Conversations this week. Experimenting with and interrogating the imperatives of language, his work bridges visual and concrete poetics. Since 2010 he has had ten publications released, including a poster poem and a badge; his most recent book is ABBODIES (sad press 2017) and he was anthologised in the international collection of visual poetry The New Concrete (Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2015). Free and all welcome.
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Behind the Silk Screen

Date: Monday 03 February 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Sir Charles Wilson Building
Speaker: David Rosier

Public lecture on Dowager Empress Cixi (1835-1908) and her role in Chinese history.

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The Big Brave with Formula 1 Engineer

Date: Tuesday 04 February 2020
Time: 14:30 - 15:30
Categories: Student events, Sports events
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building, 201 LT
Speaker: Peter Prodromou

Peter Prodromou is a Formula 1 Engineer and has worked for some of the biggest teams in the sport having spent many years with both McLaren Racing and Redbull. He first started at McLaren in 1991 as a junior Aerodynamicist and worked his way up to Chief Aerodynamicist. Between 1991 and 2006 he was part of the McLaren team that won championships in 1991, 1998 and 1999. In between two spells with McLaren he spent 8 years as a Chief Aerodynamicist for Redbull Racing F1 team where they won 4 championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013.
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The Careers Day

Date: Wednesday 05 February 2020
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: GU Union
Speaker: N/A

Job vacancies, career advice, practical talks, profile picture photo shoot plus a whole lot more…. With the academic year creeping to an end, make sure you don’t miss out! Right on your door step, taking over the GUU is, The Careers Day.

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Reading Academic Texts: Addressing Challenges Second Language Readers Face

Date: Wednesday 05 February 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Anneli Williams, Carole Macdiarmid

This session will consider approaches to helping students using English as a second language deal with reading complex academic texts. We will outline the challenges academic reading pose, strategies that can facilitate more effective reading, and provide practical examples of approaches we have embedded on PGT courses in English for Academic Study.
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Kiki - Film Screening

Date: Wednesday 05 February 2020
Time: 19:00 - 21:30
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Join us to watch this documentary looking at vogue and ballroom culture, part of LGBT History Month
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Assessing your Assessment: Creating Inclusive Assessment Tasks

Date: Thursday 06 February 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder

This session will allow participants to evaluate their assessment tasks and think about enhancements that could make these assessments more inclusive. This session will include some quick tips and easy enhancements, as well as a focus on what it means to create manageable and sustainable assessment and feedback practices that are inclusive, responsive, and are supported by academic policies and processes.
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Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: Fergus McCreadie Trio

Date: Thursday 06 February 2020
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall

The Fergus McCreadie Trio play an innovative blend of jazz and Scottish traditional music. Improvisational freedom clashes with the rugged beauty of Scottish landscape to create a space where an audience can languish in the vivid imagery of Scotland's scenery. Admission free without ticket, and subject to seating capacity. Funded by the Ferguson Bequest.
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Open Access books with OAPEN and Springer Nature

Date: Friday 07 February 2020
Time: 12:00 - 16:00
Categories: Conferences, Academic events, Courses
Venue: Meeting Room, 6 University Gardens

OAPEN, in partnership with Springer Nature, invites researchers to join a workshop to develop a toolkit for authors publishing an open access book. The workshop will consider Researcher attitudes towards OA book publishing and common ways to support OA that could be extended to OA books.
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2020 St Petersburg Florida Alumni Gathering

Date: Saturday 08 February 2020
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: St. Petersburg Yacht Club,11 Central Ave, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33701

Join #TeamUofG at St Petersburg Yacht Club for a relaxed Alumni gathering.

Choose the Right Rights, Use the Data Right

Date: Monday 10 February 2020
Time: 10:30 - 15:00
Categories: Conferences, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Hilton Grosvenor, 1-9 Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow G12 0TA

We want to hear from you. Join us for a day exploring issues around licensing of datasets. This is a follow on sessions from our previous meetings: https://datasetlicencing.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/workshop-29th-june/ It is not necessary to have attended the previous workshops.
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Niall O’Gallagher: Glasgow’s Gaelic Makar / Bàrd Baile Ghlaschu

Date: Monday 10 February 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Niall O’Gallagher

In this bi-lingual event, Glasgow's Bàrd Baile (Gaelic Makar) Niall O'Gallagher comes to campus to talk poetry, translation, and using classical Gaelic poetic forms in new, vital ways. Join us for this exciting journey into multiple languages and contemporary Gaelic literature. Free and all welcome.
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Chapel Choir Choral Contemplations VII

Date: Tuesday 11 February 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org
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Performing, Recording and (Re)constructing: a guide for historically-informed performance

Date: Wednesday 12 February 2020
Time: 17:15 - 18:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Academic events
Venue: 14 University Gardens, University of Glasgow G12 8QL
Speaker: Inja Stanovic, University of Huddersfield

Royal Musical Association Research Colloquia at the University of Glasgow
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Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: The Wallace Collection

Date: Thursday 13 February 2020
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall

The Wallace Collection play jazz-inspired brass music by the inimitable Andre Previn and Jim Parker, with a dash of Hans Werner Henze added to the heady mix of brass high jinks. Funded by the Ferguson Bequest. Admission free without ticket, and subject to seating capacity.
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Concurso de Debate and Screening of Overbooking (free event, all welcome)

Date: Thursday 13 February 2020
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Categories: Films and theatre, Student events
Venue: : MC301 (3rd Floor, McCance Building), 16 Richmond St, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1RG

On Thursday 13th of February the Majorcan documentary 'Overbooking' (2018) will be screened at McCance Building Strathclyde as part of the 1st Debate Contest between students of Spanish at the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde.
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LGBTQ Research Sharing

Date: Monday 17 February 2020
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Gilchrist Postgraduate Lounge

Hear the latest LGBTQ Research taking place at the University for LGBT History Month
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Embedding LGBT Equality in the Classroom

Date: Tuesday 18 February 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Amanda Sykes, Nicole Kipar

We know that students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) feel more able to learn if their classrooms are welcoming and inclusive. We also know that lots of people want to make their classrooms inclusive, but don’t know how to do so, or what to say. This workshop provides an opportunity to start to understand why making your classroom inclusive is important, and suggests simple changes you can make that could make a big difference. Please know that you are not expected to know anything about LGBT ‘issues’ or the ‘right’ language before you come.

Royal Academy of Engineering Inaugural Lecture - Professor Mark Logan - How Scotland becomes a leading global centre for tech start-ups

Date: Tuesday 18 February 2020
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Lecture Theatre 466, Main Building*
Speaker: Professor Mark Logan

Scotland was once – temporarily – labelled “The Silicon Glen”. But this was a fragile economy, with few indigenous start-ups to compensate when the large tech companies pulled out. But now, with hundreds of early-stage start-ups active in Scotland, and with Scottish businesses like Skyscanner breaking through to large-scale success, the environment is changing. How can Scotland dramatically strengthen and accelerate this fledgling tech start-up economy to create a true Silicon Valley in Scotland?
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Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations VIII

Date: Tuesday 18 February 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org
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Safe & Supported: Creating Inclusive Learning Environments for Mental Health & Neurodivergence

Date: Wednesday 19 February 2020
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr El Spaeth, Dr Margaret Sutherland

We all have a role to play in providing a safe environment where people feel supported, but how do you do this in practice? This session will introduce you to some elements of mental health and neurodivergence and how these might manifest in the classroom. We’ll help you to examine current practice in your classes and how you might adapt your learning and teaching practice to support these students. You will leave the session with practical examples of how to create spaces that should leave students feeling safe and supported.
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Dare to Speak Writing Workshop & Open Mic

Date: Wednesday 19 February 2020
Time: 15:00 - 20:00
Categories: Social events, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Kelvin Hall

Writing Workshop + Open Mic for LGBT History Month
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Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: Duo Arnicans (cello and piano)

Date: Thursday 20 February 2020
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall

Pieces for cello and piano by Juon and Grieg. Funded by the Ferguson Bequest. Admission free without ticket, and subject to seating capacity.
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The dos and don'ts of Creating Online Video

Date: Monday 24 February 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: LEADS Media & Digital Development team

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.

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Dean Atta: Poet and Drag Artist

Date: Monday 24 February 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Dean Atta

We are very excited to be welcoming poet and drag artist Dean Atta to Creative Conversations. His debut verse novel 'The Black Flamingo' has been describe as "a fresh and enriching perspective on what it means to be seen as different at the level of race, culture, identity, heritage and gender" (Malika Booker). Dean is one of the leading poets in the UK right now, with work of power and connection. Come along and enjoy: Free and all welcome!
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Methods: facilitating focus groups

Date: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Amanda Pate

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.
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Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations IX

Date: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org
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Flipped, Blended and Mashed - Integrating Moodle and Mahara into Learning and Teaching

Date: Thursday 27 February 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Gordon MacLeod

An overview of how the Vet School VLE has gone from a lecture dump to an integrated blended learning experience.
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Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: SIAN

Date: Thursday 27 February 2020
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall

Funded by the Ferguson Bequest & UofGGàidhlig. Three of Scotland’s finest Gaelic singers join forces to create the sound of SIAN, a project originally developed by Fèisean nan Gàidheal for Blas 2016. Focussing on songs by female Gaelic bards, and showcasing the strength and beauty of Gaelic song, Eilidh Cormack, Ellen MacDonald and Ceitlin Lilidh are joined by accompanist Innes White to create a powerful collective sound, representing their wealth of individual experience.
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Glasgow Clinical Trials Forum

Date: Friday 28 February 2020
Time: 13:30 - 17:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: ICE Building, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 4TF
Speaker: Various

The Forum provides an opportunity for those interested in clinical trials to come together and understand how the Glasgow CTUs can support your research.
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Spielberg in the Classroom: Incorporating Rich Media in Active Learning

Date: Monday 02 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: LEADS Media & Digital Development team

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).

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Will Harris: Poet

Date: Monday 02 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Will Harris

Will Harris is our guest for Creative Conversations this week. A prize-winning and widely published poet, we will be able to hear poems from his forthcoming collection 'Rendang' (Granta, 2020) as well as learn more about his poetic practice. Free and all welcome
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Approaches: Introduction to (Constructivist) Grounded Theory

Date: Tuesday 03 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Nicole Kipar

This session outlines what Grounded Theory - a type of research methodology for questions that don't begin from a hypothesis - is and isn’t, and gives a short overview of classic Grounded Theory (Glaser & Strauss) and its developments (Strauss & Corbin). It introduces the principles of Constructivist Grounded Theory (Charmaz). We will discuss CGT in relation to educational scholarship, and how Grounded Theory methods may be applied to Scholarship of Learning & Teaching.
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Supervising Arts & SocSci Dissertation Students (UG & PGT)

Date: Wednesday 04 March 2020
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Andrew Struan & Dr Janis Davidson

The purpose of this session is to give staff a clearer understanding of the challenges and obstacles encountered by dissertation students.
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Designing Conference Posters: Going Beyond the Standard Template

Date: Wednesday 04 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Learn Lab, University Library
Speaker: Dr Scott Ramsay

If you're thinking of presenting your scholarship at a conference poster session but don't have much experience of actually creating a poster, this session will give you a chance to see some good examples and consider what makes them effective. You'll also get an insight into the design thought processes of a member of staff who produces University communications, and learn how to make the best use of some of the design tools available to you on standard University software.

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The Big Brave with Deputy Chief Executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Date: Wednesday 04 March 2020
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Categories: Student events
Venue: Boyd Orr 513
Speaker: Lyndsey Jackson

Lyndsey Jackson is a senior arts administrator and live event producer, currently the Deputy Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world, and the greatest platform for artists and creatives to develop and showcase their talents on an international stage.
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Splitting Infinitives - Going Boldly with Mahara

Date: Thursday 05 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Gordon MacLeod

An overview of how the Vet School has developed Mahara Portfolio as a resource bank to extend and enhance Moodle, and an introduction to SmartEvidence frameworks to map portfolio evidence to learning outcomes and competencies.
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Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: McEwen Chamber Concert 2019-20

Date: Thursday 05 March 2020
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall

Featuring newly commissioned work for piano trio by David Horne, along with Beethoven Sonata Op.1 no.1. Funded by the McEwen & Ferguson Bequests. Admission free without ticket, and subject to seating capacity.
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The Fossil Economy of Live Art

Date: Thursday 05 March 2020
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Shane Boyle, Queen Mary - University of London

What is the fossil economy of live art? And what, if anything, has live art registered about the social and environmental transformations wrought by a capitalist economy geared to perpetual growth and fuelled by ever-increasing volumes of fossil fuels like oil?
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Music in the University: Kelvin Ensemble Concert - Conductor: John Grant

Date: Saturday 07 March 2020
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Bute Hall

Programme to include Dvorak Symphony no.9 'New World'. Tickets: £10 (£5 conc on door with ID) and in advance from www.kelvin-ensemble.co.uk
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Annual University Service

Date: Sunday 08 March 2020
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: Glasgow Cathedral

All members of the University are invited to attend the Annual University Service in Glasgow Cathedral at 11am on Sunday 8 March 2020.
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Iain Maloney: Novelist and Poet

Date: Monday 09 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Iain Maloney

In a rare UK visit, poet and novelist Iain Maloney returns to Glasgow University for our Creative Conversations series. Originally from Aberdee, Iain now lives and works in Japan and the country has influenced his writing in all its forms and in fascinating ways. Come and listen in - free and all welcome!
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Inspiring Your Undergraduates to Work and Research with Integrity

Date: Tuesday 10 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Sam Oakley

This session will explore expectations of students’ academic integrity and whether we can encourage them by situating their work in the wider context of research integrity. We will cover student and staff responsibilities relating to academic integrity (e.g. regarding plagiarism, handling data, ethics, supervision etc.). Then we will explore further how to encourage critical thinking and critical literacy with relation to research findings and public trust. Useful resources & ideas for teaching will be shared.
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Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations X

Date: Tuesday 10 March 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

Programme details from www.chapelchoir.org
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Inclusivity vs Accessibility: What is the Difference, and Why Should We Care?

Date: Wednesday 11 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Michael McEwan, Dr Linnea Soler

The University of Glasgow is committed to ensuring that all students can equally participate in every aspect of the learning and teaching process by mainstreaming adjustments in teaching practice. We aim for our learning environment to be as inclusive as possible, so that individual interventions are the exception and not the rule. This session will explore accessibility versus inclusivity to provoke enhancements to your teaching practice at the point of design.
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Class, Control and Classical music: Musical practices and white middle-class identities among young people in the south of England

Date: Wednesday 11 March 2020
Time: 17:15 - 18:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Academic events
Venue: 14 University Gardens, University of Glasgow G12 8QL
Speaker: Anna Bull, University of Portsmouth

Royal Musical Association Research Colloquia at the University of Glasgow
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Music in the University Lunchtime Concert Series: Maximiliano Martin (clarinet), Christian Elliot (cello), Julian Milford (piano)

Date: Thursday 12 March 2020
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall

The Trio will play Beethoven's Septet Op.38 in the trio version arrangement by Beethoven. Funded by the Ferguson Bequest. Admission free without ticket, and subject to seating capacity.
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The psychology of receiving feedback, and why (and how) we should equip students to do it better

Date: Friday 13 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr R. A. Nash, Aston University

Why do our students, despite the considerable time and effort we invest in preparing feedback for them, often nevertheless fail to engage with this feedback? I will begin this workshop with an introduction to some interesting psychological literature on why people react badly to feedback.
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University Choral Society & Chapel Choir with McOpera Ensemble - Conductor, Leon Reimer

Date: Saturday 14 March 2020
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, The Square, Off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Dvorak Stabat Mater with soloists Nia Coleman (soprano), Penelope Cousland (mezzo), Seumas Begg (tenor), Andy McTaggart (bass).

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Jemma Nelville: Human Rights Researcher and Writer

Date: Monday 16 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Jemma Nelville

Jemma Nelville is a writer committed to illuminating the times and places in which we live. Her debut book 'Constitution Street', part memoir, part social history and a call to action, focuses on real-life stories of the people living on the same street, bringing the social and political together. Join us for some very #CreativeConversations!
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Motivating your Students to Read More

Date: Tuesday 17 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Sam Oakley

Is your reading list fulfilling its purpose? Are your students enthusiastic readers? We will use some studies on students' reading habits at UK universities to reflect on the challenges of getting students to read even the essential readings. We will suggest some strategies to encourage them to go beyond their lecture notes and become more independent learners.
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Motivating your Students to Read More

Date: Tuesday 17 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Sam Oakley

Is your reading list fulfilling its purpose? Are your students enthusiastic readers? We will use some studies on students' reading habits at UK universities to reflect on the challenges of getting students to read even the essential readings. We will suggest some strategies to encourage them to go beyond their lecture notes and become more independent learners.
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Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations XI

Date: Tuesday 17 March 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org
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Designing meaningful assessment to promote academic integrity and prevent plagiarism

Date: Wednesday 18 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Matthew Williamson, Dr Amanda Sykes

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.
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Methods: Quantitative Data Analysis in Learning & Teaching Scholarship

Date: Thursday 19 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Charalampos Chanialidis , Dr Mitchum Bock, Dr Michael McEwan

A majority of scholarship projects use qualitative data whereas quantitative data is often overlooked, perhaps due to the diversity of disciplinary backgrounds of those conducting teaching and learning research. This session will try to demystify data analysis methods that are often intimidating to non-statisticians.
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Virtual Auditory Reality: Inhabiting pop as virtual environment

Date: Thursday 19 March 2020
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Academic events
Venue: 14 University Gardens, University of Glasgow G12 8QL
Speaker: Iain Findlay-Walsh, University of Glasgow

Royal Musical Association Research Colloquia at the University of Glasgow
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Sound Thought/New Music Scotland Event

Date: Friday 20 March 2020 - Monday 23 March 2020
Time: 10:00 - 18:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow

A programme of discussions, performances, workshops, and creative thinking to examine new music's role in modern society. Join us to explore themes including environmental responsibility, education, and diversity, all from the perspective of Scotland's new music world. Details will become available at www.soundthought.co.uk
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Tessa Hadley: Novelist and Short Story Writer

Date: Monday 23 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Tessa Hadley

For the last Creative Conversations of the year, we welcome Tessa Hadley, novelist and short story writer. A lecturer in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, she is the author of six novels: Accidents in the Home (2002); Everything Will Be All Right (2003); The Master Bedroom (2007); The London Train (2011), Clever Girl (2014) and, most recently, Late in the Day (2019). Free and all welcome!
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How to Create an Online Reading List – Reading Lists @ Glasgow

Date: Tuesday 24 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Learn Lab, University Library
Speaker: Harry Panagiotakopoulos

This hands-on session will provide an opportunity to create an online reading list using the University system Talis Aspire. To aid student learning, you will learn how to create list structures, add resources (books, articles, webpages, audio and visual resources) and use the system to advise students on reading requirements and the importance level of course materials.
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Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations XII

Date: Tuesday 24 March 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org
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Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations XII

Date: Tuesday 24 March 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Memorial Chapel

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org
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UofG Knowledge Exchange & Public Engagement Celebration

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2020
Time: 13:00 - 17:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: The Kelvin Gallery, Main Building

The Knowledge Exchange & Public Engagement Celebration event, which is focused around our annual awards, provides an opportunity for us to recognise and celebrate partnerships and initiatives driven by University staff and external partners which deliver world-changing impact.

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Transtextual and intermedial context of John McLeod's vocal music

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2020
Time: 17:15 - 18:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Academic events
Venue: 14 University Gardens, University of Glasgow G12 8QL
Speaker: Marcin Stawiarski, University of Caen

Royal Musical Association Research Colloquia at the University of Glasgow
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Offer Holders Day

Date: Tuesday 31 March 2020
Time: 09:30 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow

Registration will open 6 weeks before the event.
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Mahara for Work Placement

Date: Monday 20 April 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: John Maguire

Meaningful dialogue between students and staff is central to enhancing learning. In the College of Arts the use of the Mahara e-portfolio system is allowing staff to regularly assess the progress of students on work placement, and provide a means to encourage student to staff as well as student to student exchange, allowing the formative feedback to enhance the learning.
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PowerPoint vs Camtasia: Tools for recording lectures and flipping the classroom

Date: Wednesday 22 April 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: John Maguire

Subjects in the College of Arts are using recording tools for online delivery and exploring a flipped classroom approach. This session will look at differences in, and how to get creative with, each piece of software as well as discussing our first steps towards a flipped class approach.
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Linking Up Assessments to Make Feedback Meaningful: An Introduction to Assessment Blueprinting

Date: Wednesday 22 April 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Amanda Sykes and a Senior Dental School member

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. Through this linkage, you show your students how the assessments support learning and that the feedback is relevant and useful.
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Designing more accessible slides / electronic handouts

Date: Thursday 23 April 2020
Time: 12:00 - 12:45
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Learn Lab, University Library
Speaker: Scott Ramsay, Greg Walters

This short demonstration will showcase some of the tools in Microsoft Office software that will help you improve the accessibility of your materials. We will cover accessibility from a legibility and comprehension perspective, which make things easier for *any* student, as well as specific features of Microsoft Office that are designed to work with screen reader technology.
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Editing techniques for creating short videos with Camtasia

Date: Wednesday 29 April 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Learn Lab, University Library
Speaker: John Maguire

Staff in the College of Arts undertook some basic training in video editing which has allowed them to create their own short informative videos, on location, at important sites students can’t access easily. This session will look how training in the basic principles of video editing software can enable individuals to produce their own quality videos. Come see some examples of the work and try it out for yourself.
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Love Me Tender: Kim Noble and the Politics of Tenderness

Date: Thursday 30 April 2020
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Anna Harpin, University of Warwick

Offering a counter argument to regular interpretations of Kim Noble’s work as reckless glimpses into the mind of a mad man, Anna Harpin presents the dynamics of intimacy, exposure, and care that are at play in his theatre work. Rejecting a pathologising and anti-intellectual gaze, Harpin explores the relationship between tenderness and cruelty excavating questions about what it means to be person, to have a life, and to live with difficult feelings.
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Leadership in HE

Date: Wednesday 20 May 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Professor Fiona Denney, Brunel University London

A full description will follow shortly.
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Glasgow Chamber Orchestra - Conductor, Robert Baxter

Date: Sunday 31 May 2020
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Bute Hall, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ

GCO presents a colourful programme of French music to include Ibert's Flute Concerto with soloist Katherine Bryan. Full details including tickets at www.gco.org.uk
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Commemoration Day 2020

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2020
Time: 09:45 - 15:00
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: University Cathedral/ Bute Hall

Join the annual celebration of the foundation of the University of Glasgow in 1451.

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June Open Day

Date: Thursday 18 June 2020
Time: 09:30 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow

Registration will open 6 weeks before the event.
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September Open Day

Date: Wednesday 02 September 2020
Time: 09:30 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow

Registration will open 6 weeks before event.
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October Open Day

Date: Wednesday 02 September 2020
Time: 09:30 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow

Registration will open 6 weeks before the event.