Chapel Organ Recitals 2019

Date: Wednesday 16 January 2019 - Friday 08 November 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: Glasgow University Memorial Chapel
Speaker: Dr Kevin Bowyer and Guests

Chapel Organ Recitals. Admission free without ticket. Generously supported by the Ferguson Bequest.

Launch of new interdisciplinary MSc degree in Philosophy of Mind and Psychology

Date: Wednesday 06 March 2019 - Tuesday 01 October 2019
Time: 15:00
Categories: Courses
Venue: Univesrity of Glasgow

The Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience in conjunction with the Department of Philosophy and the School of Psychology at the University of Glasgow are delighted to announce their new MSc degree course in Philosophy of Mind and Psychology. We are now accepting applications for entry in September 2019.

Ilana Halperin: Minerals of New York

Date: Saturday 13 July 2019 - Sunday 13 October 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

This latest project from artist Ilana Halperin takes her back to New York, her childhood home, through a 'mineral biography of the city’, which takes shape across a range of media, including drawings, photographs and objects.‌‌

Take an Object

Date: Thursday 01 August 2019 - Friday 27 September 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery

Featuring current research and innovative use of The Hunterian collections, 'Take an Object' showcases how items from our collections continue to inspire new ideas and curiosity in the most creative minds.

Call and Response: The University of Glasgow and Slavery

Date: Monday 26 August 2019 - Friday 31 January 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.

Barkcloth: Revealing Pacific Craft

Date: Thursday 29 August 2019 - Friday 29 November 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: Hunterian Museum

This exhibition highlights The Hunterian’s world-class collection of Pacific barkcloth (tapa) and showcases the findings of the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Situating Pacific Barkcloth in Time and Place'.

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Art Exhibition

Date: Thursday 12 September 2019 - Monday 30 September 2019
Time: 17:30 - 17:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: The Crichton, Dumfries

Join us on campus at the launch of this exhibition, which showcases a wide range of historical patient art work and photography from the estate.

Special Screening: Scotland's Hidden Shame

Date: Monday 16 September 2019
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Categories: Films and theatre, Academic events, Student events
Venue: Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre

All welcome to a free, special screening of 'Scotland’s Hidden Shame', a documentary which explores Scotland’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Reinventing Modernity: Franco-Scottish Encounters with Japan

Date: Tuesday 17 September 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences, Exhibitions, Films and theatre
Venue: Alliance française de Glasgow 3 Park Circus G3 6AX
Speaker: Professor Alan Spence, Dr Ramona Fotiade, Dr Saeko Yazaki, Dr Salazar-Ferrer, Dr Monica Kocot

A series of events (including a conference, a photo exhibition, a dance performance, a poetry recital and a film screening) organised in partnership with the Alliance française de Glasgow and aimed at raising awareness of the long-standing connections between Scotland and Japan in the fields of architecture, visual arts, literature and philosophy.

Mooring by the Autumn River at Night: a Qin Recital by Li Xuecui

Date: Tuesday 17 September 2019
Time: 19:30 - 20:30
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: City Halls Recital Room, Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1NQ
Speaker: Li Xuecui

Classical Chinese music recital by Li Xuecui, acclaimed performer of the traditional instrument guqin.

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Colin Stewart

Date: Wednesday 18 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: Colin Stewart

Colin Stewart, Managing Director at Citigroup and a veritable force within the financial services industry in the UK has accepted our invitation to give a lecture as part of our 20th Anniversary Lecture Series.

Henry Dyer Memorial Event

Date: Monday 23 September 2019
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Categories: Academic events, Student events
Venue: Senate Room

A Showcase of Henry Dyer: Collaborations and Exchanges between Glasgow and Japan

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by Steph Scholten, Director of The Hunterian

Date: Monday 23 September 2019
Time: 17:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: Steph Scholten

Don’t miss your chance to listen to a fascinating talk, straight from an expert with exceptional and extensive knowledge in his subject area.

Careers & Internship Marketplace 2019

Date: Wednesday 25 September 2019
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Categories: Student events
Venue: Kelvin Hall Sports Hall
Speaker: N/A

Are you looking for a graduate job, internship, part-time work or voluntary role? Head to the Careers & Internship Marketplace and meet up to 50 recruiters keen to meet you and talk about their organisation and vacancies.

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - A Night of Comedy in Dumfries

Date: Wednesday 25 September 2019
Time: 19:30 - 22:30
Categories: Social events
Venue: Tam O'Shanter Inn, 109 Queensberry Street, Dumfries, DG1 1BH

Taking the Nith: Comedy Night at the Tam O'Shanter pub in Dumfries in aid of celebrating University of Glasgow's 20 years in Dumfries!

Music in the University Lunchtime Series: Broen Ensemble

Date: Thursday 26 September 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Young Glasgow-based Broen Ensemble will open the concert series with a vibrant programme of music for strings by Karl Jenkins Palladio, Webern Langsamer Satz, Elgar Serenade for Strings and Bartók Romanian Folk Dances.

Lecture by Professor Frank Coton

Date: Thursday 26 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus
Speaker: Professor Frank Coton

Lecture by Professor Frank Coton, Vice Principal (Academic and Educational Innovation), University of Glasgow.

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Photo Exhibition

Date: Thursday 26 September 2019 - Saturday 28 September 2019
Time: 19:30 - 14:00
Categories: Exhibitions
Venue: The Baker's Oven, 135-139 High Street, DG1 2QT

A thought-provoking and enigmatic public exhibition of photographs taken by students and alumni on the theme of the past, present, or future of The University of Glasgow at Dumfries Campus.

Explorathon Unlocked: Friday

Date: Friday 27 September 2019
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures
Venue: Riverside Museum

Join Glasgow researchers for fun, family-friendly hands-on activities in the unique setting of the Riverside Museum. Free, no booking required.

Explorathon Extravaganza

Date: Friday 27 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 22:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Films and theatre, Public lectures
Venue: Riverside Museum

The Explorathon Extravaganza is back for another year in the iconic Riverside Museum! Join us for an evening of discovery at this family-friendly event for all ages. From languages and literature to engineering and 3D printed proteins, explore the incredible research happening in our city. Free, book online.

Making Haiti (part of Explorathon ‘19)

Date: Friday 27 September 2019
Time: 18:15 - 22:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Social events
Venue: The Riverside Museum
Speaker: Rachel Douglas, Rosie Spooner, Christine Whyte and Peggy Brunache

In 1791, enslaved people rose up and took control. They defeated armies, abolished slavery and made a new country: Haiti. For one night only, Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture (played by actor Shelton Makora) will be at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum to tell his incredible story, with a range of hands-on activities.

Explorathon: Travel on Film

Date: Friday 27 September 2019
Time: 20:00 - 21:30
Categories: Films and theatre, Public lectures
Venue: Riverside Museum

Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow present aspects of their research related to travel and mobility as represented on screen. Newsreels, clips and short films will play on a loop in the small Victorian cinema in Riverside Museum, covering different perspectives on travel.

Explorathon: Sounding the Landscape

Date: Saturday 28 September 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Public lectures
Venue: Riverside Museum

Sounding the Landscape is a collaborative residency project between RSPB Scotland and three artists from The University of Glasgow and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Join Calum Scott, Lisa Robertson and Alessio Wagner for a showcase of new work drawing from sounds heard at Baron’s Haugh. The works will include an installation, performance and music. Free, no booking required.

Explorathon Unlocked: Saturday

Date: Saturday 28 September 2019
Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures
Venue: Riverside Museum

Join Glasgow researchers for fun, family-friendly, hands-on activities in the unique setting of the Riverside Museum. Free, no booking required.

Much to Write Home About: Creative Writing Workshop

Date: Saturday 28 September 2019
Time: 15:00 - 16:30
Categories: Public lectures, Courses
Venue: Riverside Museum
Speaker: Gaar Adams

Where is your home? Is it a building, a city, a country? Or is it something else — something more intangible like a group of people…or even just a feeling? In this creative writing workshop, we will write our way to a deeper understanding of the word ‘home.’ Led by Gaar Adams, a nonfiction writer and creative writing teacher whose work has appeared in internationally-recognized outlets like Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, VICE, Foreign Policy, Slate, NPR, and Al Jazeera, this workshop is open to anyone with a story to tell, an urge to create, or a curiosity about putting pen to paper and seeing if the words lead you home. Free, book online.

Democracy in Scotland: what’s the place of the Citizens’ Assembly?

Date: Monday 30 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building
Speaker: David Martin, Co-convenor of the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland

Scotland's experiment in deliberative democracy is its new Citizens’ Assembly. In this public lecture, hosted by Policy Scotland, David Martin, the Co-Convenor of the Assembly, will set out his hopes and aspirations for this innovation.

University Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations I

Date: Tuesday 01 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC

Date: Tuesday 01 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Speaker: The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC

Join us for a lecture by the highly respected Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC.

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Campus Bioblitz

Date: Wednesday 02 October 2019
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Categories: Social events, Open days and visits
Venue: The Crichton, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL

The Wild Campus Bioblitz is a celebration of the fantastic setting enjoyed by everyone working and learning in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Music in the University Lunchtime Series: Edward Cohen, piano

Date: Thursday 03 October 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Concert Hall, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Liszt: Sancta Dorothea, S.187; Mompou: Cants mágics; Brahms: Intermezzo in A minor, Op.76 no.7; Rautavaara: Piano Sonata no.2, Op.64 ‘The Fire Sermon'; Schumann: Albumblätter in F-sharp minor, Op. 99, No. 4; Alan Hovhaness Shalimar (Gardens)

The 8th Andrew Carnegie Lecture with Professor Dame Linda Partridge

Date: Thursday 03 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:15
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: The Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Dame Linda Partridge

For the 8th Andrew Carnegie Lecture, in association with the University of Glasgow, we are delighted to welcome Professor Dame Linda Partridge to deliver her lecture titled "Can we cure ageing?". (SOLD OUT)

Unsilencing the Past: The Haitian Revolution

Date: Wednesday 09 October 2019
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events
Venue: The Hunterian Museum
Speaker: Rachel Douglas

Profits from slavery transformed Glasgow. Haiti was one of the most intensive forms of Caribbean plantation slavery and the site of the Haitian slave-led revolution leading to independence (1804). How has Haiti been held up as a beacon to unsilence the past? CLR James’s classic anticolonial history shows the way. This public Black History Month lecture launches Rachel Douglas's new book Making the Black Jacobins: CLR James and the Drama of History (Duke University Press).

Call and Response: the University of Glasgow and Slavery

Date: Wednesday 09 October 2019
Time: 15:30 - 17:30
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures
Venue: University Chapel
Speaker: Christine Whyte

The University of Glasgow has mounted a small exhibition in the heart of the Main Building, the University Chapel, reflecting on its connections to slavery. On 9 October, Christine Whyte will lead a tour of this exhibit and introduce a guest speaker from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture on the role of museums in commemorating slavery.

Music in the University Lunchtime Series: 'In the Footsteps of Laurel & Hardy' with John Lenehan, piano accompaniment

Date: Thursday 10 October 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Reviving the celebrated tradition of the improvising cinema pianist, John Lenehan sets the scene for each film with a host of musical styles resulting in a virtuosic tour-de-force, a perfectly fitting tribute to Stan & Ollie, the masters of silent comedy.

James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture

Date: Tuesday 15 October 2019
Time: 17:30 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Bute Hall
Speaker: Professor David Blight

This year’s James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor David Blight. David is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. He is one of the leading historians of slavery and the US Civil War and is well-known for his incisive political commentary. His latest book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History

Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations II with Creative Conversation

Date: Tuesday 15 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: TBC - see website www.chapelchoir.org

This Choral Contemplations is combined with a book event from 5 – 5.45pm, ‘Glasgow’s Welcome’, written in Arabic, Gaelic and English about the arrival of a refugee family to Glasgow. The programme will include choral pieces sung in these languages, interspersed with readings.

Supervising CoSE and MVLS Dissertation Students (UG & PGT)

Date: Wednesday 16 October 2019
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Scott Ramsay, Dr James Bowness

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.

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert - Primrose Piano Quartet

Date: Thursday 17 October 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off Unversity Avenue, G12 8QQ

Programme: Frank Bridge Phantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor and Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47. Funded by the Ferguson Bequest - admission free without ticket.

Singapore Alumni Association AGM

Date: Friday 18 October 2019
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: UofG Singapore, 537 Clementi Road, SIT@NP Building, Level 4

Come along to the UofG Singapore Alumni Association AGM to plan the next stage of the association's growth as well as the election for the Board. We are excited for new board members get involved and carry on the legacy of Team UofG in Singapore. This is an informal meeting where beverages and snacks will be provided.

October Undergraduate Open Day

Date: Saturday 19 October 2019
Time: 10:00 - 15:00
Categories: Open days and visits
Venue: University of Glasgow

If you are considering coming to study with us at the University of Glasgow, we would be delighted to welcome you along to our October Undergraduate Open Day on Saturday 19th October 2019.

Introduction to Active Learning

Date: Monday 21 October 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Vicki Dale

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 introduces active learning and examines 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.

International students and plagiarism: cultural differences and setting expectations

Date: Tuesday 22 October 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Julia Bohlman and Dr Michael McEwan

This session focuses on what plagiarism actually means in an international context, and will demonstrate that (in some instances, at least) plagiarism is the result of cultural differences and not a crime! This session is based on a recent review of plagiarism-focused literature, and gives guidance on how to make your teaching, your expectations, and your materials more accessible and more explicit.

Motivating your Students to Read More

Date: Wednesday 23 October 2019
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. We welcome your own experiences / observations from your subject area.You might also be interested in the complementary session 'How to Create an Online Reading List – Reading Lists @ Glasgow', which will walk you through using the university's online reading list system.

Lunchtime talk - External Africa

Date: Wednesday 23 October 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Gilbert Scott / Main building room 355
Speaker: Pieter van der Houwen

UNESCO RILA Affiliate Artist Pieter van der Houwen will explore different aspects of the African Diaspora on the basis of African communities in New York, Guangzhou and Johannesburg in his talk entitled "External Africa".

Adapting your teaching for Glasgow's new active learning spaces

Date: Wednesday 23 October 2019
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Hugh Fraser seminar room 2, Wolfson Medical Building
Speaker: Dr Vicki Dale, Professor Susan Deeley, Dr Joseph Maguire

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.

Glasgow Gifford Lectures Autumn 2019 - Professor Mark Pagel

Date: Wednesday 23 October 2019 - Tuesday 29 October 2019
Time: 18:15 - 19:45
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Building
Speaker: Professor Mark Pagel

Mark Pagel is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Reading University in the UK. He is best known for his work on building statistical models to examine the evolutionary processes imprinted in animal and human behaviour, from genomics to the emergence of complex systems, including language and culture. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution and co-author of The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology. His book Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind was one of the Guardian newspaper’s ‘best science books of 2012'.

Lunchtime talk - Eritrea Past and Present

Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Gilbert Scott / Main building room 355
Speaker: Elsa Gebrehiwet

Elsa Gebrehiwet will explore differences and similarities between South Africa and Eritrea over the past 50 years. Apartheid might have been invented in South Africa, but it is by far the only country that suffered from it. The lesser known history of Eritrea will be brought to live, by linking it to key figures in the Black History movement, such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King.

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert: Duo B!z'art – ‘An American in Paris’ (2 pianos)

Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Belgian duo, André Roe and Geoffrey Baptiste, make a welcome return to play a programme for two pianos. Funded by the University Ferguson Bequest - admission free without ticket.

Glasgow Gifford Seminar with Professor Mark Pagel

Date: Friday 25 October 2019
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Sir James Black Building, Room 313
Speaker: Professor Mark Pagel

Professor Mark Pagel, University of Reading, will hold a seminar for PhD students and early-career researchers on the topic of his Gifford lecture series entitled ‘Wired for culture: origins of the human social mind, or why humans occupied the world’.

Sir William Weipers Memorial Lecture

Date: Friday 25 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, Social events, Alumni events
Venue: McCall Lecture Theatre, Garscube Campus
Speaker: Professor Alan Wilson

This year’s lecture will be delivered by Professor Alan Wilson BSc BVMS (1987) PhD. Alan graduated from Glasgow University in 1987 having studied Veterinary Medicine and an intercalated BSc in Physiology. He subsequently undertook a PhD in the Anatomy Department at Bristol University where he studied the mechanical basis of tendon injury. He went on to work as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate and then as a lecturer. Alan moved to the Royal Veterinary College in 1996 where he now holds the post of Professor of Locomotor Biomechanics and head of the Structure and Motion Laboratory.

Songs For Our Children - a fundraising concert in support of St Andrew's Clinics for Children

Date: Friday 25 October 2019
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University Chapel

The St Andrew’s Clinics for Children (STACC) is a charity which was developed by staff at the University of Glasgow over 25 years ago and since then has provided free healthcare to over 1.5 million children in Africa. This year our main fund-raising event in Scotland will be a concert to be held in the Chapel of the University of Glasgow on Friday 25th October at 7pm.

2019 Vet Reunion Dinner

Date: Saturday 26 October 2019
Time: 19:00 - 01:00
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: Hunterian Museum (Drinks Reception), Bute Hall (Dinner)

This black tie event is a a great chance to catch-up with classmates and to dance the night away in the Bute Hall. Join us for a drinks reception in the Hunterian Museum at 19:00, followed by a lovely three course dinner in the Bute Hall. Then dance the night away with a ceilidh. We are especially looking forward to welcoming back our Glasgow graduates from those year groups ending in a ‘4’ and a ‘9’ this year.

Interpreting Turnitin Reports with your Students to Develop their Academic Writing

Date: Monday 28 October 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Scott Ramsay, Dr Julia Bohlmann

Turnitin produces a similarity score for each assignment, which makes it tempting to judge the quality of a piece of work on whether that number is over or under a threshold. In this session we'll look at what scores mean in terms of a student's academic writing and evaluate the merits of using such a cut-off. We'll then look at how you can discuss Turnitin similarity scores (and the mark up applied to the text of each submission) with your class to help students develop good academic practice and improve their writing skills.

University Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations III

Date: Tuesday 29 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org

How to Create an Online Reading List – Reading Lists @ Glasgow

Date: Wednesday 30 October 2019
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.

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert: The Firelight Trio

Date: Thursday 31 October 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Gavin Marwick – fiddle, Ruth Morris – nyckelharpa, Phil Alexander - accordion, play European folk music that is evocative, inventive, and endlessly exciting. Driving fiddle and stately nyckelharpa meet deep accordion grooves in a rich tapestry of lively Swedish polskas, lilting French waltzes, toe-tapping klezmer, dazzling original tunes and more. Funded by the University Ferguson Bequest - admission free without ticket and subject to seating capacity of Hall.

Decolonising The Hunterian

Date: Thursday 31 October 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: The Hunterian Museum
Speaker: Director of The Hunterian, Steph Scholten, Curator for Archaeology & World Cultures, Andy Mills and Dr. Lola Sanchez-Jáuregui,

As part of Black History Month The Hunterian will offer an evening of discussions around decolonising our collections.

GUSA/GUAC 1881 Alumni Dinner

Date: Saturday 02 November 2019
Time: 19:00
Categories: Social events, Alumni events, Sports events
Venue: Glasgow University Union, University of Glasgow

GUSA/GUAC 1881 Alumni Dinner to be held on Saturday 2 November in Glasgow University Union.

Preparing to do scholarship, and writing an ethics application

Date: Monday 04 November 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Vicki Dale, Dr Michael McEwan

Depending on the details of a given scholarship projects, specific ethical approval might need to be applied for, reviewed and approved before the work can begin. This session will explore ethical considerations for scholarship of learning and teaching, with an emphasis on research into the experience of the learners. We'll also examine the process of designing an ethically sound methodology.

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert: Atholl Duo (flute, percussion)

Date: Thursday 07 November 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Lee Holland – flute and Glynn Forrest – percussion/marimba, play a programme of pieces including Damase Pantomimes, Piazzolla Histoire du Tango and Bartok’s Suite Paysanne Hongroise. Funded by the University Ferguson Bequest - admission free without ticket and subject to seating capacity of Hall.

Designing data collection and analysis

Date: Monday 11 November 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Michael McEwan

This session moves from formulating scholarship questions towards deciding how you'll answer them. What counts as data? What kind of data do you require in order to actually address the issue at hand, and how can you plan your data collection, management and analysis to make sure that's achievable – especially when the data might be of an unfamiliar form?

Embedding LGBT Equality in the Classroom

Date: Tuesday 12 November 2019
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.

University Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations IV

Date: Tuesday 12 November 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org

Giving feedback to students - stop wasting your time?

Date: Wednesday 13 November 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Maria Jackson, Dr Leah Marks

In this workshop we will identify barriers to both giving and receiving effective feedback, and consider ways of addressing these. We will discuss feedback proforma design and varied approaches to delivering feedback and facilitating student engagement with that feedback.

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert: Kentigern String Quartet

Date: Thursday 14 November 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

John McEwen: Quartet no 8, Biscay
Lewis Murphy: Voyager Quartet
Scandinavian Folk Tunes: Woodworks

Funded by the University Ferguson Bequest - admission free without ticket and subject to seating capacity of Hall.

Dunedin Consort 'Music of Loss and Consolation' - Director, Nicholas Mulroy

Date: Friday 15 November 2019
Time: 19:30
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

A choral programme on the theme of Loss and Consolation - a mix of music from Victoria to MacMillan. Ticket sales from Eventbrite: dunedinconsort.eventbrite.com

Coding qualitative Data

Date: Tuesday 19 November 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Nicole Kipar

When we analyse qualitative data, such as responses from human participants via interviews or open-ended survey questions, we may choose to coding as our method. Coding of qualitative data is versatile as well as varied, and the focus of this session is on coding that aims for categorisation and theme development. The session introduces a variety of coding techniques, and we’ll investigate why coding can be useful, what the benefits are, and what pitfalls to be aware of.

University Chapel Choir - Choral Contemplations V

Date: Tuesday 19 November 2019
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Programme details at www.chapelchoir.org

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert: Scottish Voices

Date: Thursday 21 November 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Concert Hall, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

A programme of songs for voices and marimba to include new works by Katy Lavinia Cooper, John Gormley and arrangements of Latin American carols by Graham Hair. Funded by the Ferguson Bequest, admission free without ticket.

University of Glasgow Choral Society & Chapel Choir: Conductor - Katy Lavinia Cooper

Date: Saturday 23 November 2019
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Kodaly Missa Brevis and works by female Hungarian composers. Tickets: £10 (Student concession of £5 on door on night with ID). Advance ticket sales from Eventbrite: www.guchoralsociety-23nov19.eventbrite.co.uk

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

Date: Monday 25 November 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Michael McEwan

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.

Methods: designing questionnaires

Date: Tuesday 26 November 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Vicki Dale

Questionnaires can notoriously be interpreted in different ways by different respondents, making your analysis of the responses difficult. Good question design can help to eliminate ambiguity and help respondents to provide you with meaningful answers. This workshop will combine theory and practice and will be delivered in three parts: 1) the theory of designing evidence-based questionnaires, 2) practice at developing a questionnaire, 3) feedback and discussion on proposed questionnaire designs, and issues arising. This workshop will appeal to staff in all four colleges who are interested in undertaking scholarship, particularly around learner experience research.

Music in the University Lunchtime Concert: Catriona McKay, clarsach & Chris Stout, Shetland fiddle

Date: Thursday 28 November 2019
Time: 13:10 - 14:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, off University Avenue, G12 8QQ

Chris and Catriona return to the lunchtime series to perform an intoxicating blend of their newest music as well as familiar tunes - another unforgettable concert for your diary! Funded by the Ferguson Bequest - admission free without ticket.

Madrigirls Advent Service by Candlelight

Date: Sunday 01 December 2019
Time: 19:30
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.

MOOCs in the college of Arts

Date: Monday 02 December 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: John Maguire

The College of Arts have delivered 4 varied and very successful MOOCs to date, all with very different rationales for development. This session will look at the college’s work with MOOCs, looking at different the pedagogical approaches taken in design and delivery, examining what we are learning and where we are going next.

Approaches: Ethnography and Case Studies

Date: Tuesday 03 December 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Sheridan

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.

Supervising Arts & SocSci Dissertation Students (UG & PGT)

Date: Wednesday 04 December 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
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. 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.

Methods: carrying out observations

Date: Thursday 05 December 2019
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Sheridan

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.

Alumni Christmas Dinner

Date: Saturday 07 December 2019
Time: 18:30 - 22:30
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: Hunterian Museum/Bute Hall

Our annual Christmas Dinner is taking place on Saturday 7 December 2019 - tickets will go on sale approx. 12 weeks prior to the event.

Christmas Dinner

Date: Saturday 07 December 2019
Time: 18:30 - 22:30
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: Bute Hall

The Christmas Dinner is an annual event for alumni and friends of the University of Glasgow. The dinner is held in the spectacular setting of Bute Hall with a drinks reception in the Hunterian Museum. Bookings will not be taken until the 9th of October.

Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Christmas Concert

Date: Saturday 07 December 2019
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Categories: Concerts and music
Venue: Crichton Memorial Church, The Crichton, Dumfries, DG1 4ZZ

The renowned University of Glasgow Chapel Choir will, once again, be joined by members of the Dumfries Town Band to perform our annual Christmas Concert in the beautiful candle-lit surroundings of the Crichton Memorial Church.

London Burns Supper

Date: Friday 10 January 2020
Time: 18:30 - 23:30
Categories: Social events, Alumni events
Venue: The Caledonian Club, London

Our annual London Burns Supper is taking place on Friday 10 January 2020. Tickets will go on sale towards the end of the year.

London Burn's Supper

Date: Friday 10 January 2020
Time: 18:30 - 23:30
Categories: Alumni events
Venue: The Caledonian Club
Speaker: Dr. Clark McGinn

The 2020 London Burn's Supper at The Caledonian Club in London. Bookings will not be taken until the 7th of October.

Making Your Lectures More Accessible to Students Using English as a Second Language

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

This session will consider the challenges students using English as a second language face when listening to extended speech. We will cover the listening skills students are likely to have on arrival, the specific challenges they face, strategies they use to cope, and techniques you can use to make your lecture and seminar content more accessible.

Rubrics to the rescue? How the use of rubrics can enhance assessing student learning and providing feedback.

Date: Tuesday 14 January 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder, Prof Scott Roy

This session will look at how the use of rubrics can help enhance the student learning experience. It will provide an overview of how to create sustainable rubrics and how rubrics can be used to help create meaningful, criterion based assessment, and provide more focused feedback to students. You will also get the chance to see examples of rubrics from colleagues on campus, and ask them about their experience.

Planning for MOOCS (the course design process)

Date: Monday 20 January 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: John Kerr, Vicki Dale

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, degrees on FutureLearn, and open courses on Coursera. We'll 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.

Exploring the role of academic practice in student wellbeing

Date: Tuesday 21 January 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Nicole Kipar

This session introduces recent research into the important role of academic practice in student wellbeing, the role of self-efficacy, and the strong correlation between mental wellbeing and student academic performance. We will be investigating our own localised and institution-wide situation through technology-aided nominal group technique, aiming for concrete actions.

Practical strategies for including all learners: in and beyond disabilities

Date: Wednesday 22 January 2020
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr El Spaeth, Dr Margaret Sutherland

There are many barriers that can affect students’ learning. Some relate to disabilities or lifelong illness; others are a result of poverty, gender and ethnicity; others still are related to the learning environment. This session focuses on issues of disability and hidden disability in order to make learning better for all.

Getting Students Talking: Lessons from Second Language Acquisition Literature

Date: Wednesday 22 January 2020
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Anneli Williams, Carole Macdiarmid

Interaction is a key driver of second language acquisition. This workshop will look at the techniques that language specialists in Academic English use to maximise incentives and opportunities for students to engage in discussions. We will give you practical suggestions for how you can apply these techniques to your HE teaching context to create a richer, more engaging learning experience for all.

Methods: conducting interviews

Date: Tuesday 28 January 2020
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Speaker: Dr Amanda Pate, Dr Janis Davidson

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Improving the Look and Appeal of your Moodle Courses

Date: Monday 02 March 2020
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Learn Lab, University Library
Speaker: Elina Koristashevskaya, Stuart Purcell

In this short demonstration, you’ll learn about a few of the more advanced ways to improve the visual appearance of your Moodle courses using the HTML editor. A basic knowledge of HTML would be useful, but is not crucial.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Methods: Quantitative Data Analysis in Learning & Teaching Scholarship

Date: Thursday 19 March 2020 - Thursday 19 September 2019
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.