All University Events

All University Events


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Creative Conversations: Don Paterson

Date: Monday 01 March 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Don Paterson

Poet and musician Don Paterson reading and in conversation with Dr Carolyn Jess-Cooke
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RMA Research Colloquia in Music

Date: Wednesday 27 January 2021 - Wednesday 24 March 2021
Time: 17:15 - 18:30
Categories: Concerts and music, Social events, Academic events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Varied

Music hosts a series of colloquia on behalf of the Royal Musical Association featuring national and international guest speakers, along with staff and postgraduate students. All welcome!
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Stirling Maxwell Centre Spring 2021 Seminar Series

Date: Thursday 11 February 2021 - Thursday 25 March 2021
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, Student events
Venue: Online, via Zoom
Speaker: Various

The seminar series is a learned group of regular public seminars and workshops. We host speakers and world renowned experts on subjects pertinent to the Centre’s remit, from the Medieval period to the twenty-first century. Subjects range from emblems, comics, cinema, cartoons, History of the Book, History of Art, Philology, Cultural History, History of Architecture, Shakespearean theatre, Early Modern Festivals, 3D architectural reconstruction, and many more. Our programme of events and activities reflects our research culture and our international reach. Our seminars and workshops are open to scholars, students, and (unless specified) to general public alike.
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The Hunterian Weekly Talk Series - Old Ways New Roads

Date: Tuesday 16 February 2021 - Tuesday 30 March 2021
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Categories: Exhibitions, Public lectures, Social events, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Various

Old Ways New Roads: Travels in Scotland 1720-1832, The Hunterian’s major new exhibition will be moving online in the coming weeks. To celebrate, we are hosting a series of weekly talks featuring the people who worked on the exhibition and the authors who contributed towards the publication. Talks will be 10-15 minutes long and will be followed by question time. The zoom links will be made available each week on the Old Ways New Roads page on the Hunterian website.
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Glasgow Theatre Seminars

Date: Thursday 25 February 2021 - Thursday 22 April 2021
Time: 17:30
Categories: Films and theatre, Academic events, Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online

A series of talks, discussions and events hosted by Theatre Studies. Drawing together researchers, theatre makers and other artists, the seminar is a public forum for exploring theatre and performance in the past, present and future, as well as the relationship between scholarship and practice.
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Online reflective service of Taizé Prayer and Music.

Date: Tuesday 02 March 2021
Time: 18:00 - 18:40
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: Online via Chaplaincy YouTube
Speaker: Rev Dr. Carolyn Kelly

Chaplaincy invites you to join us for an online reflective service of Taizé Prayer and Music.
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A Conversation with Stella Duffy

Date: Wednesday 03 March 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures, Social events, Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Stella Duffy

Hear from author and theatre maker Stella Duffy, in conversation with Louise Welsh, as part of LGBT History Month

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International Students and Plagiarism: Cultural Differences and Setting Expectations

Date: Thursday 04 March 2021
Time: 13:30 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Julia Bohlmann 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!
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#UofGEngage Forum: Sci/Eng & Arts Collaborations

Date: Friday 05 March 2021
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Zoom

Join the #UofGEngage Forum for its second event, exploring public engagement collaborations between science/engineering and the arts.

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Creative Conversations: Kirstin Innes

Date: Monday 08 March 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Kirstin Innes

Writer and journalist Kirstin Innes reading and in conversation with Dr Zoe Strachan
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John Smith Centre: Power Hour with David Lammy MP

Date: Tuesday 09 March 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Categories: Public lectures, Academic events, Student events, Alumni events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: David Lammy MP - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

Join Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli and Kezia Dugdale in conversation with Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy.
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Annual University Service

Date: Sunday 14 March 2021
Time: 11:00 - 12:00
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: Online Event

All members of the University are invited to attend the Annual University Service which will take place online on Sunday 14 March 2021 at 11.00am.

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Creative Conversations: Shola Von Reinhold

Date: Monday 15 March 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Shola Von Reinhold

Writer Shola Von Reinhold reading and in conversation with Dr Zoe Strachan
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Methods: Coding Qualitative Data

Date: Tuesday 16 March 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
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.

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Online Vespers: evening prayer and reflection on scripture with music from the Chapel Choir

Date: Tuesday 16 March 2021
Time: 18:00 - 18:40
Categories: Ceremonial events
Venue: Online via Chaplaincy YouTube
Speaker: Rev Dr. Carolyn Kelly

Chaplaincy invites you to join us for online Vespers: evening prayer and reflection on scripture with music from the Chapel Choir
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Creative Conversations: Oliver Langmead

Date: Tuesday 16 March 2021
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Oliver Langmead

Creative Conversations: Book Launch for Oliver Langmead’s Birds of Paradise
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Creative Conversations: Lisa Robertson

Date: Monday 22 March 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Lisa Robertson

Poet and Essayist Lisa Robertson reading and in conversation
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UNESCO RILA Sofa Café #4 - The role of hospitality in community building

Date: Tuesday 23 March 2021
Time: 09:00 - 10:30
Categories: Conferences, Social events, Academic events
Venue: Zoom
Speaker: Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten, Rema Sherifi, Salma Zulfiqar, Alison McIntosh and Alison Phipps

In this fourth edition of the UNESCO RILA Sofa Cafés, Professor Alison Phipps , holder of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts (RILA) at the University of Glasgow, will enter into conversation with Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten (Waikato University), Salma Zulfiqar (ARTConnect for Solidarity and UNESCO RILA Affiliate Artist), Rema Sherifi (Maryhill Integration Network) and Alison McIntosh (Auckland University of Technology) to discuss the role of hospitality in community building.
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Linking Up Assessments to Make Feedback Meaningful: An Introduction to Assessment Blueprinting

Date: Tuesday 23 March 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis

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.
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Work Related Learning: Transferable Skills development at The Hunterian

Date: Thursday 25 March 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Ruth Fletcher, Anne Dulau, Jesper Ericsson (Hunterian) and Masters students Brianne Cipriano, Alexandra Earl, Stephanie Tierney

In this session you will hear from the supervisors and the student participants of 3 case studies: Experiences, challenges and benefits to both host and student. One example began before the pandemic and two are current, allowing us to address issues and questions around remote placements.
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ESDC Annual Lecture: Flexible Electronics Pioneer to Speak About Bioelectronic Neural Interfaces

Date: Tuesday 30 March 2021
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Categories: Public lectures
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Prof. John A. Rogers

The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 30 Mar 2021 starting at 15:00 BST via Zoom. The Zoom link will be provided closer to the date. Registration is available at Eventbrite.
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BALEAP Conference: Exploring pedagogical approaches in EAP teaching

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

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

Date: Tuesday 20 April 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis

This session will allow participants to evaluate their assessment tasks and think about enhancements that could make these assessments more inclusive.
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Designing Conference Posters, Print and Digital: Going Beyond the Standard Template

Date: Thursday 22 April 2021
Time: 13:00 - 13:45
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
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, or if this is your first time making one for a digital-first audience, this will give you a chance to see some good examples and consider what makes them effective.
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Methods: Designing Questionnaires

Date: Thursday 29 April 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Vicki Dale

Questionnaires can notoriously be interpreted in different ways by different respondents, making your analysis of the responses difficult. are interested in undertaking scholarship, particularly around learner experience research.
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Rubrics to the Rescue? How the Use of Rubrics Can Enhance Assessment of Student Learning and Provision of Feedback

Date: Tuesday 04 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis

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.
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Intro to Active Learning

Date: Thursday 06 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
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 gives an introduction to active learning and examines the concept of Glasgow's learning spaces, both physical and online.

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Refresher: Digital accessibility - Making your digital content better for all

Date: Tuesday 11 May 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Drew McConnell

Whenever we publish information online now, we need to make it accessible. This is not only required by law - it also makes our content more usable by everyone. This session will explore some very straightforward principles for making content accessible, and review some of the tools available to help with that.
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Designing Meaningful Assessment to Promote Academic Integrity and Prevent Plagiarism

Date: Tuesday 11 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis

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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Regeneration: 6th Annual PGR Conference in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies

Date: Friday 14 May 2021
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Categories: Conferences
Venue: Online via Zoom

Hosted by the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, this one-day conference will explore how the theme of 'regeneration' finds expression in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies. Call for papers now open, deadline for submissions: Wednesday 10 March 2021
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Using Teams with large classes: organisation, engagement and interaction

Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Andrew Hoolachan

In this session Andrew will explain how he has utilised teams to deliver interactive teaching in a large class of urban planning MSc students.
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High-Stakes Assessments: Balancing, Spreading and Mitigating their Impact

Date: Wednesday 19 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Wilder-Davis

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