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Rubrics to the Rescue? How the Use of Rubrics Can Enhance Assessment of Student Learning and Provision of Feedback

12 Nov

Date: Wednesday 12 November 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Kimberly 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. You will also get the chance to see examples of rubrics from colleagues on campus, and ask them about their experience.

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Books "Antiques" Roadshow

13 Nov

Date: Thursday 13 November 2025
Time: 16:30 - 19:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: The Old Glasgow Room, The Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.

Linking readers old and new, the University of Glasgow's Book Tales: Storytelling Between Text and Object free events series reveals heritage collections and emotional connections, using books to tell stories beyond their text.

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The Human Biology Story Lab

15 Nov

Date: Saturday 15 November 2025
Time: 11:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre, Seminar Rooms

Join this Being Human Festival workshop and explore your body’s hidden processes through creative writing. No experience needed.

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Measuring the International Relevance and Cultural Inclusivity of your Course

18 Nov

Date: Tuesday 18 November 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Julia Bohlmann

This workshop introduces the Internationally Relevant Curriculum Scales (IRCS), a tool that enables us to systematically evaluate our course materials, teaching and classroom interactions for international relevance and cultural inclusivity. By using a simplified version of the tool interactively in the workshop, it will demonstrate how the data can be analysed and translated into actionable changes to our curriculum and practice. The workshop is open to all and will be particularly useful for academic and professional staff who teach international and/or diverse student cohorts.

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Eastern Europe’s ‘Peripheral Whiteness’: Class and Gender Racialization among Polish Migrants and Returnees

19 Nov

Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek and Dr Sylwia Urbańska

In this talk, Dr Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek and Dr Sylwia Urbańska will develop the concept of peripheral Whiteness in the context of Eastern Europeans, arguing that their position is characterized by conditional access to the privileges associated with Whiteness. Focusing on the example of Polish migrants in Western European labour markets and Polish returnees at Poland’s eastern borders, the talk will demonstrate how processes of racialization are deeply intertwined with dimensions of class and gender.

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International Men's Day 2025

19 Nov

Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025
Time: 17:30 - 19:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: The Hot House, Adam Smith Business School, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY

19 November. Join us for lively and impactful panel discussion in the Adam Smith Business School building

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CREATe Webinar: The African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection - a driver for cyber capacity building through legal harmonisation(?)

20 Nov

Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Joséphine Sangaré

In this lunchtime webinar, Joséphine Sangaré, will present insights from her research on public-private partnerships in cyber capacity building. Titled “The Arican Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection – a driver for cyber capacity building through harmonisation(?)” the webinar will discuss the development of African regional frameworks on information and communication technology partnerships to create opportunities that cater to local needs.

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Women's Entrepreneurship Week 2025

20 Nov

Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
Time: 17:30 - 20:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: The Hot House, Adam Smith Business School, 2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, G11 6EY

Women in Entrepreneurship — A Panel with the Adam Smith Business School

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Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology of Glasgow for 850: Part 1

20 Nov

Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre , Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow, 1 University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Speaker: Professor Stephen Driscoll

This year’s Dalrymple Lecture Series will mark Glasgow 850 with a pair of lectures by leading archaeologist Professor Stephen Driscoll exploring the contribution of archaeology to telling the story of Glasgow’s first 850 years – and what came before Glasgow.

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Election 2026: Predictions and Consequences - Live Podcast Recording

21 Nov

Date: Friday 21 November 2025
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Senate Room, The Gilbert Scott Building University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Bernard Ponsonby (former STV Political Editor) and Alex Massie (The Times)

Join two of Scotland’s most respected political journalists, Bernard Ponsonby (former STV Political Editor) and Alex Massie (The Times), for a special live recording of their acclaimed podcast at the University of Glasgow on 21 November 2025.

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Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology of Glasgow for 850: Part 2

21 Nov

Date: Friday 21 November 2025
Time: 18:30 - 19:30
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre , Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow, 1 University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Speaker: Professor Stephen Driscoll

This year’s Dalrymple lecture series will mark Glasgow 850 with a pair of lectures by leading archaeologist Professor Stephen Driscoll exploring the contribution of archaeology to telling the story of Glasgow’s first 850 years – and what came before Glasgow.

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SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Plan

26 Nov

Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

This month the focus of our SoTL journey is planning. Once we have identified what we would like our SoTL to focus on, how are we going to put this into practice? Maybe we would like to make changes to our own teaching practices, perhaps we have questions that we would like to answer by exploring the relevant literature, maybe we are contemplating an evaluation of past or current teaching and learning in our discipline. In this session we discuss strategies for developing a successful SoTL plan.

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CREATe Public Lecture by Tristan Henderson: Code is not law and law is not code but can they be friends?

26 Nov

Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Wolfson Medical School, Yudowitz Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Tristan Henderson

We were delighted to host another instalment in our series of public lectures, delivered by Tristan Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of St Andrews. Tristan’s lecture will take place on November 26 at 3 pm in the Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical School Building, University Avenue, followed by a drinks reception.

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Beyond Efficiency: Automating Marking to Improve Feedback, Moderation, and Programme Design

26 Nov

Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Teams
Speaker: Rebekah Marangon

This session explores how low-code automation tools, such as Microsoft Forms and Power Automate, can be used to transform marking and feedback in higher education. Based on practical experience within undergraduate law modules, the talk highlights how automation can enhance feedback quality, improve consistency, and significantly reduce marking time - while preserving academic integrity and pedagogical depth.

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Sean Metzger: Rethinking Respectability in US LGBTQ Asylum Cases: The Oeuvre of Staceyann Chin

26 Nov

Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online via Zoom
Speaker: Sean Metzger

Theatre Studies at Glasgow welcomes you to the latest instalment of the Glasgow Theatre Seminar series with Sean Metzger (UCLA) exploring the work of LGBTQ rights activist, poet and performer Staceyann Chin.

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Approaches to Active Learning: Peer Learning

03 Dec

Date: Wednesday 03 December 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Aleix Tura Vecino

This session introduces staff to peer learning as a dynamic and inclusive form of active learning. Designed for educators seeking to enhance student engagement and collaboration, the session explores key principles, benefits, and practical applications of peer learning across disciplines.

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Seminar on Disability and Migration with Dr Rebecca Yeo, from University of Exeter.

03 Dec

Date: Wednesday 03 December 2025
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Room 734, James McCune Smith with online option
Speaker: Dr Rebecca Yeo from University of Exeter.

Dr Rebecca Yeo (University of Exeter), author of Disabling Migration Controls, highlights how asylum restrictions actively disable and how insights from the disabled people’s movement support justice. The seminar, held on the International Day of Disabled People, explores overlapping injustices in migration, disability, and climate crises. Drawing on the Sensing Climate project and research in Glasgow, the presentation promotes cross-movement collaboration. The project invites Disabled and d/Deaf people with chronic conditions to contribute through conversation or mural ideas. Interpreters and expenses covered.

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University of Glasgow Prison Projects Exchange

23 Jan

Date: Friday 23 January 2026
Time: 09:30 - 17:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Senate Room, Gilbert Scott Building
Speaker: Various

Join us at the GU Prison Projects Exchange, to express interest, share experiences, foster new relationships, and build collaborations.

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SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Design

28 Jan

Date: Wednesday 28 January 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

We begin the new year by looking at how best to design a SoTL project. Whether we are contemplating embarking on a literature review, designing a learning and teaching intervention or undertaking an evaluation of a previous intervention, it is vital to spend time planning at the outset. In this session we will consider the main methodologies that we might use for a SoTL project, and the methods associated with each.

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Applying for the SoTL Funding Scheme

17 Feb

Date: Tuesday 17 February 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Sarah Honeychurch and Dr Nathalie Tasler

This session is aimed at colleagues who would like to know more about the SoTL Funding Scheme and are interested in applying. We will look through the call for bids for 2025-26 and consider which types of project might be eligible. Members of the network who have been successful in their bids will be available to talk about their projects and offer advice.

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From Design to Dialogue: Building Feedback Literacy for Staff and Students

18 Feb

Date: Wednesday 18 February 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Davis

This session will equip participants with the knowledge, strategies, and tools to enhance their own feedback literacy and to foster feedback literacy in their students. It emphasizes feedback as a dialogic, developmental process embedded in assessment design and everyday teaching practice.

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SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Investigate

25 Feb

Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

The focus of our SoTL journey this month is investigation. Once we have identified a possible SoTL project and decided on a project design, how do we begin our investigation? In this session we ask questions about how to establish which resources we might need, how much time we have to dedicate to our project and who else might be available to support us.

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From Silos to Synergy: Supporting Student Learning Through a Programme Focused Approach to Assessment and Feedback

12 Mar

Date: Thursday 12 March 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Kimberly Davis

Programmatic assessment implies that assessment is organised across a programme, rather than for individual courses. This programme structure allows for iterative assessment practices to flourish, and for students to engage with the assessment process more meaningfully. This session will help participants think about how to map their courses programmatically and make meaningful links between courses on a programme.

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People & Excellence 2026: Celebrating Achievements in Knowledge Exchange & Innovation

23 Mar

Date: Monday 23 March 2026
Time: 14:00 - 18:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Advanced Research Centre

Celebration of staff and students delivering meaningful engagement, innovation and impact. Awards presentations.

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SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Write

25 Mar

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

The focus of this month’s stage of the SoTL journey is writing. Of course, this is an activity that occurs throughout the whole process, from reflection all the way through to implementation. In this session we look at how to identify ways in which to build in writing into your regular practices, whether those be daily, weekly, or less often. As well as looking at strategies for developing regular writing practices, we will also consider which tools you might use to help you to take and make notes.

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SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Disseminate

29 Apr

Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

This month we consider how to develop a dissemination strategy for SoTL practitioners. We will begin with a series of questions which are designed to help us to build our personal plan for dissemination before looking at some of the pathways for publication which are available for UofG colleagues internally and externally. Examples of successful SoTL publications will be provided in order to help us to plan for our own publications.

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SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Reflect

27 May

Date: Wednesday 27 May 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Academic events
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

We end our SoTL journey this year as we began, with reflection. In this session we each take time to look back at our previous learning, teaching and SoTL activities and celebrate any successes we have had, however large or small these might be. We also reflect on any challenges we have faced and consider how we might overcome any such barriers in the future. Then we look forward and consider how we would like to engage in SoTL over the summer months – and even begin planning for the next academic year.

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