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GradWeek gets underway

The Careers Service is running its first GradWeek, 3 - 7 March. Over the course of the week students will have the opportunity to attend a range of practical seminars and participate in a series of activities to help support their journey to graduate employment.

From free professional head shots for LinkedIn profiles, to 'dress to impress for interviews' with House of Fraser and Deloitte, as well as a 'winning CVs' seminar, 'body language - everybody speaks it' session, and 'making the most of your professional online identity' presentation - there's something for everyone.

The highlight of the week will be the Spring Graduate Fair in Scotland taking place on Wednesday at the GUU, 1000 - 1700. This national fair has attracted over 50 graduate recruiters and is always popular with students and graduates alike. This is an AGCAS supported event and is being held on campus for the first time.

Please encourage your students to participate and sign-up for GradWeek events. Pre-registration is not required for the fair.

For full details of GradWeek activities and the Spring Graduate Fair please see our events pages: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/careers/events/

Students urged to get SAAS applications in by 31 March

Students who have started their course but haven’t yet applied for tuition fees are being urged to take action or face being billed by the University.  

About 1,000 students in Scotland are currently studying at Higher Education Institutions but haven’t yet applied for their fees to be paid by the Student Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS). Students are being urged to get their funding applications in to SAAS by the 31 March 2014 deadline to ensure their tuition fees for the current academic year are met and to avoid facing an invoice from their university or college at the end of term. 

Chief Executive, David Wallace, says that some students don't realise they need to apply to SAAS to get their tuition fees paid, as well as applying for loans and grants.   He said, "Around 1,000 students are currently on courses at Higher Education Institutions across the country  who haven't applied to SAAS to get their fees paid. We’d like to remind all students who haven’t already done so to get their applications for tuition fees in now, before it’s too late.

Knowledge Exchange & Impact Conference – 22 April 2014  

The University is convening an internally-facing Knowledge Exchange and Impact (KEI) Conference the afternoon of 22 April 2014 at the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel.  

This conference is the first in a series of events aiming to maintain the momentum of raised awareness and knowledge of research-led impact gained through preparation of case studies for REF submission and to celebrate examples of the benefits we deliver to our external partners and the public. It will be a forum for researchers to  share their experience of  knowledge exchange activity and impact generation, to inform colleagues about channels and opportunities for KE and impact within specific themes or groups, and to further the process of embedding KEI in our research activity and culture.  

Book your place at the Conference here.   Further details on workshop speakers and the conference keynote speaker will be provided in the very near future.   If you have any queries, please contact Louise Mitchell, Research Strategy & Innovation Office, at: louise.mitchell@glasgow.ac.uk.  

“Scotland: Between Past and Future”

The Centre for the Study of Socialist Theory & Movements and the Radical Independence Campaign present a lecture by internationally renowned  author, activist and filmmaker Tariq Ali:

‌“Scotland: Between Past and Future”, Friday 14 March 2014,  6.30pm, Boyd Orr Lecture Theatre

Born in Pakistan, Tariq Ali became Britain’s top left-wing intellectual in the 1960s when he led student opposition to the Vietnam War. In this period, he befriended John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Malcolm X, and was the alleged inspiration for Street Fighting Man by the Rolling  Stones. He has remained one of the UK’s most influential commentators and authors. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books and the author of numerous books, including Bush in Babylon (2003), Conversations with Edward Said (2005), Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2002), Street-Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties (2005), A Banker for All Seasons (2007) The Obama Syndrome (2010) and On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver  Stone in Conversation (2011).

Now, he is in Scotland to argue that a Yes vote will benefit the socialist cause UK- and world-wide. In this urgent time for Britain and Scotland,  his views can’t be ignored.

More Merchants House talks on the way

The Centre for Open Studies, in partnership with The Merchants House of Glasgow, is delighted to present a second short series of lunchtime talks in The Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1BA. The cost is £5.00 per person for the 3 talks and £8.00 for the tour of Glasgow University and is payable on entry. If you wish to reserve a place please telephone: 0141 330 1835 or for more information see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/centreforopenstudies/merchanthouse/

• Shakespeare on his own Stage,  Dr Paul Innes, 5 March 12.30 - 1.30
• Tour of the University of Glasgow, SRC, 12 March 12.30 – 1.30  (Please note: The group will meet at the main gates of the University of Glasgow.)
• Lochaber to the Cosmos, Dr Alexander MacKinnon, 19 March 12.30 - 1.30        
• Scotland, Sir Walter Scott and European opera, Dr Stuart Campbell, 26 March 12.30 - 1.30

 

 

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First published: 24 February 2014