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Professor David Clark to retire from academia in the autumn

David Clark, Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Glasgow's School of Interdisciplinary Studies in Dumfries, has announced his retirement from academia in the autumn. Professor Clark, who won a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award for his work in end-of-life studies (2015-20), will be succeeded by Dr Naomi Richards who took on the role of Director of the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group on 1 March. For further information about the work of Professor David Clark and his research group, read his blog "Endings and beginnings".

UUKi Go International: Stand Out Scottish Parliamentary Reception

Students are invited to attend the UUKi Go International: Stand Out Scottish Parliamentary Reception to celebrate the Go International: Stand Out campaign in Scotland. The campaign aims to help the UK higher education sector to double the percentage of UK students who study, work or volunteer abroad.

The event will be held from 6–8pm on Wednesday 29 April 2020 in the Burns Room. The event is kindly hosted by Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde.

This is a fantastic opportunity to meet and engage with MSPs, study abroad students and alumni from across Scotland to celebrate the value of study and work abroad. It will also offer photo and social media opportunities to increase coverage and raise awareness of the campaign.

It would be great if you could help to promote the reception and encourage your MSP to attend via social media. Universities UK International will be able to support you with social media content.

Prior to attending the event, please contact us if you have any specific access requirements or if you require personal assistance in the event of an evacuation. There will be light refreshments served throughout the evening with vegetarian options. If you have any allergies, please let us know. If you would like to attend this event, please email outwardmobility@international.ac.uk with your full name, including prefix, by Friday 27 March to confirm your attendance.

Information on: Paperless Trade and questions on shipping related issues including Brexit

Staff members who use the DHL service for mail are advised that an information session is bein held in the Main Building, lRoom 251, 2-4pm on Wednesday, 11 March. 

If anyone would also like some training on access to the portal, names will be taken and this will be covered on the day or on a date to be confirmed due to time restrictions. For further information, contact christine.donnelly@glasgow.ac.uk, Assistant Bedellus.

Music and Performance Practices for Peace, Inclusion and Conflict Transformation

This two-day workshop aims to stimulate participants to reflect on the role of the performing arts for developing peace education, social inclusion and conflict transformation. It combines a number of activities organised by the Arts and Humanities Research Council Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) The Arts of Inclusion (TAI) Network http://tai.international/. The Royal Society of Edinburgh is supporting TAI activities in Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council is supporting an on-going related study on the role of music practices for peace education in Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, which will be discussed at the event.

• Location: Hotel Malmaison, 278 W George St, Glasgow G2 4LL
• Date: Wednesday 13 May and Thursday 14 May 2020
• Times: 10am to 5pm

This event is aimed at interested individuals with research, practice and/or policy roles in the public and voluntary sectors, as well as at doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and academics. Professor Ananda Breed will deliver a key seminar on Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP), a practice-as-research project part of a larger GCRF project entitled ‘Changing the Story: Building Inclusive Societies with and for Young People in 5 Post-Conflict Countries’. The aim of MAP is to work with young people, educators, artists and civil society to inform the performing arts curriculum in Rwanda https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/map-rwanda/. Professor Rachel Beckles Willson will deliver another key seminar on her music work with asylum-seekers in Sicily. Each day there will be a combination of sponsored presentations, roundtables and inputs by experts from relevant local and global networks. The event will be chaired by Dr Oscar Odena, School of Education and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, and Dr Andrew Green, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow.

CALL FOR SPONSORED PRESENTATIONS: up to eight UK-based doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, academics, practice and policy leaders will be invited to present their work and offered sponsorship covering travel to Glasgow, 2-night accommodation and meals. If you are investigating and/or working with music or performance practices for peace, inclusion or conflict transformation and would like to present, please send your 150-word abstract and title to Valeria Gascon, Research Assistant, at Valeria.Gascon@glasgow.ac.uk by the 8th of March 2020.

Booking: attendance at one or both days is free, but places are limited. An Eventbrite link will be available nearer the time through Fiona Lees, Project Administrator.

 

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First published: 3 March 2020