Student Learning Development

Induction & Transitions Team

We create, develop and coordinate provision to help enable students to transition effectively into, through and out of their degree programmes.

We are responsible for the Glasgow Essentials offer holders’ resource and we facilitate both the Transition to Glasgow (T2G) course and Transition to Glasgow: Postgraduate Edition programme for incoming undergraduate and postgraduate taught students respectively. We also deliver a range of transitions-oriented provision throughout the semester. 

Navigating Semester 1

In Semester 1, we run a range of sessions designed to help new undergraduate and postgraduate taught students successfully transition through key stages of their first semester as a UofG student. This includes:

• Navigating Your Semester 1 classes
  • A series of lecture-style classes focusing on key transitions-oriented academic skills, such as demystifying independent learning, assessments, academic integrity and AI, navigating key relationships, and using feedback effectively
  • For postgraduate taught students thinking about the next step after graduation, we also have sessions focusing on PhD applications and career planning
• Building Community check-in sessions
  • A series of informal and friendly check-in sessions to discuss and reflect on your progress at various points in the semester, and where you can find out about advice and support to help you in your studies and in wider student life
  • Some of these sessions are open to all undergraduate or postgraduate taught students and some are for specific student cohorts, such as Local/Commuting students, Mature students, Online and Distance Learning students, and Part-Time students
• Peer Co-working Space workshops
  • A series of workshops where you can bring your own coursework, assessments, or applications to work on in a focused and supported environment
  • For postgraduate taught students thinking about applying for a PhD, we also have sessions focusing on PhD applications

You can find the timetable for all the sessions, including all the relevant details, in the Session Timetable section below.

We will also soon make 1:1 appointments available for undergraduate and postgraduate taught students wishing to discuss any aspect of moving through the different stages of their studies at UofG.

 

Dr Stuart Purcell

Induction & Transitions Manager

Stuart has extensive experience in learning development and academic literacies within the UK Higher Education sector, having taught widely in these areas at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has worked in various roles across the University of Glasgow and in his current role focuses on key points of student transition into, through, and out of Higher Education, developing programmes and resources to help students make these transitions successfully. While he now concentrates on the aforementioned areas in his research, Stuart’s research background is primarily in literature and media studies, the latter of which continues to inform a great deal of his work.

Dr Clare Brown

Induction & Transitions Adviser

Clare has substantial experience as a learning developer in Scottish Higher Education, with a particular interest in working with students entering university from ‘non-traditional’ backgrounds and entry routes. In previous lives, she worked in the third sector as an adviser on money and housing issues, and conducted research on colonialism and missionary visual culture; both are surprisingly relevant to her current role.

Lucy McCormick

Induction & Transitions Adviser

Lucy has worked extensively with diverse student groups transitioning into, through and out of UK Higher Education. Her career encompasses ESL teaching in the UK and overseas as well as teaching, student engagement and learning development roles across Further and Higher Education. Lucy’s academic background is in French and Religious Studies, with postgraduate research focused on the influence of Buddhist traditions in the French interwar avant-garde.