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How will my degree develop it?

During your time at the University of Glasgow, you will come to realise that working efficiently with others is a crucial skill for your future career. By being an experienced collaborator, you will be able to understand the perspectives of your teammates, manage your priorities and fulfill your given tasks based on the course expectations and intended learning outcomes.

Employers tend to prefer individuals who can work together well within a group setting and balance the group's goals with personal achievement. Therefore, your curriculum has been designed to enable you to become an experienced collaborator. While a student at the University of Glasgow, you will have plenty of opportunities to cooperate with your classmates through group projects, seminars, workshops, and team assignments.  

While working in teams on your course, you will learn how to share your perspectives with your course-mates in a positive way. This is an essential skill in group work. Another critical aspect in your collaborative projects will be active listening, which goes beyond the words that your classmates are telling you. Active listening refers to a process where you listen to others without any judgment and ensure that you understand the meaning behind their words. This skill is especially important since the University of Glasgow has a diverse student body; therefore, you will need to listen to others and be open to their suggestions and viewpoints to ensure successful cooperation.   

How else can I develop it?

Although you will have plenty of chances during your lectures, seminars, and courses to develop your collaboration skills, there are many other opportunities on campus to cooperate with others and become better at group work. One great ways to do it would be to join the Glasgow University Student’s Representative Council (SRC). The primary role of this organisation is to support students of the University to ensure that their time here is safe, enjoyable, and as interesting as possible. Through the SRC, you have various opportunities to work together with others and to cooperate with students from all over the University; examples include:  

- Volunteering: You can register as a volunteer within SRC, which will support you in finding volunteering roles suitable for your profile. You can also use the SRC volunteering page to keep a record of your volunteering and log any hours, training courses, and skills acquired throughout your time at University.

- Student media: The SRC supports four award-winning student media outlets which interested students can join. Each media group is editorially independent of the SRC and chooses the direction, development, and content of its product each year. The four media groups are The Glasgow Guardian, Glasgow University Magazine (GUM), Glasgow University Student Television (GUST), and Subcity Radio. All have won various national awards over the years, including Best Specialist Radio Show at the Student Radio Awards to Best Newspaper and Best Magazine at the Herald Student Media Awards. 

- Raising and Giving (RAG): This is another interesting, student-led committee at the University responsible for organising fundraising activities and campaigns throughout the year. In the last few years, RAG organised Charity Quizzes, brought Alpacas to Campus, completed the Poppy appeal, raised money for Movember, and worked with the library to have library fines donated to charity.  

Why is this attribute valuable to me?

Being an effective collaborator is essential for any career path. To progress profesionally, you will have to work with colleaugues with views you do not necessarily agree with and overcome this to carry out the task at hand. That's why it is vital you learn to do this effectively through things like group projects while at university.