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Latest news

  • 09 Feb

    IBBY Books

    Staff and students asked 'What makes a book silent?' This travelling exhibition is a copy of a collection assembled in 2012 by iBbY members from across five continents as part of a powerful response to the influx of refugees arriving on the tiny Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.
  • 08 Feb

    Baal/Routledge ‘Cognitive Approaches to Language in Education’

    On the 18th and 19th January 2018, the University of Glasgow hosted a two day research symposium ‘Cognitive Approaches to Language in Education’ which was part of the BAAL/Routledge research seminar series.
  • 18 Dec

    Economic and Social Research Council - Skills Development Scotland (ESRC-SDS) pr

    Applications for an ESRC-SDS PhD Studentship at Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change were invited internationally through jobs.ac.uk and the recruitment process completed earlier in 2017– see Blog post from March 29 for grant details. The successful candidate, Petri Simonen, started a four-year program of research in October 2017.
  • 05 Dec

    Activate wins best in “Giving Back to Glasgow”

    This award was for initiatives which demonstrated change outside of the academy, proactively targeting underserved audiences and are innovative in their design – all things which Activate achieves; therefore it was a fantastic result to get this award which recognises the contribution it plays in working alongside communities trying to make a difference.
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Upcoming Events

  • 07 Feb

    Postgraduate Open Evening

    Thursday 22 March 2018 St Andrew’s Building 17:00-18:30 Our open evening is a fantastic opportunity to meet staff and students and to find out more about our wide range of Masters programmes.
  • 13 Mar

    PGDE Taster Sessions

    Interested in a career in teaching? Register for our taster sessions running on 28th March 2018 subject areas are PGDE Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Literacy.
  • 12 Mar

    Texts for Diversity Workshops

    We would like to invite you to a workshops being run by the masters in Children’s Literature and Literacies students on the 22nd March.
  • 29 Jan

    Cardinal Winning Lecture 2018

    We are pleased to announce that the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will deliver the 2018 Cardinal Winning Lecture on the morning of Saturday 2nd June 2018
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Podcast

Dr Ria Dunkley on 'Space time scapes as ecopedagogy'

Prof Schweisfurth on Learner-centred pedagogy: Towards a post-2015 agenda for teaching and learning

Dr Catherine Lido on Older learning engagement in the modern city

Professor Mike Osborne on A European lens upon adult and lifelong learning in Asia

Professor Trevor Gale on 'What's not to like about RCTs in education?"

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