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Sanctuary Events

As a University of Sanctuary, we are pleased to host a range of events throughout the year, including annual Refugee Week & Scottish Refugee Festival Events.

Expect talks, film screenings, conferences, community events and more.

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Staff workshops and seminars

Staff workshops and seminars


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RISE@UofG presents Dream Big, Start Small: A Conversation with Professor Pat Gunning

28 Apr

Date: Monday 28 April 2025
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Adam Smith Building, Hothouse, 282
Speaker: Professor Pat Gunning

Join Us for the Next RISE@UofG Event: Dream Big, Start Small: A Conversation with Professor Pat Gunning. We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming RISE@UofG event on 28th April 2025 at 4pm, hosted at the Adam Smith Business School, Hothouse (282).

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Image for SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Disseminate

SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Disseminate

30 Apr

Date: Wednesday 30 April 2025
Time: 12::00 - 13:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

This month we consider how to develop a dissemination strategy for SoTL practitioners. We will begin with a series of questions which are designed to help us to build our personal plan for dissemination before looking at some of the pathways for publication which are available for UofG colleagues internally and externally. Examples of successful SoTL publications will be provided in order to help us to plan for our own publications.

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Disrupting the Speculative City: People vs Haringey Development Vehicle (Urban Studies and Social Policy April Seminar)

30 Apr

Date: Wednesday 30 April 2025
Time: 15:30 - 17:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: 386AB, Adam Smith Business School
Speaker: Joe Penny

In this talk, Joe Penny will present the findings of Disrupting the Speculative City, a book he co-authored with Dr Amy Horton. The ‘Haringey Development Vehicle’ (HDV), a speculative joint venture between the local council and the international developer Lendlease, was scrapped by the local council in 2018. as a result of the political creativity, tactical nous and extraordinary commitment of ordinary people. The book tells the story of how a community coalition defeated one of the most ambitious programmes of state-led gentrification in London that was set to ‘terraform’ Tottenham from a diverse working-class place to a space for wealthy investors, residents and consumers.

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Celebrating Hispanic Collections at University of Glasgow

01 May

Date: Thursday 01 May 2025
Time: 13:00 - 17:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery Lecture Theatre (Room 103) 82 Hillhead Street Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Various

Listen to researchers and collection experts deliver short talks on the range of rich Hispanic collections across the University of Glasgow

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LINEs4Palestine Report Launch

01 May

Date: Thursday 01 May 2025
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Hybrid Event - On Campus Location TBC

In this event we will launch our Multivocal Project Report on the LINEs4Palestine project. A project born from the wish and the will to do something to support graduates and teachers in Gaza, and to keep hoping for more just futures.

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URBAN RETROFIT: Roundtable Discussion on Post-growth Planning

07 May

Date: Wednesday 07 May 2025
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Christopher Ingold Auditorium, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ

Join us at UCL on the evening of May 7 in the Christopher Ingold Auditorium for a discussion on post-growth planning.

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Memory Storage and Retrieval: The Brain vs the Archive

08 May

Date: Thursday 08 May 2025
Time: 12:30 - 16:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Kelvin Hall (Lecture Theatre, ground floor, and Study Rooms)
Speaker: Prof John Sutton

An interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of memories in the brain and in physical collections. Featuring a keynote lecture by Prof John Sutton (Philosophy, University of Stirling), an interactive roundtable, and a hands-on workshop.

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Creative Methods in Youth Research: The Politics of Making and Sharing

22 May

Date: Thursday 22 May 2025
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online

Explore creative youth research! Learn how media-making, craft, and zines empower marginalised voices. Online event: 22 May, 14:00.

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Image for SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Reflect

SoTL Network The Stations of SoTL: Reflect

28 May

Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Categories: Staff workshops and seminars
Venue: Online
Speaker: Dr Nathalie Tasler, Dr Linnea Soler and Dr Sarah Honeychurch

We end our SoTL journey this year as we began, with reflection. In this session we each take time to look back at our previous learning, teaching and SoTL activities and celebrate any successes we have had, however large or small these might be

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Past Events

Past Events