Inspiring benefits and rewards - New Year message

Now that we are into a New Year, many of us will be thinking of ways we can save money. The Performance, Pay and Reward Team would like to draw your attention to our Inspiring Benefits offers and discounts available to you, as a University of Glasgow employee:

  • You could start saving for that summer holiday through a Scotwest Credit Union saving account or even start saving for next Christmas by opening up a Christmas savings account.
  • In addition, if you need to borrow, remember Neyber is available for favourable transparent rates.
  • Or why not check out Season ticket Loans or First Bus Travel Discount Scheme and see if you could decrease your transport costs. 
  • And what’s more, you could benefit from our local discounts and our discount platform. Why pay more! 

    https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/benefits

If you require any further information, or suggestions, please contact the Performance, Pay and Reward Team hr-ppr@glasgow.ac.uk

 

Race Equality at UK HEIs

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched an inquiry to understand the types of racial harassment experienced at Higher Education Institutions. As part of the EHRC inquiry they have launched a UK wide staff and student survey. These surveys are open to all staff and students and accessible through this link -  https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/ymchwiliadau-ac-archwiliadau/racial-harassment-higher-education-our-inquiry#respond

Respondents should note, the University has no access to the information in the survey as this is managed externally by the EHRC. The surveys close on the 15 February, and the EHRC will report in autumn 2019.

 

Compumatch

Could your research benefit from collaboration with a computing scientist? If so, Compumatch can help: this new scheme is essentially a dating service for finding collaborators within the University working on theoretical aspects of computer science. Our areas of expertise include optimisation, modelling, data analysis, and many more; we will point you towards the most appropriate colleague with whom to discuss your project. More information is available at tinyurl.com/compumatch.

You can get in touch with us by email at any time (compumatch@dcs.gla.ac.uk) – download our enquiry form from the website to see what information we need to get started. We’ll also be holding monthly lunchtime drop-in sessions where you can come along for an informal chat with us, with the next event on Friday, 25 January (12:30 – 2, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, room 422; a light buffet lunch will be provided).

For self-contained technical queries about using computing in your research (which you don’t anticipate leading to joint research projects), you might also find the newly launched “Hacky Hour” (https://hackyhour.ewpettersson.se) useful. As a rough guide, if you anticipate a computer scientist having sufficient input to your research to earn an authorship on any outputs then Compumatch is the place to go, otherwise Hacky Hour is more appropriate.

 

Free introductory Gaelic language course for staff 

UofG Gàidhlig are again offering staff the opportunity to attend a 9-week introductory Gaelic course.

For more information and to register for on the course see, follow the link to https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/gaelic/learngaelic/

 

Stonewall Scotland to deliver LGBT Allies Session for staff

Explore how to be an effective ally for your LGBT colleagues, students and the wider university community. Following the success of the first. the Equality and Diversity Unit will once again hosting Stonewall Scotland to deliver a second ‘Lunch and Learn’ session for staff on LGBT Allies. This session will be on Monday, 25 February 2019. 

Allies are incredibly important to helping achieve LGBT equality and for ensuring the University of Glasgow is fully inclusive so everyone can be themselves, without exception. This session will look at the lived experiences of LGBT people in Scotland today and help you identify some practical ways you can demonstrate your support for LGBT equality in your individual roles, as well as your team, your School/Research Institute/Service and the wider University. At the end of the session you will be asked to sign a LGBT Ally Pledge designed by the LGBT+ Network, you will then receive a University of Glasgow Rainbow Pin Badge to identify you as an LGBT Ally.

A light sandwich buffet lunch will be provided. Numbers for the session are restricted. To book a place go to 

https://event.bookitbee.com/21012/uofg-stonewall-scotland-lgbt-allies-staff-lunch-2 where venue and timings can be found. 

 

Professor Chris Chapman to become ICSEI President

It was announced in Stavanger, Norway, that Professor Chris Chapman, Director of Policy Scotland will serve as President Elect for the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). Chris will then take up his two-year Presidency in January 2021. In the interim he will serve as President Elect to support the current Board to take the Congress to Africa for the first time in 2020 (Morocco) and then on to New Zealand in 2021 (Auckland) where he will take on the role as President at the end of the Congress.

ICSEI is a global community of scholars, policy-makers and practitioners established over 30 years ago to enhance the quality and equity of education for all students in schools in all countries. It is intended that this purpose should be achieved through international research excellence and knowledge exchange. These include the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge through the Annual Congress and the ICSEI networks, ICSEI’s relationships with academic journals, the website and other related activities.

https://www.icsei.net/index.php?id=533

First published: 21 January 2019

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