By Colette Mair, School of Mathematics and Statistics, on behalf of the work of Alice Parodi, graduate of the University of Glasgow. Learning and teaching are complicated processes. Teaching excellence may not have a universal definition and there is no rule book or user manual that lecturers can follow. Introduction During the 2021/22 academic session, […]
Author: Julia Bohlmann
Comparison of behaviour and attitudes towards plagiarism between undergraduate and post-graduate taught level in MVLS at the University of Glasgow
By Carolyn Loveridge and Kimberly Davis In this blog post, I would like to talk about and share some interesting results which are part of my ongoing MEd Academic Practice Project which is under the supervision of Kimberly Davis. I will give an overview of the background and rationale behind the project, the aim and […]
Decolonising learning development through reflective and relational practice
By Julia Bohlmann This opinion piece has been published in the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education in September: The Decolonising the Curriculum (DtC) movement questions the very values we take for granted as educators. It questions our identity, the knowledge we have internalised and are committed to reproduce, the way we teach our […]
Messy Writing
By Julia Bohlmann I’m a draft writer or daft writer, depending what way you are looking at it. What I’m trying to say is that I’m a writer of multiple drafts. This is because I have long accepted that my first two drafts of anything are going to be messy. So apart from being a […]
Building a Study Community through Podcasts
We are Dr Micky Ross and Dr Julia Bohlmann – the International Team at UofG’s Learning Enhancement and Academic Development Service (LEADS). We work with international students from all subject areas, so there is always a lot to do. Until last year we never quite got around to expanding our online provision. But the enforced […]