Winter Meeting 2025
31 January

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The Programme
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Online (Zoom) 10:00 - 16:00 GMT
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10:00-10:10 Welcome (Chairs)
10:10-10:30 Let’s Talk About [X]: Reflections on running a multidisciplinary undergraduate research conference Mona O’Brien (University of Glasgow)
10:30-10:50 Defending the third space: How the crisis in Higher Education is leading to Leaner Developers being asked to subject teach, Derek Keenan and Alexander Cuthbert (University of Strathclyde)
10:50-11:00 Break
11:00-11:20 Reflection on the challenges of adapting to culturally different HE systems for international ethnic minority students and how this can inform our teaching practices, Alisha Aman and Prarthna Clare (University of Glasgow)
11:20-11:40 Diagnostic Quiz for Incoming University Mathematics Students, Hiroko Kamei and John McDermott (University of Dundee)
11:40-12:10 Lightning Talk Panel 1
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Reviving Student Drop-in Support, Ralitsa Kantcheva (University of Bedfordshire)
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Student Experience of Master’s Research Project Supervision by Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship Staff on Biosciences programmes, Kirsty Hacking, Kareen MacLeod, Rache Findlay-Robinson, Lauren Headland, Rachel Masson, Mhairi London and Claire Taylor (University of Glasgow)
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Does the type of written feedback provided to PGT students impact its perceived usefulness, and hence student satisfaction? Rachel Findlay-Robinson (University of Glasgow)
12:10-13:15 Lunch
13:15-13:50 ScotHELD Business
13:50-14:10 The Making of a Learning Developer, Rachel Horrocks-Birss (University of Dundee)
14:10-14:30 The Impact of Sex, Age, and Ethnicity on University-Level Mathematics Education During Covid-19, Alan Walker (University of the West of Scotland)
14:30-14:50 Lightning Talk Panel 2
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Getting Creative with Academic Literacies, Robyne Calvert (University of Glasgow)
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‘Team of UG Together’ internship: evaluation of the use of a ‘chat’ platform for cross-cohort (online/on campus) community building, Kirstin Stuart James (University of Glasgow)
14:50-15:00 Break
15:00-15:20 Reviewing Our Asynchronous Resources (ROAR) – An Academic Skills Team Research Project, Hannah Awcock and Lorrae Fox (Edinburgh Napier University)
15:20-15:40 Learning in Lectures: can a student-led e-resource support transition into HE? Linnea Soler (University of Glasgow)
15:40-16:00 Wrap-Up (Chairs)