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Centre for Open Studies Programme – West End Festival 2013

31 May – 30 June

Once again the Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow, is taking part in Glasgow’s popular West End Festival! 31 May-30 June 2013.

Free short fun sessions

Please let us know you are coming by calling 0141 330 1860 (Mon-Fri 10.00-16.30) or email

Centre for Open Studies, University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH. www.gla.ac.uk/services/centreforopenstudies

House History in half an hour – Tuesday 4 June 10.30-11.00

Researching the history of your house can be both interesting and rewarding. Not only can you learn about the landowner and developer, and subsequent owners and inhabitants, but you can also see how the neighbourhood grew and developed over the years. Title deeds, land registers, sasines, testaments, inventories, maps and newspapers can all help tell the story of your house. Also, a well-presented house history could be a valuable asset if you are marketing your property.

Ronnie Scott BA MPhil PhD FSA Scot
University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

Write a Short Story in an Hour – Tuesday 4 June 11.00-12 noon

A practical class which examines structures and techniques of the short story form. We will read some extracts of short fiction and then using particular methods, favoured by writers of the form, embark on writing a completed piece of fiction within the hour.

Alan McMunnigall  BA
University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

The Glasgow Boys – Tuesday 4 June 13.00-13.45

A celebration of the art and achievement of the Glasgow Boys who became pioneers of Scottish painting in the later nineteenth century.

Maureen Park, MA AMA PhD
University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

Hieroglyphs in half an hour – Tuesday 4 June 14.00-14.30

Unlock the secrets of the ancient Egyptian language and culture and learn how to read and write hieroglyphs for yourself – all in the space of half an hour!

Angela McDonald MA MPhil DPhil
University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

The Egyptian Hereafter in Half an Hour – Tuesday 4 June  15.00-15.30

From the origins and logistics of mummification to the spells that would see a soul safely past Underworld demons and dangers, this fast-paced talk sheds light on what the Egyptians expected of their afterlives.

Angela McDonald MA MPhil DPhil

University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

How To Learn a Foreign/Second Language – Friday 7 June 13.00-13.30

Scared to learn another language? Worried about your memory, grammar or speaking in front of others? ¡Tú tranquilo! You can learn a language in different ways, at any age, and a good language course will help. With demonstrations in Spanish, this session examines how best to learn – and teach – a language. Hopefully, you’ll see that learning a language can be stimulating, fun, sociable and a great night out.

Liam Kane MA DipEd, PGCE, PhD
University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

West End Wildlife: taster session! – Thursday 20 June 13.00-13.30

A guide to some of The West End’s animal residents and their local eating habits. Where to eat out and what’s on the menu.

Dominic McCafferty BSc PhD
University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH 

Ùlpan Gaelic taster, units 1 and 2. – Friday 21 June 10.00-13.15

Ùlpan is a fast and effective way to learn Gaelic which has been used to great effect in Israel to teach Hebrew and in Wales to teach Welsh. Speaking comes first, and reading and writing follow a little later. You learn through repetition of key structures and through language activities, with a strong emphasis on speaking the language. More information at: www.ulpan.co.uk
All participants will qualify for a £20.00 discount on our full 24 unit Level 1 courses in September and October

University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

See our active Sun for yourself – Friday 21 June 11.30-12 noon

Viewed with specialist equipment, our Sun’s featureless disk reveals a wealth of beautiful and enigmatic features, symptoms of its magnetism. We will use a small solar telescope with a special filter built in to view the structures of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, discussing what they are and their impacts here on Earth at the same time. In the event of cloudy weather we will look at and discuss some of the amazing images of the Sun from recent space missions.

Alexander MacKinnon BSc PhD FRAS

University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH

Astronomy in Glasgow’s West End — 1840 to 1940 – Friday 21 June 13.30-14.30

We will deal with the burgeoning interest of Astronomy in the local population from the beginning of the 19th C resulting with the building of the Dowanhill Observatory and the establishment of a Greenwich Mean Time Service across the City.  The only remaining note of its existence in the area is the sign “Observatory Road” along Byres Road.

David Clarke  BSc, MSc, PhD, MInstP, FRAS
University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s Building, 11 Eldon St, G3 6NH
 

All free but please let us know you are coming by calling 0141 330 1860.

www.gla.ac.uk/services/centreforopenstudies

Please let us know you are coming by calling 0141 330 1860 (Mon-Fri 10.00-16.30) or email

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