Pre-University STEM International Summer School 2019
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Pre-University STEM International Summer School 2019 Contact: Dr Ashley Lewis Email: Ashley.lewis@Glasgow.ac.uk Visit: glasgow.ac.uk
University of Glasgow Attendees Professor William Cushley, Dean for Global Engagement, South & South-East Asia, Professor of Molecular Immunology William (Bill) Cushley is the Dean for Global Engagement for South & South-East Asia at the University of Glasgow, where he is also Professor of Molecular Immunology in the School of Life Sciences. His work in the Asian region has encompassed furthering research and staff and student exchanges across all disciplines with University partners, expanding work in schools, developing links with commercial bodies, banks and governments, and with the research institute sector. His research interests focus on human B lymphocyte development in health and disease. He has supervised the research of over 20 PhD students and is particularly proud that many of his lab’s alumni now hold their own senior independent research positions in academia and the commercial sector in the UK and further afield. He has held external examinerships at many UK universities (including King’s College London, York and currently The Queen’s University in Belfast) and in Malaysia (Universiti Malaya, UTAR), and was a Visiting Professor at Taylor’s University. He served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the prestigious Babraham Institute in Cambridge and was a Trustee of Medical Research Scotland, both for 6-7 years. He is a Governor of Kelvinside Academy, a local Independent School in Glasgow. Further afield, he was Chair of the Life Sciences & Medicine Panel for the quinquennial REF-style review of Research Institutes in Portugal operated by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) in 2014, and is currently Chair of Life & Health Sciences research grants panels for the European Science Foundation (ESF). His current main public service role is as Chair of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP), a body that provides independent scientific advice on the use of plant protection products to Ministers in the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Dr Sonya Taylor, Lecturer Life Sciences Biomolecular Sciences Sonya Taylor is a molecular parasitologist with a background in African sleeping sickness, Toxoplasmosis and malaria research. She completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow, investigating the genetic basis of multi drug resistance in Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of African sleeping sickness. Sonya continued to work in the field of parasite genetics and molecular biology, completing two post-doctoral positions at Washington University, St Louis, working on identifying virulence genes in Toxoplasma gondii, and then at the University of Glasgow where she was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Career development Fellowship. She continued her work on identifying transmission blocking targets in the Plasmodium parasite, responsible for malaria, for seven years at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow. From her scientific research career, Sonya has published widely and presented at many national and international meetings. Sonya switched to concentrate on her teaching career within the University and is now a Lecturer, with a wide remit of responsibilities and roles in the School of Life including being coordinator of the Summer School Programmes for the School of Life Science.
University of Glasgow Attendees Dr Ashley Lewis, International Recruitment Partnerships Manager, International Summer Schools Manager, External Relations Ashley Lewis is responsible for the development and management of the University of Glasgow’s International Summer School. Ashley also manages International Recruitment Partnerships across the four university colleges. Ashley holds as PhD International Relations from the University of St Andrews , Ashley’s research focussed on the diplomatic relations between NGOs and governments in Zambia, Scotland and the UK . Ashley came to the University of Glasgow from the University of California system where she was the Program Director and Academic Liaison for the University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) responsible for all University of California study abroad activity in the UK and Ireland. Since taking on her role at the University of Glasgow Ashley has successfully established the Pre-University International Summer School , the first of its kind in Scotland .
Pre-University STEM Course
1. Character of the course
The International Summer School provides senior high school students with an opportunity
to experience studying in a UK university. The Course is designed to achieve three goals:
• to provide an opportunity to develop laboratory skills;
• to provide an opportunity to develop scientific critical thinking and analysis skills;
• to learn about Glasgow, Scotland and the Enlightenment movement
2. Aims
• To experience learning on a U.K. University Campus;
• To enhance general study and investigative skills in a research environment;
• To introduce students to the Enlightenment movement, history and culture of
Glasgow and Scotland.
• To explore Glasgow and experience life in Scotland;
3. Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
• Demonstrate an understanding of the literature related to the research project;
• Demonstrate research skills appropriate to the area of specialisation;
• Deliver a short talk, giving the background to the project and summarising its key
outcomes;
• Demonstrate a broad-based knowledge of laboratory-based practices in the field of
microbiology
• Analyse and perform calculations relating to your lab-based techniques
• Analyse and explain results from experimental data
• Perform basic bioinformatics
4. Methodology
The course is designed to develop scientific analytical and communication skills through
laboratory sessions, lectures and lab associated questions and calculations.
5. Content
The course is intended to develop the student’s professional skills and provide experience
of life in a U.K. University environment. The laboratory project aims to give a good
foundation in basic microbiology skills including, isolation and growth of bacteria on
selective agar, slide preparation and staining techniques, growth assays, antibiotic testing
and bacterial identification using PCR and sequencing. This course aims to provide you with
the tools for you to understand and perform basic microbiology biology techniques. The
practical and computer laboratories are designed so that you get first-hand experience of
basic procedures used in microbiology biology, in a research-based context. In addition, it is
designed to show the importance of organisation, time management and record keeping all
vital skills in the work place.6. Teaching Takes place daily over 16 days with a mixture of laboratory work and course-related fieldwork, lectures and cultural trips. 7. Course requirements Attendance and participation in all sessions is required. 8. Presentation A vital part of scientific research is to be able to communicate your findings to either your peers or the general public. You will be given the opportunity to hone this skill on the last day of the programme when you will present your research findings to a select group of individuals from the University and your fellow classmates. Training will be provided to aid with the preparations of your preparations. As the aim of the Course is to help familiarise the students with studying in a university environment they will receive formative feedback throughout the Course from Academic staff.
Summer School Timetable
Date/ Time Activity Staff Member
Wednesday 3rd July Group from Pre-U ISS arrive in Dr Ashley Lewis and Student
Glasgow at time ?? Assistants
Check-in Cairncross House
Dinner: Pizza Party Dr Ashley Lewis and Student
Assistants
Thursday 4th July Student Assistants meet group at Student Assistants :
8.15 am – 9.30am Cairncross House and walk to
QMU for breakfast
9.30am -12.30 pm Welcome to Glasgow Dr Ashley Lewis
• Orientation and registration Maxine O’Donnell
• Campus walking tour Student Assistants :
12.30 -1.30 pm Lunch QMU Student Assistants :
1.45– 2.15 pm Welcome address Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak.
Head Of College for Medicine,
Veterinary and Life Sciences.
2.15 - 3pm Meet University staff and Prof Bill Cushley, Dr Sonya Taylor
introduction to course and Dr Craig Smith
3 – 4.30 pm Visit: The Hunterian Museum U.S. School Staff
5.30 pm Dinner QMU. American Theme for Student Assistants :
Independence Day
Friday 5th July Student Assistants meet group at Student Assistants
8.15am- 9.30am Cairncross House and walk to
QMU for breakfast
9.30-10.30am Meet with Sonya Taylor to outline Dr Sonya Taylor
the Microbiology lab
10.30am – 5.30pm Free time to explore Glasgow City Student Assistants
Centre
5.30 pm Dinner QMU Student Assistants
Saturday 6th July Breakfast in Cairncross House,
9-10am provisions for breakfast in kitchen.
10.15am Bus Departs to go to SCENE for
overnight stay Staff
Scientific Talk and tour of facility.
Activity at SCENE? Hike/Sailing
Collect water samples for
microbiology lab.Sunday 7th July
2pm? Return to Glasgow
5.30-7pm Walk from Cairncross House to
Dinner at Toni Macaroni , Byres
Road
Monday 8th July Student Assistants meet group at
8.15am- 9.30am Cairncross House and walk to QMU
for breakfast
9.30-12.30 Start of Microbiology Lab Dr Sonya Taylor
Introduction to the project
Preparation of water samples
obtained from SCENE to obtain
bacterial isolates
12.30 -1.30 pm Lunch QMU Student Assistants :
1.30-4.30 pm Go to River Kelvin and obtain more Dr Sonya Taylor
water samples.
Preparation of these for bacterial
isolates
5.30 pm Dinner QMU. Student Assistants :
6.30 – 7.30 pm Sport : Team Building activities and Jamie Taylor
challenges Student Assistants
U.S. Teaching staff
Tuesday 9th July Student Assistants meet group at Student Assistants
8.15am- 9.30am Cairncross House and walk to QMU
for breakfast
9.45 pm – 11 am Introduction and listening skills Dr Craig Smith
practice
This session will introduce some of
the special features of Scottish
English using recordings of people
with a variety of accents. We will:
• Listen to different native speaker
accents, including Scottish
• Practise taking notes from a range
of listening text types, both formal
and informal
• Hear a little about how the
geography, history and culture of
Scotland makes Scots English unique11.15 am – 12.30 pm Developing lecture listening and note-taking skills 1 Dr Craig Smith
This session will focus on lecture listening, including audience
etiquette in UK university lectures. We will:
• Consider possible structures of a lecture and how these help note-
taking
• Identify the use of linking and signalling devices
• Listen to extracts from lectures and practise taking notes
12.30– 1.30 pm Lunch QMU Student
Assistants
1.45 – 3pm Developing lecture listening and note-taking skills 2 Dr Craig Smith
This session will develop your lecture listening further We will look
at: Preparing for a lecture
• Different styles of note-taking
• Follow up to a lecture, including making use of your lecture notes
3 – 4.30 pm Visit: The Botanic Gardens Prof Richard
Cogdell
U.S. staff
5.30 pm Dinner QMU Student
Assistants :
Wednesday 10th July Student Assistants meet group at Cairncross House and walk to Student
8.15-9.30am QMU for breakfast Assistants
9.45am-11am Scottish Enlightenment Dr Craig Smith
Edinburgh
11-11.15 Break
11.15 – 12.30 Scottish Enlightenment Dr Craig Smith
12.30– 1.30 pm Lunch Student
Assistants
1.45 – 3pm Scottish Enlightenment Dr Craig Smith
Edinburgh
3pm-5.30pm Travel back from Edinburgh Student
Dinner QMU AssistantsThursday 11th July Student Assistants meet group at Cairncross House
8.15-9.30 am and walk to QMU for breakfast
9.45-10.45am Microbiology lab.
Introductory Lecture to bacteria and identification
techniques.
10.45am -12.30pm Lab safety, Sterile techniques, practice Gram and
endospore staining, use of microscope, simple
dilution calculations
Start of Analysis of bacterial growth.
Gram Staining, preparing pure cultures, making
selective/differential agar plates, perform
calculations relating to your lab-based techniques.
12.30 pm -1.30pm Lunch QMU
1.45 - 5pm Continue work in the lab.
5.30 - 6.30 pm Dinner QMU
Friday 12th July Student Assistants meet group at Cairncross House
8.15 - 9.30 am and walk to QMU for breakfast
9.45 – 12.30 Microbiology Lab
Plating of bacterial isolates on selective agar, prep
work for Monday
12.30 pm -1.30pm Lunch QMU
1.45 - 4.30pm Preparation of samples for PCR testing. Principle of
PCR and primer design.
Start answering questions within the lab manual to
check your understanding of the experiments and
your results, and your ability to carry out simple
calculations, ‘Saturday 13th July Activity arranged by and led U.S. staff U.S. staff
10-5.30pm
5.30-7pm Walk from Cairncross House to Dinner at
Toni Macaroni , Byres Road
Sunday 14th July Breakfast in Cairncross House, provisions U.S staff
9-10am for breakfast in kitchen.
10-5pm Activity arranged by and led U.S staff U.S staff
5pm-7pm Walk from Cairncross House to Dinner at
McPhabbs ,
Sauchiehall St
Monday 15th July Student Assistants meet group at Student Assistants
8.15-9.30 Cairncross House and walk to QMU for
breakfast
9.45 – 12.30am Microbiology Lab
Preparation of PCR and gel
electrophoresis.
12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch QMU Student Assistants :
1.45 - 4pm PCR clean up/repeat? Dr Sonya Taylor
Quantification of DNA. Send for
sequencing.
Antibiotic testing.
5.30 pm Dinner QMU Student Assistants :
Tuesday 16th July Student Assistants meet group at Student Assistants
8.15-9.30am Cairncross House and walk to QMU for
breakfast
9.45am - 12.30pm Analysis of antibiotic testing. Dr Sonya Taylor
Bacteriophage assay set-up
Start to collate data for presentation12.30 – 1.30 pm Lunch QMU Student Assistants :
1.45 pm – 3.30pm Effective presentations Dr Dickon Copsey or LEADS?
4 – 5.30 pm Visit: The Hunterian Art Gallery and Macintosh Dr Craig Smith
House U.S. staff
5.30 pm Dinner QMU Student Assistants :
Wednesday 17th July Student Assistants meet group at Cairncross Student Assistants :
8.15-9.30 am House and walk to QMU for breakfast
9.30-12.30 Analyse results from Bacteriophage assay, Dr Sonya Taylor
Sequencing results and computational analysis
12.30-1.30 Lunch QMU Student Assistants :
1.45-3pm Research Talk from Staff member in Bacteriology Prof Andy Roe?
3.15-4.30 Presentation preparation Dr Sonya Taylor
5.30 pm Dinner QMU Student Assistants :
Thursday 18th July Student Assistants meet group at Cairncross Student Assistants
8.15-9.30am House and walk to QMU for breakfast
9.45 – 12.30pm Presentations
12.30– 1.30 pm Lunch QMU Student Assistants :
1.30 – 5 pm Visit: The Italian Cloister Garden, St Andrews Student Assistants:
Cathedral, The People’s Palace, Glasgow Green
OR
Visit: Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis
5.30 pm Dinner QMU Student Assistants :
Friday 19th July Graduation event All staff and Student Assistants
11 – 12 noon
12.30 – 1.30 pm Lunch QMU Student Assistants:
1.30-5.30pm Free time U.S Staff
5.30pm-6.30pm Dinner QMU Student Assistants:
Saturday 20th July Depart Carincross House U.S Staff
Transport to Glasgow airport
Departure from GlasgowProvision and Fees
Based on 20 students and 3 members of staff accompanying students
• 1:8, staff: student ratio is required
£3,200 per student
• Accompanying staff costs included in student fee
• Inclusive of
• Tuition
• College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Science and College of Social sciences
• Laboratory materials , equipment and supervision
• Weekend field trip to (SCENE)The Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural
Environment
• Loch Lomond
• https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/bahcm/about/researchfacilities/
scene/
• Educational day excursions : Glasgow, Edinburgh, Scottish museums and galleries
• Accommodation
• https://www.sanctuary-students.com/student-
accommodation/glasgow/cairncross-house
• Shared study rooms for students
• Single study rooms for staff (on corridors with students)
• Common room
• Wifi
• Kitchen and bathroom facilities on corridors – for exclusive use of students and
staff
• Bed linen provided
• Laundry facilities on site (coin operated)
• Onsite 24hr reception
• Key card access
• Meals
• Dinner on arrival - Pizza party in Cairncross House
• Monday – Friday
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner on campus
• Queen Margret Union
• SCENE
• Lunch and dinner
• Breakfast lunch and dinner
• Weekend breakfasts in Cairncross house
• 2 x Evenings out a local restaurant
• Recreation
• Full access to University sports centre
• https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/sport/
• 2 activity evening led by sports centre coaches
• Support
• Student Assistants assigned to the project on fulltime basis
• Support from ISS Manager and team
• Support from University services
• Transport to and from airport on arrival and departure
• Orientation materials
• Library and IT access
• Course completion certificate ceremony
• University of Glasgow sweatshirt, bag and ID cardAppendix 1: University of Glasgow Key Facts
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Location(s): Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Principal: Prof Anton Muscatelli
Contact:
External Relations
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URL: www.glasgow.ac.uk
Established: 1451
Rank: Global: 65 (QS 2018) / 80 (THE World Rankings 2017/18)
Colleges: College of Arts
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
College of Science and Engineering
College of Social Sciences
Subject Strengths: Research & Facilities:
• 81% of our research is judged to be internationally excellent or better
• Our research power is ranked 12th in the UK
• Our research intensity is ranked 15th in the UK
• Our percentage of research ranked as 'world-leading' has doubled to
31% since the last assessment in 2008
• Human Geography is rated best in the UK for 'internationally excellent' or
better research
• Veterinary Medicine is ranked top in the UK for world-leading research
• Urban Studies is ranked first in the UK for outputs, with half of their
submission being judged as 'world-leading'
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Overseas links: The University of Glasgow has Memorandums of Understanding or
articulation agreements with the following institutions.
Argentina: Kazakhstan:
Universidad del Salvador Kazakh Institute of Strategic Management, Economics & Research
Armenia: Kenya:
Russian-Armenian Slavonic University University of Nairobi
Azerbaijan: Korea:
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy Korea University
Azerbaijan University of Languages Seoul National University
Botswana: Malawi:
University of Botswana University of Malawi
Brazil: Malaysia:
UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) International Medical University
Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Medical Research Institute) Universiti Malaya
UNESP (State University of Sao Paulo) Universiti Putra Malaysia
USP (University of Sao Paulo) University Sains Malaysia
FAPESP (State research funding agency, Sao Paulo) Mexico:
UnB (University of Brasilia) Tec De Monterrey
Brunei: University de Los Andes
University of Brunei Darussalam Mozambique:
Canada: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
McGill University Oman:
University of British Columbia Sultan Qaboos University
Chile: Pakistan:
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Beaconhouse Schools Systems
China: Poland:
Beijing University of Chemical Technology Jagiellonian University
Central China Normal University Medical University of Gdansk
China University of Politics and Law Russia:
East China University of Politics and Law Finance University Moscow
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Lbaxhevsky State university of Nizhni Novgorod
Liaoning Medical University Moscow State Institute of Radioengineering
Nankai University St Petersburg University
Northwest Polytechnic University Rwanda:
Sichuan University University of Rwanda
South West University of Finance and Economics International Finance University
Sun Yat Sen University Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Tianjin University Saudi Arabia:
Tianjin University of Finance and Economics King Saud University
University of Electronics Science and Technology China King Abdulaziz University
Wuhan University Singapore:
Colombia: National University Singapore
University de Los Andes Nanyang Technological Universit
Estonia: Singapore Institute Technology
University of Tartu South Africa:
Finland: University of Cape Town
University of Turku Spain:
France: Universidad de Alcala
Victore Segalen Bordeaux 2 University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Georgia: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
Ilia State University Switzerland:
Germany: Lausanne
Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz Sweden:
Ghana: Orebro University
University of Cape Coast Taiwan:
Hong Kong: National Yang Ming University
Chinese University of Hong Kong North-West University
Hong Kong University Tanzania:
Hungary: University of Dar es Salaam
Corvinus University of Budapest University of Dodoma
India: Thailand:
Calcutta university King Mogkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune Mahidol University
Indian Institute of Technology Ropur UAE:
University of Delhi British University in Dubai
Indonesia: Uganda:
Ma Chung Universiti Makarere University
Universitas Dristen Satya Wacana USA:
Jenderal Soedirman University 37 partners including
Jimbaran Consortium: Cendrawasih University, Udayana University, Sam Columbia University, New York (strategic partner)
Ratulangi University, University of Jember, Andalas University, Sumatra Utara University of California
University Pennsylvania State University, College of
Udayana University Agricultural Sciences
Iran: University of Purdue
Azad University University of Connecticut
Italy: University of Vermont
University of Bologna University of Illinois
Japan: California Polytechnic State University
Kyoto University
University of Tokyo
Waseda University
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