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Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk · 20d

Just published a blog post on the Advance HE website, drawing on our research into how Graduate Apprentices develop an impressive range of professional skills.

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Informatics Europe @informatics-europe.bsky.social · Jun 10

𝗛𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘂𝗽: 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻 €𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬!
All initiatives, old or new, are welcome! Nominate now: www.informatics-europe.org/society/mine...

#womeninTECH #womeninacademia #informatics #genderequality #WomenEmpoweringWomen #computerscience

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Informatics Europe @informatics-europe.bsky.social · May 30

New deadline: June 16th!
🏆Nominate NOW for the Minerva Informatics Equality Award, honoring initiatives that empower women in #Informatics across Europe!
💰€5,000 prize & a presentation at #ECSS_2025
All innovative & forward-thinking initiatives are welcome!
🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/jekuah4j
#womeninSTEM

2025 Minerva Informatics Equality Award has now extended the nomination deadline to Jun 16th. Nominate now: https://www.informatics-europe.org/society/minerva-informatics-equality-award.html

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Dr Olga Petrovska @drolga.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thanks to @unistrathclyde.bsky.social and the organisers for hosting the 41st British Colloquium for Theoretical Computer Science. It was a great opportunity to hear about everyone's research.

Special thanks to @oanamandrei.bsky.social & Alasdair Lambert for the #TCS Education session!

#HE #BCTCS

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Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · Apr 15

FMAS is back for 2025!

We are interested in work that applies Formal Methods to almost any kind of autonomous system

Deadline: 22nd Aug 2025 (Anywhere on Earth)
Notification: 6th Oct 2025
Workshop: 17th-19th of Nov 2025 (@iFMconf)
Details: fmasworkshop.github.io/FMAS2025/

#FMAS2025

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UofG Computing Science @uofgcompsci.bsky.social · Mar 25

We’re hiring at @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! Join us as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in Foundational AI - formal verification, robustness, trustworthy systems. Exciting research & new AI degree coming soon.

Apply by 30 April: shorturl.at/4Cb1t

@uofgstem.bsky.social

#AI #AcademicJobs #CSjobs

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader in Foundational AI

Job PurposeIn areas throughout society, such as healthcare, finance, e-commerce, crime prevention, education, manufacturing and entertainment, algorithms, processes and systems are being built arou...

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Informatics Europe @informatics-europe.bsky.social · Mar 3

Join us as we enhance our efforts for #women in #Informatics, hear from #diversity experts:
✨Prof. Letizia Jaccheri (EUGAIN)
✨Prof. Ana Lucia Varbanescu (IPN EDI)
✨Prof. Matthew Barr (Ada Scotland)
✨Prof. Maria Pia Giovanni (CDIT Roma)
Open to all - see you there: tinyurl.com/yc5p6y9m
#womeninSTEM

Join Informatics Europe Special Online Event "United for Impact: Women in Informatics", open to all where we share knowledge, experience and drive further progress in diversity and inclusion for Informatics research and education.

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Informatics Europe @informatics-europe.bsky.social · Feb 28

🎉 10 Years of Advancing #GenderEquality in Informatics!
🏆 Nominate NOW for the Minerva Informatics Equality Award, celebrating initiatives that empower women in #Informatics across Europe!
💰 €5,000 prize + a chance to present at #ECSS_2025
🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/3j8d3d8p
⏳ Deadline: 2 Jun
#womeninSTEM

Nominate now for Minerva Informatics Equality Award 2025 - 10th Award edition to recognise excellent initiatives for women in Informatics research and education.

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Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk · Feb 24

'Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training' - really useful blog post from @oanamandrei.bsky.social and colleagues, in response to the UK government's AI Opportunities Action Plan (via Responsible Ai UK). rai.ac.uk/four-things-...

Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training – Responsible AI

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Informatics Europe @informatics-europe.bsky.social · Feb 21

Learn from diverse perspectives to excel - hear 2 colleagues from our member institute @uofgcompsci.bsky.social share insights with our Academic Leadership Development Course facilitator @gerifitz.bsky.social.
Join IE's next online leadership course in May: www.informatics-europe.org/events/acade...

Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk · Feb 15

This was a really fun (& sometimes unexpected) conversation about academic leadership.

Feels weird to share, but I'm glad to have been invited onto the podcast by @gerifitz.bsky.social (at the suggestion of the wonderful @oanamandrei.bsky.social).

changingacademiclife.captivate.fm/episode/oana...

Oana and Matt (Part 1) on leadership, belonging, and micro-actions making a difference (CAL118 S6E12) - Changing Academic Life

Good leadership that creates a sense of belonging and care through everyday micro actions that make a difference

changingacademiclife.captivate.fm

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Feb 16

Insightful conversation about leadership, mentoring, and psychological safety with @matthewbarr.co.uk - an amazing and inspiring academic, mentor, ally, and supporter, all thanks to @gerifitz.bsky.social for having us in the thoughtful space of her Changing Academic Life podcast!

Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk · Feb 15

This was a really fun (& sometimes unexpected) conversation about academic leadership.

Feels weird to share, but I'm glad to have been invited onto the podcast by @gerifitz.bsky.social (at the suggestion of the wonderful @oanamandrei.bsky.social).

changingacademiclife.captivate.fm/episode/oana...

Oana and Matt (Part 1) on leadership, belonging, and micro-actions making a difference (CAL118 S6E12) - Changing Academic Life

Good leadership that creates a sense of belonging and care through everyday micro actions that make a difference

changingacademiclife.captivate.fm

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SICSA Scotland @sicsa-scotland.bsky.social · Feb 6

💪 Want to help make the SICSA PhD Conference an unforgettable event? Join the team and volunteer at #SICSAConf2025.

Roles include:
🎨 Brochure design
📲 Social Media
🎒 Badge & swag prep
📸 Photography

Interested? Join us today! sicsaconf.org/volunteer/

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Feb 5

Grateful to have met and worked with peers during the Disciplinary Commons project! Now I continue collaborating with Eleni Akrida, Barnaby Martin, and @drolga.bsky.social on a study exploring algorithms pedagogy, more to come!

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Feb 5

I took part in the UK-based Disciplinary Commons in Theoretical CS (Algorithms education) in 2022-2023 and the course portfolios for all participants are now online on Zenodo zenodo.org/communities/... Photo from the panel with all participants at BCTCS 2023 in Glasgow

A group of people sitting on chairs at the front of the room with a screen in the back reading Disciplinary Commons in Algorithms Project Update and discussion

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UofG Computing Science @uofgcompsci.bsky.social · Jan 13

To mark #WorldLogicDay (14 January 2025 wld.cipsh.international/wld2025.html) the FATA seminar will host a talk by Professor Muffy Calder on “Boole's legacy: a short celebration for World Logic Day”. More details: samoa.dcs.gla.ac.uk/events/viewt...

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Prof Muffy Calder is holding a copy of the front page of the book, The Laws of Thought, on which are founded the mathematical theories of logic and probabilities, written by George Boole in Boole is the inventor of Boolean Logic, one of the foundations of computing science. Boolean algebra is Muffy’s favourite algebra!

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Women In Logic @womeninlogic.bsky.social · Jan 11

#WorldLogicDay is January 14 (wld.cipsh.international/wld2025.html)

In honor of WLD, let's celebrate the achievements of women in logic!

Share your favorite work by a woman logician, and tag us so we can share with everyone.

CIPSH: World Logic Day

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Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk · Jan 7

@oanamandrei.bsky.social @ #CEP25 kicking off our RECAP (Research Evidence-based Collaborations for Advancement in Pedagogy) session on Integrating Socially Responsible Computing Competencies in Software Engineering Education (w/ @drolga.bsky.social & @waqarnabi.bsky.social)

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Matthew Barr @matthewbarr.co.uk · Nov 29

Our book, 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠-𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, is now available in electronic form, with the print version out on 16 December - just in time for Christmas! 😀

doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Approaches to Work-Based Learning in Higher Education | Improving Grad

Approaches to Work-Based Learning in Higher Education provides a comprehensive introduction to the delivery of university-level work-based learning (WBL) for

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Nov 25

Looking forward to @suesentance.bsky.social’s talk today at @uofgcompsci.bsky.social about @rpcerc.bsky.social and their projects including broadening participation, AI education, programming education, and many timely and exciting topics!

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dressCode @dresscodehq.bsky.social · Nov 23

Our two new #CyberAdvent calendars for 2024 are on the way! We’ve created a primary version and a secondary version, both launching on 1st December. There are plenty of prizes to be won! 🎄🎅

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Nov 20

I love getting to sing with the UofG Community Choir whenever I can, like today with some timely winter songs and festive carols ❄️ 🎶
Plus it’s fun to spot a few colleagues from @uofgcompsci.bsky.social in there 😄
A huge thank you to @uofglasgow.bsky.social for supporting things like this!

A person leading the choir in front of a projected image showing the lyrics of a wintery song

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Nov 17

Looks amazing and great weather for it! Well done!! 👏 I had a similar experience on this exact one many years ago with first time so close to the top but froze on the spot in panic because of the wind and too much snow on the ridge. A week later the weather was nicer and did it!

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Nov 15

Gorgeous November light captured by UofG School of Psychology & Neuroscience's Dr Helena Paterson! 🍂 🤩

Happy Friday everyone! 💙

Yellow autumnal light with cloudy blue skies over the University of Glasgow Tower and Kelvingrove Park. The scene is reflected in the River Kelvin in the foreground.

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hello-hello! I was wondering when the UofG and co. I know from the other place will show up around here 😄 There’s going to be more activity next week for sure, let me roll my sleeves up 👩🏻‍💻 🖥️

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Dr Oana Andrei @oanamandrei.bsky.social · Nov 16

Best hair in the room for once! 😁Had so much fun with a Van de Graaff generator earlier this week, last time was about 20 years ago in Paris at the Palais de la Decouverte. And obvs listening now on repeat my favourite songs of Van der Graaff Generator and Peter Hammill like in my Uni days 🎶

A person with the hair sticking out as they have their hands on a Van de Graaff generator

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