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Changing academic practice at a UK research-intensive university through supporting the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)
Over the past decade, there have been many changes in Higher Education in the UK. Alongside increased student participation and widening access, the government has called for universities to professionally develop teachers in Higher Education and recognise the role of learning and teaching in the sector. The University of Glasgow has responded to this changing agenda in a number of ways. At the institutional level, the University launched its first comprehensive Learning and Teaching Strategy in 2006. At the same time it also appointed Associate Deans of Learning and Teaching in each Faculty. Another initiative has been the introduction of a ‘teaching’ career track, through the establishment of a new category of academic staff, the University Teacher, with promotion procedures supporting career development up to Professorial level. Rather than engaging in research (one of the main academic roles of the lecturer, associate professor in US terms), University Teachers must engage in scholarship, in addition to their teaching and administration duties. The establishment of a Learning and Teaching Centre responsible for supporting the University in the implementation of its Learning and Teaching Strategy has also consolidated and initiated a number of activities that all aim to enhance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Glasgow.
These initiatives have wrought changes at an institutional level and are contributing to changing academic practice. In particular, the term ‘Scholarship of Teaching and Learning’, once unheard of at the institution is increasingly being recognised as a valid form of academic activity and increasing numbers of academic staff are engaging in it.
This paper will outline some of these changes and offer reflections on their impact on SoTL and academic practice
Metamodelling of multivariable engine models for real-time flight simulation.
Sophisticated real-time distributed flight simulation environments may be constructed from a wide range of modelling and simulation tools. In this way accuracy, detail and model flexibility may be incorporated into the simulator. Distributed components may be constructed by a wide range of methods, from high level environments such as Matlab, through coded environments such as C or Fortran to hardware-in-the- loop. In this paper the Response Surface Methodology is combined with a hyper-heuristic (evolutionary algorithm) and applied to the representation of computationally intensive non-linear multivariable engine modelling. The paper investigates the potential for metamodelling (models of models) dynamic models which were previously too slow to be included in multi-component, high resolution real-time simulation environments. A multi-dimensional gas turbine model with five primary control inputs, six environmental inputs and eleven outputs is considered. An investigation has been conducted to ascertain to what extent these systems can be approximated by response surfaces with experiments which have been designed by hyper-heuristics as a first step towards automatic modelling methodology
Muon-spin rotation measurements of the vortex state in SrRuO: type-1.5 superconductivity, vortex clustering and a crossover from a triangular to a square vortex lattice
Muon-spin rotation has been used to probe vortex state in SrRuO. At
moderate fields and temperatures a lattice of triangular symmetry is observed,
crossing over to a lattice of square symmetry with increasing field and
temperature. At lower fields it is found that there are large regions of the
sample that are completely free from vortices which grow in volume as the
temperature falls. Importantly this is accompanied by {\it increasing} vortex
density and increasing disorder within the vortex-cluster containing regions.
Both effects are expected to result from the strongly temperature-dependent
long-range vortex attractive forces arising from the multi-band chiral-order
superconductivity.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-POWER OF SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW JUDGMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL FOR FAR EAST
The board of directors of defendant, a nonprofit corporation, passed a resolution that persons should not be denied membership on racial, religious or political grounds. Plaintiff, a branch member of defendant, had enacted by-laws denying Negroes admission to its group. Defendant\u27s board declared plaintiff\u27s by-laws were in conflict with the resolution and threatened to expel plaintiff branch if its by-laws were not amended. Plaintiff brought suit to enjoin defendant from carrying out its threat. Held, injunction granted. No national by-law required admission of all races to membership in branches, nor did the national directors have power to expel a branch for failure to observe a policy declared by them. Washington Branch of American Ass\u27n. of University Women v. American Ass\u27n. of University Women, (D.C. D.C. 1948) 79 F. Supp. 88
Cyclotron Resonance in the Layered Perovskite Superconductor Sr2RuO4
We have measured the cyclotron masses in Sr2RuO4 through the observation of
periodic-orbit-resonances - a magnetic resonance technique closely related to
cyclotron resonance. We obtain values for the alpha, beta and gamma Fermi
surfaces of (4.33+/-0.05)me, (5.81+/-0.03)me and (9.71+/-0.11)me respectively.
The appreciable differences between these results and those obtained from de
Haas- van Alphen measurements are attributable to strong electron-electron
interactions in this system. Our findings appear to be consistent with
predictions for a strongly interacting Fermi liquid; indeed, semi-quantitative
agreement is obtained for the electron pockets beta and gamma.Comment: 4 pages + 3 figure
Formation of a Nematic Fluid at High Fields in Sr3Ru2O7
In principle, a complex assembly of strongly interacting electrons can
self-organise into a wide variety of collective states, but relatively few such
states have been identified in practice. We report that, in the close vicinity
of a metamagnetic quantum critical point, high purity Sr3Ru2O7 possesses a
large magnetoresistive anisotropy, consistent with the existence of an
electronic nematic fluid. We discuss a striking phenomenological similarity
between our observations and those made in high purity two-dimensional electron
fluids in GaAs devices.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, 11 extra pages of supplementary informatio
The dynamics of vortices on S^2 near the Bradlow limit
The explicit solutions of the Bogomolny equations for N vortices on a sphere
of radius R^2 > N are not known. In particular, this has prevented the use of
the geodesic approximation to describe the low energy vortex dynamics. In this
paper we introduce an approximate general solution of the equations, valid for
R^2 close to N, which has many properties of the true solutions, including the
same moduli space CP^N. Within the framework of the geodesic approximation, the
metric on the moduli space is then computed to be proportional to the Fubini-
Study metric, which leads to a complete description of the particle dynamics.Comment: 17 pages, 9 figure
Probing the AGN Unification Model at redshift z 3 with MUSE observations of giant Ly nebulae
A prediction of the classic active galactic nuclei (AGN) unification model is
the presence of ionisation cones with different orientations depending on the
AGN type. Confirmations of this model exist for present times, but it is less
clear in the early Universe. Here, we use the morphology of giant Ly
nebulae around AGNs at redshift z3 to probe AGN emission and therefore
the validity of the AGN unification model at this redshift. We compare the
spatial morphology of 19 nebulae previously found around type I AGNs with a new
sample of 4 Ly nebulae detected around type II AGNs. Using two
independent techniques, we find that nebulae around type II AGNs are more
asymmetric than around type I, at least at radial distances ~physical kpc
(pkpc) from the ionizing source. We conclude that the type I and type II AGNs
in our sample show evidence of different surrounding ionising geometries. This
suggests that the classical AGN unification model is also valid for
high-redshift sources. Finally, we discuss how the lack of asymmetry in the
inner parts (r30 pkpc) and the associated high values of the HeII to
Ly ratios in these regions could indicate additional sources of (hard)
ionizing radiation originating within or in proximity of the AGN host galaxies.
This work demonstrates that the morphologies of giant Ly nebulae can be
used to understand and study the geometry of high redshift AGNs on
circum-nuclear scales and it lays the foundation for future studies using much
larger statistical samples.Comment: 15 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
B -> pi l nu at three lattice spacings
The increasing accuracy of experimental results for the exclusive,
semileptonic decay B -> pi l nu requires a similarly accurate calculation of
the hadronic matrix elements, to determine |Vub|. We present preliminary
results for the form factors of the B to light meson decay mode. Using results
from three lattices in the range 5.7 <= beta <= 6.1 we study the dependence on
the lattice spacing.Comment: LATTICE98(heavyqk), LaTeX, 3 pages, 4 postscript figures, uses
espcrc2.st
Texture, twinning and metastable "tetragonal" phase in ultrathin films of HfO<sub>2</sub> on a Si substrate
Thin HfO<sub>2</sub> films grown on the lightly oxidised surface of (100) Si wafers have been examined using dark-field transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction in plan view. The polycrystalline film has a grain size of the order of 100 nm and many of the grains show evidence of twinning on (110) and (001) planes. Diffraction studies showed that the film had a strong [110] out-of-plane texture, and that a tiny volume fraction of a metastable (possibly tetragonal) phase was retained. The reasons for the texture, twinning and the retention of the metastable phase are discussed
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