Glasgow Learning for Everyone Network (GLEN) is a small, grassroots, volunteer run community education project set up with the aim to deliver in-person talks and short courses in community venues around Glasgow.
Central to the ethos of GLEN is responsiveness to what people in the community are curious about and want to learn more about.
The aim is to be able to deliver talks and short courses on anything that people are curious and want to learn more about. This can be anything, from a topic that is part of the educational mainstream, to clarification regarding some term that people come across often in the media but haven’t the foggiest what it means or how it relates to their lives, or causes confusion in that it seems to be used in different ways by different people.
The first talk/short course that GLEN plans to deliver in a community venue will be on the topic of critical media literacy.
If there is any particular subject that you are curious about that you would like GLEN to deliver a talk or short course about, then please send the request to: hello@gleninfo.com
We would love to hear from you.
Yes, you do not have to pay anything to attend a talk or course delivered by GLEN. All the talks and courses delivered by GLEN are free.
GLEN’s talks and courses are open to absolutely anyone. This means that anybody from adolescents to retirees are most welcome to attend GLEN talks and courses.
They are suitable for absolutely anybody who is curious about the subject matter of the talk or course. Hence, they can be recommended to the curious adolescent or your curious elderly relative who is currently feeling a bit bamboozled by the topic. The purpose of GLEN’s talks and courses is to leave people a bit less bamboozled by the topic.
All that is required of attendees of a GLEN talk or short course is that they bring their curiosity. There will be are absolutely no requirement to take any notes, and there will be no test or exams at the end of the talk or course. However, attendees can take notes if they wish to.
Whilst there will be time at the end of each talk for questions and discussions, the talks will be a non-performative space in that you will no pressure on you to ask any questions or to take part in the discussion if you do not want to. You will be most welcome to just sit and listen to how the questions and discussion unfold if you so wish.
There will also be no requirement to stay for the Q&A and discussion portion of the talk if you do not wish to do so.
Each talk or each session of a course will be split up into two sections. A one hour delivery of the talk with an accompanying presentation followed by half an hour for questions and discussion.
There is no obligation for attendees to stay around for or participate in the Q&A and discussion.
During the Q&A part of the talk attendees will have the opportunity to ask any questions about the material that was delivered in the previous hour. Attendees are encouraged to ask absolutely anything about the material regardless of the extent to which it is thought out or how leftfield.
It is intended that the discussion will be very informal and ‘messy’. The Q&A and discussion will not be a performative space.
After each talk or short course each attendee will receive a document containing information on resources through which you can explore the subject of the talk or course further at your own pace. This document will also be made available online.
The document made available at the end of each talk or short course will contain information on where to access resources to explore the topic of the talk or course further. This will include links to relevant YouTube videos, websites, online and in-person courses and book recommendations.
The books recommended will be available to borrow from AyeKen Library. All attendees of the talk or course will be given a free subscription to AyeKen Library.
Attendees will also be encouraged to submit requests to their local library to acquire the books recommendations to their catalogue if they are not already in the Glasgow Libraries catalogue. Glasgow Libraries are quite responsive to requests to have items added to their catalogue.
If you have any further questions about GLEN, you can contact us by emailing: hello@gleninfo.com
Please do not hesitate to get in contact.