Matthew Barr
@matthewbarr.co.uk
Head of Education & Practice, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow. Programme Director, Graduate Apprenticeship in Software Engineering. Director of Education, SICSA. Co-director, Games & Gaming Lab. Director, Ada Scotland Festival.
I'm delighted to be chairing the Holyrood Insight Future of Apprenticeships Scotland Conference next week, with keynotes from Ben Macpherson MSP, Minister for Higher and Further Education, and Michelle Thomson MSP.
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The Future of Apprenticeships Scotland Conference - Holyrood Insight
Join our conference to keep up to date with the latest changes to apprenticeships policy and funding in Scotland.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'm delighted to be chairing the Holyrood Insight Future of Apprenticeships Scotland Conference next week, with keynotes from Ben Macpherson MSP, Minister for Higher and Further Education, and Michelle Thomson MSP.
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The Ada Scotland Festival is featured in today's Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2548659...
Festival aims to attract more women and girls to computing
The Ada Scotland Festival, named after famous mathematician Ada Lovelace, runs from 29 September to 10 October.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Ada Scotland Festival is featured in today's Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2548659...
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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September 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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.
advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
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The Ada Scotland Festival, which aims to shift the gender balance of Scotland’s computing sector, is set to return with more than 20 events aimed at young women and non-binary people across the country from September 29.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
September 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The Ada Scotland Festival, which aims to shift the gender balance of Scotland’s computing sector, is set to return with more than 20 events aimed at young women and non-binary people across the country from September 29.
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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Our UofG Colleagues Peter Sneddon, Erin Ferguson, Eric Yao share: Why do students decide to stop studying physics?
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #physics #motivation osotl.org/osotl/articl...
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #physics #motivation osotl.org/osotl/articl...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Our UofG Colleagues Peter Sneddon, Erin Ferguson, Eric Yao share: Why do students decide to stop studying physics?
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #physics #motivation osotl.org/osotl/articl...
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #physics #motivation osotl.org/osotl/articl...
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We continue our oSoTL summer with Sarah Honeychurch's: Pragmatism in practice: Bricolage as a methodological framework for SoTL
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #bricolage osotl.org/osotl/articl...
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #bricolage osotl.org/osotl/articl...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
We continue our oSoTL summer with Sarah Honeychurch's: Pragmatism in practice: Bricolage as a methodological framework for SoTL
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #bricolage osotl.org/osotl/articl...
#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #bricolage osotl.org/osotl/articl...
An early start this morning to deliver my talk at the hybrid Computing Education Practice in Pakistan (PkCEP): 'Delivering a Work-Based Learning Degree Programme in Software Engineering: Lessons from Practice'. Thank you to the organsiers (including @waqarnabi.bsky.social) for the invitation!
July 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
An early start this morning to deliver my talk at the hybrid Computing Education Practice in Pakistan (PkCEP): 'Delivering a Work-Based Learning Degree Programme in Software Engineering: Lessons from Practice'. Thank you to the organsiers (including @waqarnabi.bsky.social) for the invitation!
New journal article: 'From disciplinary enthusiasm to soulless tasks: norms behind computing educators' emotion display' with @vgrande.bsky.social, Päivi Kinnunen, Anne-Kathrin Peters, @mihaelasabin.bsky.social, Matilde Sánchez-Peña, and Ethel Tshukudu: doi.org/10.1080/0304...
From disciplinary enthusiasm to soulless tasks: norms behind computing educators' emotion display
Computing educators' emotion display is regulated by various norms and conventions. These (unwritten) rules affect which emotions educators feel comfortable expressing to different extents when stu...
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July 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New journal article: 'From disciplinary enthusiasm to soulless tasks: norms behind computing educators' emotion display' with @vgrande.bsky.social, Päivi Kinnunen, Anne-Kathrin Peters, @mihaelasabin.bsky.social, Matilde Sánchez-Peña, and Ethel Tshukudu: doi.org/10.1080/0304...
The Apple TV+ app for Android is the worst streaming app I've ever used. Shockingly poor piece of software that prevents me from watching the content I've paid for. All the hype around the return of #Foundation and I can't even watch it!
July 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Apple TV+ app for Android is the worst streaming app I've ever used. Shockingly poor piece of software that prevents me from watching the content I've paid for. All the hype around the return of #Foundation and I can't even watch it!
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@ant-workshop.com have an incredible Ruin Remix Update for Into the Restless Ruins! Guided entirely by the amazing player feedback.
➕ New Remix Levels Unlocked
🐺 Harvest Maiden & Wulver Updates
📿 Brand new room cards, charms, boons & trinkets!
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➕ New Remix Levels Unlocked
🐺 Harvest Maiden & Wulver Updates
📿 Brand new room cards, charms, boons & trinkets!
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June 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@ant-workshop.com have an incredible Ruin Remix Update for Into the Restless Ruins! Guided entirely by the amazing player feedback.
➕ New Remix Levels Unlocked
🐺 Harvest Maiden & Wulver Updates
📿 Brand new room cards, charms, boons & trinkets!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
➕ New Remix Levels Unlocked
🐺 Harvest Maiden & Wulver Updates
📿 Brand new room cards, charms, boons & trinkets!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
May 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Thanks to the @advancehe.bsky.social team for the opportunity to speak at the Mental Health in Higher Education conference yesterday.
I failed to take any photos so here's a peek at my slides, featuring a very flattering photo of me playing the original Zelda circa 1990.
I failed to take any photos so here's a peek at my slides, featuring a very flattering photo of me playing the original Zelda circa 1990.
May 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to the @advancehe.bsky.social team for the opportunity to speak at the Mental Health in Higher Education conference yesterday.
I failed to take any photos so here's a peek at my slides, featuring a very flattering photo of me playing the original Zelda circa 1990.
I failed to take any photos so here's a peek at my slides, featuring a very flattering photo of me playing the original Zelda circa 1990.
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Lovely people, inspiring speakers, and great ideas. Our students share their experience of this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium. blogs.napier.ac.uk/womenintotec...
BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium 2025 - Women into Tech
I strongly recommend to any women or gender minorities in computing or related at university to take advantage of this opportunity!
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May 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Lovely people, inspiring speakers, and great ideas. Our students share their experience of this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium. blogs.napier.ac.uk/womenintotec...
Excellent article on this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social in the latest issue of the BCS @wearebcs.bsky.social IT NOW magazine:
www.bcs.org/articles-opi...
Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
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Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
Dare, always dare: Lovelace Colloquium 2025
On 16 April 2025 the BCS Lovelace Colloquium celebrated its 18th birthday at the University of Glasgow Student’s Union (GUU), a building which forbade women until 1980. Georgia Smith reports.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Excellent article on this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social in the latest issue of the BCS @wearebcs.bsky.social IT NOW magazine:
www.bcs.org/articles-opi...
Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
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Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!
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"All those people who look like they've got it sorted? They don't." We are all still inventing ourselves. Great start to the keynote from Sharon Moore.
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"All those people who look like they've got it sorted? They don't." We are all still inventing ourselves. Great start to the keynote from Sharon Moore.
The @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social colloquium finally comes to Glasgow! www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...
The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has finally made it to Glasgow! Amazing… | Matthew Barr
The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has finally made it to Glasgow! Amazing turnout tonight for the pre-conference social, with Colloquium founder Hannah Dee on quizmaster duties. Fantastic atmosphere in...
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April 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social colloquium finally comes to Glasgow! www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...
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Our conference tomorrow - no tickets left, sorry, we're full - is in GUU. Attendees coming by public transport should go to KELVINBRIDGE subway and head up the Great Western Road, then turn left on to Bank Street. Detailed directions + pics follow...
April 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Our conference tomorrow - no tickets left, sorry, we're full - is in GUU. Attendees coming by public transport should go to KELVINBRIDGE subway and head up the Great Western Road, then turn left on to Bank Street. Detailed directions + pics follow...
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Hello Bluesky! Work is already underway on the 2025 Ada Scotland Festival, which will run from 29 September to 10 October. Stay tuned! ada.scot
Ada Scotland Festival
Gender diversity in computing and tech
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April 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hello Bluesky! Work is already underway on the 2025 Ada Scotland Festival, which will run from 29 September to 10 October. Stay tuned! ada.scot
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Donald Trump is not welcome.
The state visit must be cancelled.
The state visit must be cancelled.
March 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Donald Trump is not welcome.
The state visit must be cancelled.
The state visit must be cancelled.
'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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February 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
'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-...
This @wearebcs.bsky.social Animation & Games 2025 competition “The Power of Connection - Design a game where the core idea is understanding, empathy, and unity among players from different cultures and backgrounds" is open to primary to postgrad students & BCS members: www.bcs.org/membership-a...
BCS AGD SG Artefact 2025 competition | BCS
The theme for the BCS Animation and Games Development SG’s Artefact 2025 competition is “The Power of Connection - Design a game where the core idea is understanding, empathy, and unity among players ...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This @wearebcs.bsky.social Animation & Games 2025 competition “The Power of Connection - Design a game where the core idea is understanding, empathy, and unity among players from different cultures and backgrounds" is open to primary to postgrad students & BCS members: www.bcs.org/membership-a...
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...
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
February 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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...
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...
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The 2025 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium will be on April 16th at the University of Glasgow! And our call for poster abstracts is open until Monday 3rd February. Find out more at bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The 2025 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium will be on April 16th at the University of Glasgow! And our call for poster abstracts is open until Monday 3rd February. Find out more at bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org
@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)
doi.org/10.1145/3702...
doi.org/10.1145/3702...
January 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@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)
doi.org/10.1145/3702...
doi.org/10.1145/3702...
We are delighted to be hosting the @wearebcs.bsky.social Women Lovelace Colloquium in 2025!
The call for abstracts is now open (just 250 words!): bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org?page_id=92
So, if you're a female or non-binary undergraduate or postgraduate taught student, get your abstract submitted!
The call for abstracts is now open (just 250 words!): bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org?page_id=92
So, if you're a female or non-binary undergraduate or postgraduate taught student, get your abstract submitted!
December 17, 2024 at 11:48 AM
We are delighted to be hosting the @wearebcs.bsky.social Women Lovelace Colloquium in 2025!
The call for abstracts is now open (just 250 words!): bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org?page_id=92
So, if you're a female or non-binary undergraduate or postgraduate taught student, get your abstract submitted!
The call for abstracts is now open (just 250 words!): bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org?page_id=92
So, if you're a female or non-binary undergraduate or postgraduate taught student, get your abstract submitted!