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Using the data

Glasgow Game

Glasgow Game on a table. Central banner sits on the table, with sticky notes around it summarising participants' discussions. The Glasgow Game is a learning game for 20-40 participants. It shows how health in the city is impacted by different shocks and asks players to discuss plans which will protect and improve health. More details are available here.  

Academic resources

A researcher standing by a table of people, leading a discussion. Other tables in the background, with notes on tables and on the walls. Lesson outline - Modern Studies Teacher notes 

These notes by Louise Blackstock, a teacher of Modern Studies at Hamilton College, gives an outline of how to structure a lesson focussed on inequalities using information found in Understanding Glasgow, with an explanation of how the data can be made relevant to Modern Studies exams at different levels.

Curriculum for Excellence 

The outcomes and evidence required for levels 3 and 4 of CfE in relation to Health and Wellbeing and Social Studies can be linked directly to the information in Understanding Glasgow and other online resources. Relevant themes include:

• Numeracy across learning
• Literacy across learning
• Understanding, analysing and evaluating

National Qualifications Added Value Units N3-N5 

This resource outlines the skills that are developed and enhanced through study of the Modern Studies at N3-N5 level, using Understanding Glasgow site and other online resources. The focus within the notes is learning about a social issues and inequality.

Higher in Modern Studies 

This resource summarises the skills that are developed and enhanced through study of the Higher in Modern Studies using Understanding Glasgow and other online resources.

These skills include:
♦ handling and analysing complex data
♦ adopting a structured approach to the study of contemporary issues and problems
♦ evaluating evidence, detecting a lack of objectivity, and drawing and presenting conclusions in a balanced and structured way
♦ participating in debate and discussion

Advanced Higher in Modern Studies 

This resource outlines the course aims, research methods that should be developed through study of the Advanced Higher in Modern Studies and provides links to the Understanding Glasgow site and other relevant resources.

Higher education

Understanding Glasgow is included in various resources used within the MSc Public Health and BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) programmes at Glasgow Caledonian University.

More detailed information is given in this document (PDF) provided by Karen Roome, a lecturer within the Department of Health and Community Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Seminar series

A room of people sitting at tables with a presenter at the front standing by a screen.Glasgow Centre for Population Health has been running an annual seminar series since November 2004. The series is curated to offer promising and insightful contributions and on the challenge of health and wellbeing in the city from internationally renowned speakers.   

Across the past tweny years, over 100 talks have been delivered, covering a wide range of topics by many leading thinkers in the fields of biology, economy, environment and sustainability, city design, urban health, epidemiology, philosophy, arts, history and politics. 

Many of the topics that have been covered are relevant to the domains of Understanding Glasgow. The full catalogue of lectures including audio or film recordings, presentation slides and summaries can be found on the GCPH past events page.

Contact us

If you have a issue that could be explored via the Glasgow Game or if you have any questions about how to use this resource,  please contact us.