Student Learning Development

Academic Advice in Arts & Humanities

Undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate taught (PGT) students in Arts & Humanities can make an appointment or come to a class with the Effective Learning Adviser (or one of her Graduate Teaching Assistants) to talk about anything related to your academic work. Common topics include:

• academic writing (essays, dissertations, research proposals)
• argumentation
• engagement with literature, referencing and using/critiquing sources
• time and project management
• effective, evidence-based study and revision methods

We can advise you on current unmarked work or past assignments, including helping you in how you:

• interpret the question
• think about your argument
• plan your essay
• research and use your sources
• write and edit your work
• apply feedback

We can advise you within the context of your subject, but are unable to advise on specific content. Similarly, we encourage your ability to edit and assess your work and, therefore, cannot offer proof reading.

If you are a Postgraduate Research student (PGR), you can seek academic advice and support through the Researcher Developer team.

Dr Robyne Calvert

Robyne Calvert is the Effective Learning Adviser for the College of Arts and Humanities. Robyne has a PhD in the History of Art, and has researched and lectured in art, architecture and design history and theory at the University of Glasgow and The Glasgow School of Art for over a decade. She has supervised many UG and PGT dissertations, and has also been a primary PhD supervisor.

Teaching Requests

Robyne is keen to develop teaching collaborations across all courses in Arts & Humanities. To find out what teaching she can offer on your course, get in touch by email.

Research and Teaching

As a Cultural Historian, Robyne's research and teaching interests span a wide range of topics, including: art, architecture, design, fashion, heritage and museum studies, digital and material culture, critical and creative writing, and academic literacies. She received a Pasold Fund PhD bursary for her thesis 'Fashioning the Artist: Artistic Dress in Victorian Britain, 1848-1900' (University of Glasgow, 2012). She is an active public historian, has been an expert on BBC radio, television, and STV programmes, and most recently has been featured on the National Trust for Scotland’s 'Love Scotland' podcast with Jackie Bird. Her monograph, 'The Mack: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and The Glasgow School of Art' (Yale University Press, 2024), won the Society of Architectural Historians GB Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion for an 'outstanding contribution to the study or knowledge of architectural history'.