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Understanding the purpose and role of the CAA UAE in higher education

Creatrix Campus

CAA is UAE’s official higher education quality assurance organization. It accredits all higher education institutions not affiliated with the federal government by taking them through a series of quality assurance steps and offering them a license to operate. What is the commission for academic accreditation (CAA)?

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Promoting equity and employability using live briefs

SRHE

by Lucy Cokes ‘Live briefs’ are used in Higher Education programmes, and I suggest that they can help promote equity and employability if they are used in very specific ways. Ranked based on perceived equity and employability status. 2006) Live Project Good Practice: A Guide for the Implementation of Live Projects, s.l.:

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Career Development Planning

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Students have always been required to submit an individual career action plan but this year I changed my approach to feedback on this assessment and I introduced a new assessment, a group labour market project. 2010): Motivating students to learn 3rd edition London: Routledge Gibbs, G. References: Brophy, J. Bryan and K.

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Developing students’ career resilience – a university wide approach?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Students responded well to the workshop: they viewed the potential impact of setbacks as more positive, and felt more encouraged to engage in goal-setting and career planning. Educational Studies. Available at [link] /Johannes_Haushofer_CV_of_Failures.pdf [Last accessed: 18/12/17]. Stefan, M (2010): ‘A CV of Failures’. 32(3): 251–264.

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Reflections of an Edinburgh Award tutor

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Since academic year 2011-12, when the Edinburgh award was launched, I’ve always asked the students in my award classes whether they agree with a statement from a paper by Simon Barrie, 2006; “ ….

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Catching the waves: surfing, enhancement, and student success

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. Taking a collaborative, whole-institution approach Following the 2004-2006 Employability Enhancement Theme, the Scottish Funding Council allocated each institution strategic funding to accelerate this agenda.