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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

It also seeks to enhance the learning and development opportunities these activities provide and encourage students to see the relevance of these activities in preparing them for their future. We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity.

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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. This aligned with our work harnessing co- and extra-curricular learning to support students’ development and impact.

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The power of the interdisciplinary

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

While disciplines will continue to underpin the foundations of our knowledge, the issue of interdisciplinary learning and teaching is becoming increasingly relevant for universities preparing students for a changing world. Nonetheless, in the UK, higher education largely remains structured on a conventional, disciplinary basis.

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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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Employability and experiential learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, 22: 148-159. [3] 2010) International experience and graduate employability: stakeholder perceptions on the connection. Higher Education, 59: 599-613 [4] Mercer, S. 2011) Understanding learner agency as a complex dynamic system.

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Mini-series: Student pathways to learning about sustainability

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

For eight years in a row, around 80 per cent of students have told NUS that they want their institutions to be doing more on sustainability, and around 60 per cent of students want to learn more about it. Matthew has worked for the University since 2011. Jan 16, 2019

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Co-creating a more sustainable framework for professional development for our UG students

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Rosalyn Claase Ros is Head of Student Experience, having joined the Business School in November 2011 as the Careers Manager. She is responsible for leading the UG and PGT Support and Student Development Teams to collaboratively develop and implement the school’s student experience strategy and initiatives.