Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Dr Bovill is a Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development. The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh University Students’ Association have enjoyed a long and productive partnership. We really look forward to receiving your applications and reading about your ideas.

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APRIL 13, 2021

When the programme first started, one of the questions I was most often asked by colleagues was whether the students were less willing to contribute in tutorials. Th is reflects a widely-held view , that Chinese students are hardworking but quiet and unwilling to speak out in front of others. In: Jin L, Cortazzi M, editors.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 30, 2024

Cathy: Since the final presentations by the students we have ensured the student reports have been shared among a range of groups. The University’s Curriculum Transformation Project Student Engagement Strategy group have discussed how some of the ideas might be taken forward. Students have some great ideas.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JULY 23, 2019

In current parlance, as well as delimiting a disciplinary or subject area, ‘field’ describes a place to learn from, to research, to draw from. – Ewing (2011), in ‘ Architecture and Field/Work’, p.4 2011) Architecture and Field/Work, AHRA Critiques Series, London, Routledge.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JANUARY 26, 2023

While it may seem daunting, taking the time to research and flesh out strong content ideas and topics will help you attract nontraditional students to your site. Then, brainstorm ideas for content that will reflect those qualities and attract the readers you want to engage. Speak to student personas.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 28, 2022

2011) The Mythology of Feedback, Higher Education Research and Development, Vol. 2005) Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement: Practical solutions for aiding learning in higher and further education. 4 pp 405-419 [link] Falchikov, N.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 16, 2019

His research focused on climate change policy in Scotland. Matthew has worked for the University since 2011. After completing his undergraduate degree in International Relations, Matthew got involved in a variety of community and environmental groups while studying for a Masters in Multi-level and Regional Politics. Jan 16, 2019

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 22, 2024

Students engaged in ASA DataFest hackathon In this extra post, Serveh Sharifi, Vanda Inacio, Ozan Evkaya, and Amanda Lenzi, academics from the School of Mathematics, share their experience and insights on hosting the American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest 2024 at The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Akkerman & Bakker (2011) find that transformation, and thus learning, requires “continuous joint work at the boundary” (p.149), Luckily my ideas land in a fertile environment, as stimulating students is one of the core pillars of the Utrecht University education model. References Akkerman, S. F., & Bakker, A. Cooley, S.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

provision for doctoral students includes several academic writing courses aimed at different stages of their research journey. When these courses were first created, they were intended exclusively for international students with English as an additional language (EAL speakers). 1] Lea, M. R., & Street, B.

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Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

JUNE 15, 2019

Research tends to indicate a bias against females in the areas of math and science; somehow it is perceived that males are stronger in these areas than females. Research has shown that as teachers and students interact, opinions and perceptions are formed, often based on student dress, appearance, or speech. Whose life?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I’d recently taken on the role of senior tutor for the Geography undergraduate students and I’d decided to rethink how we run the personal tutor group meetings. Student attendance at group meetings had been patchy and many colleagues became frustrated at the lack of student engagement. References and resources Buckley, C.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Over the past two years, my co-author, Leo Lambert, and I interviewed nearly 400 people across American higher education including more than 200 students as well as academic staff and leaders from 28 diverse institutions. Professor Peter Felten, Learning & Teaching Conference 2019. Photo credit: A Bovill.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And, in fact, while writing this blog post, a student who missed a fortnight through illness has dropped into the tutorial she missed, and is currently adding to the conversation she couldn’t join at the time. The feedback I’ve received so far has been positive. Read more about James’ work at www.james858499.net.

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SRHE

MAY 23, 2023

The intention of this Symposium Series is to bring together leading voices and space-based research from across the field to encourage critical discussion and debate with a view to generating and encapsulating key insights around contemporary landscapes of learning in HE. This blog was compiled and edited by Sinead Murphy.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Over the past two years, my co-author, Leo Lambert, and I interviewed nearly 400 people across American higher education including more than 200 students as well as academic staff and leaders from 28 diverse institutions. Professor Peter Felten, Learning & Teaching Conference 2019. Photo credit: A Bovill.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2023

Drumm McNaughton explores how higher ed leaders can follow these actionable steps with CEO Elliot Felix of Brightspot Strategy, a consultancy focusing on attracting and retaining students. But toward the end, I realized that this research and stakeholder engagements uncovered many problems and solutions. Tell us more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2023

Massey, an associate professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at Binghamton University, a State University of New York (SUNY) institution, is leading research on the Gay Men’s Health Crisis History Project. Massey also co-facilitates the Binghamton Human Sexualities Lab with three colleagues.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 21, 2022

Image credit: pixabay, stocksnap, CC0 In this post, Dr Catherine Bovill explores how to effectively engage staff and students in the co-creation of assessment practices. Catherine is Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development. 2011) Towards an Assessment Partnership Model?

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SRHE

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Despite Biesta’s wise words, today the pressure upon university educators to fix educational issues – to resolve students’ dissatisfaction with feedback, to ‘solve’ student engagement, remains stronger than ever. I suggest that educational research is about giving colleagues the confidence to ‘educate from scratch’.

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SRHE

JANUARY 14, 2025

These views of what counts as student politics have been shaped by rather romantic ideals of what it meant to be a student and do politics in 1960s, or perhaps even in 2010-2011 when we witnessed the last large scale student rebellion in England, but also more globally. Student Identity and Political Agency.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

provision for doctoral students includes several academic writing courses aimed at different stages of their research journey. When these courses were first created, they were intended exclusively for international students with English as an additional language (EAL speakers). 1] Lea, M. R., & Street, B.

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