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Developing graduate attributes in a landscape of practices

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Graduate attribute frameworks have long been part of the conversation in HE as universities endeavour to prepare students for the supercomplex future they face (Barnett, 2000). For these international students, their Masters is a high-stakes investment requiring negotiation of both an academic and professional identity.

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What the f**k is Graphic Design?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

What better way for my final year students, products of the successful peer intensive curriculum, to test their skills outside of the University setting. This was a big step in students taking control of their own learning and project managing with many different stakeholders. For most it was a bumpy ride. Sep 13, 2018

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The Edinburgh Award is an initiative that recognises students’ involvement with co- and extra-curricular activities while at University. 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.

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Working with alumnae teachers to prepare student teachers for professional practice

Teaching Matters Student Employment

These sessions tend to be rated highly by students. He shared his experiences, tricky and enjoyable, gave advice, showed images and videos of real children in a real primary school and, afterwards, he was able to answer questions and engage in discussion with our students. I learnt alongside my current students. They loved it.

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Adaptive Comparative Judgment and the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Online Learning

I used ACJ twice during the Edinburgh Award, first for us to see and comment on other students’ work and for others to provide me with feedback on ways that I could improve my work, and then again at the end of the Edinburgh Award, where ACJ allowed me and my fellow students to peer assess our final work.

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Bridging the seminar room and the world of public policy: Six practical tips for organising work placements

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Build a network Mostly relevant for those charged with organising multiple placements it is crucial to build up a network of contacts in the relevant ‘world’ in to which you are seeking to place students. Placing students in appropriate and rewarding placements is only possible through clear communication.

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Themed ‘tutor training sessions’ for tutors and demonstrators in Informatics

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The programme consists of a series of optional, themed workshops which have been devised to support teaching and are open to all students and staff with current teaching roles within Informatics, including teaching assistants, tutors, demonstrators, coursework or examination markers. May 30, 2017