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An ‘Edinburgh Model’ for Online Teaching Programme: Notes from a pilot run

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Michael Gallagher Dr Michael Gallagher is a member of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at Moray House and Director of Panoply Digital, a consultancy dedicated to mobile for development (M4D). If interested, please contact Michael Gallagher for more information. References Moore, M. The theory of transactional distance.

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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

Manage relationships during the placement A typical placement might involve four people: the student, an academic supervisor at the University, a supervisor at the host organisation, and somebody at the University who handles any non-academic issues that arise on the placement.

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An 'Edinburgh Model' for Online Teaching Programme: Notes from a pilot run

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Michael Gallagher Dr Michael Gallagher is a member of the Centre for Research in Digital Education at Moray House and Director of Panoply Digital, a consultancy dedicated to mobile for development (M4D). If interested, please contact Michael Gallagher for more information. References Moore, M. The theory of transactional distance.

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Taking a little bit of Scotland to Shanghai: Reflections on a research and teaching visit to Donghua University

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

In this noisy, vibrant city of Shanghai, we had managed to find a moment of complete and utter peace. She strives to work as a commercial, sustainable designer making pieces that are valued and ‘tell a story’, and is the published author of ‘Girls Get Stitching’ 2013. Everyone was enjoying simply stitching.

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REF 2021: reflecting on results, rules and regulations, and reform (again)

SRHE

There is still some strategic management of staff numbers – the units submitting just under 20 or 30 staff were many times higher than submitting one more, which would have required an extra case study. Some staff may, then, have lost out and been re-classified as not engaged in research.

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Emotional labour in academia: The unspoken burden

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Beyond the “Service Smile” Behind the carefully crafted smiles, the reassuring words, and the meticulously managed demeanour lies a silent toll, a heavy burden we carry. As sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild (1983) famously coined it, emotional labour is the invisible work of managing our emotions to meet the demands of our job.

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