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What the f**k is Graphic Design?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Photo credit: Flip Design Agency Following on from her earlier post this year , Zoe Patterson, Programme Director for Graphic Design at ECA, describes another student engagement initiative that benefits both undergraduate and school students… What the f**k is Graphic Design? Sep 13, 2018

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Kirsty Stewart Kirsty Stewart is the Edinburgh Award Coordinator at the University of Edinburgh.

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Mini-series: Start as we mean to go on

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The Making Transitions Personal (MTP) Pre-arrival and Start-of-year Reviews is an initiative that aims to support this through a set of targeted reflective questions given to students before the start of the academic year. or gavin.mccabe@ed.ac.uk

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Graphic Design in a Box

Teaching Matters Academic Support

This has manifest itself in a number of design and teaching projects, the most significant of which won The Guardian University Award for Employability in 2013. Next steps: Find out more about ‘Graphic Design in a Box’ including a video featuring student Hannah Hawkesley talking about the project on the ECA website.

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Design Agency: 100% Employable

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This has manifest itself in a number of design and teaching projects, the most significant of which won The Guardian University Award for Employability in 2013. Since that time she has maintained her professional practice and developed her research in the field of education. Jun 7, 2018

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Transcending international boundaries online to create a global community

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Mihiri Tantirimudalige in Sri Lanka, studying the Master of Family Medicine, says that the degree enabled her to: get a wide range of opinions from other students, which I was not exposed to before… Through the discussion forums, I was able to identify the more global issues that are being faced – it’s been a real-eye opener for me.