Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The students usually report back to us where they are employed. In addition to students who find excellent jobs after graduating from a four-year institution, some EPW alumni are pursuing graduate studies. “I The four-year graduation rate for Latino students in the major is approximately 88%. The program offers a B.A.

Engineering 265

Engineering Research Admissions Hospitality 265

Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

While we have published posts written by students before*, this is the first Teaching Matters issue that is authored solely by University of Edinburgh students (and student alumni). A flourishing field of student partnership work has recently emerged (e.g., You can book a place at the LTW Monthly Showcase here.

Research 52

Research Higher Education Student Engagement Alumni 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

Cook-Sather, Bovill and Felten (2014, pp. 180) have created a “ladder of student participation in curriculum design” that shows how student engagement in the curriculum can range from no engagement within a dictated, staff-controlled curriculum to significant levels of student engagement with student control of the curriculum (see below).

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Curriculum Development Professional Development Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

In this blog post, Pooja and Ankita, SACHA alumni discuss co-creation and collaboration in course design. However, implementing co-creation faces hurdles like students’ reluctance to participate (Cook-Sather & Luz, 2015 ; Mapstone et al., Change Agents in a storytelling workshop with the Careers Service and Edinburgh Innovations.

Faculty 52

Faculty Alumni Higher Education Research 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

Wadewitz, 2014) Wikipedia, the free, online, encyclopaedia is building the largest open knowledge resource in human history. Digital Sociology MSc students engage in workshops about how sociology is communicated and how knowledge is created and curated online each year as a response to the recent ASA article.

ADA 52

ADA Student Engagement Alumni Media 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 10, 2019

Students and staff at Edinburgh are getting behind this campaign in many different ways, one example being the coffee rounds our PhD student and alumni attended in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital to raise awareness of the campaign. Five years later, it serves the same purpose – as a community blog.

Hospitality 52

Hospitality Alumni Research Administration 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 17, 2019

Alongside this, Edinburgh Award participants elect which activities and skills sessions to attend as part of a broader suite of professional development activities offered through a partnership between the Business School, the Careers Service, and some recent alumni.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Career Services Management Alumni 52