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

SRHE

The irritations researchers experience when working with secondary data are exemplified in looking at the REF 2021 results and comparing with 2014. I will first give the summary of results, set alongside those from 2014, against advice, but one role of the REF is to demonstrate more and better research. Impact 2014 44 39.9

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Mini-series: Academic blogging at University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

2007; Deng & Yuen, 2011), particularly reflective writing (Hemmi, Bayne, & Land, 2009), and learning to write for particular real or imagined audiences (Ross, 2014; Gogia, 2016). Writing online can make explicit a thought process, demonstrating the development of an approach and understanding over time. link] Kerawalla, L.,

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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Cook-Sather, Bovill and Felten (2014, pp. Addressing potential challenges in co-creating learning and teaching: Overcoming resistance, navigating institutional norms and ensuring inclusivity in student–staff partnerships. Higher Education, 71 (2), 195-208. doi:10.1007/s10734-015-9896-4 Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C., & Felten, P.

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Mini-series: Blogging to build community – Stories from Nursing Studies

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Five years later, it serves the same purpose – as a community blog.

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Researching our Learning and Teaching – get involved, get informed

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

The University has released a survey directed at academic staff that aims to try and answer some of these questions, as part of a collaborative project across 15 member institutions of the Universitas 21 network , of which the University of Edinburgh is a member.

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Welcome to the November issue of Teaching Matters: Expect the unexpected

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Around 2014/15, there was an increase in momentum to create journals that published negative result s, such as New Negatives in Plant Science and Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine (although these have now ceased publication).

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The first Hungarian MOOC by the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

In 2014, she was the runner-up at the university-wide final of the “Three Minute Thesis” competition at the University of Edinburgh. She has a strong interest in atmospheric and environmental chemistry, with a special focus on modelling of ammonia emission from agricultural sources. Andi is a keen science communicator. Dec 13, 2018