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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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. We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity.

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Spotlight on ELIR: Draft of Chapter 5 (Reflective Analysis)

Teaching Matters Student Employment

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN CHANGES SINCE THE LAST ELIR IN 2015? She plays a key role in the Scottish HE quality landscape as a member of QAA Scotland’s Advisory Board, chair of the sparqs University Advisory Group, and member of the Quality Arrangements for Scottish Higher Education (QASHE) group Dec 11, 2019

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Welcome to the November issue of Teaching Matters: Student author month

Teaching Matters Academic Support

. ‘ Students as Researchers ‘ is one such movement where the traditional teacher/student binary is disrupted, and undergraduate students are invited to research and contribute to the broader base of their discipline (Walkington, 2015). York : The Higher Education Academy. Students as Researchers.

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Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs): Learning and teaching beyond disciplinary silos

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The approaches offered by SLICCs can allow responses to the recent Learning and Teaching Strategy, to enhance and offer flexibility in curricula, supporting and working in partnership with our students, in our research-rich environment. Simon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Spotlight on ELIR: Draft Reflective Analysis

Teaching Matters Student Employment

A REMINDER ELIR is an external review of the quality of the student learning experience that we provide. Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Scotland conducts the review every five years; our last review was in 2015. The outcome of the review is a judgement of the effectiveness of our approach; a positive outcome is therefore critical.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree. Since leaving the Department of Education, Michael has found that college is still worth the investment, providing graduates with more opportunities, on average, than non-college grads.