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Let students lead their learning

Teaching Matters Student Employment

So what happens when you let students off a leash like this? Apparently not, from the evidence of those who took part in the first SLICCs pilot in 2015. Find out more: SLICCs website Jonny Ross-Tatam Jonny Ross-Tatam is the current President of Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) for 2015/16.

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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? Chapter 5 is still in draft form, and is a working document, so you will see ‘markers’ where, for example, we need to gather more information or update the text nearer the time we finalise the Reflective Analysis.

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Each year, student evaluation data from the Award highlights the beneficial impact on students’ sense of preparedness for the future. These are communities and environments where learning from things that go wrong is as equally encouraged and celebrated as learning that comes from success.

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Support at scale: School-wide support for postgraduates who teach

Teaching Matters Student Employment

As a result of on going discussion at about contract security, it became clear in the 2015-2016 academic session that improvements were needed. The Tutoring and Demonstrating support system in the School of Geosciences has evolved over the years as a relatively informal system.

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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. The scope for student agency is significant, with students defining their own unique learning experiences.

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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). Students as Researchers. Flint , and K. Harrington. Walkington, H.

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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.