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

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

At this early stage, the student receives feedback from their SLICC staff tutor, who offers them guidance on how they may gain greater insight during the learning experience and maximise the available opportunities. The scope for student agency is significant, with students defining their own unique learning experiences.

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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 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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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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Mini-series: What is a living lab?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

For further background on the Living Lab approach at the University, read our 2015 report completed by postgraduate student Patrycja Graczyk, and the Living Lab presentation for World Symposium on Sustainability Science and Research presentation by Liz Cooper and Dave Gorman.

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Academic Peer Learning

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Peer Support started at Edinburgh as a joint venture between Edinburgh University Students Association and the University of Edinburgh in September 2012 and since June 2015 has been running as the Department of Peer Learning and Support.