Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 15, 2025

At the Careers Service, Ive also noticed that some international students engage less with available support. However, these tests are a blunt-edged tool, and language can be a barrier for ALL students, as everyone faces diverging and changing expectations for communication between and within disciplines (Lillis et al 2015).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 Over the past five years, EPW has served 909 students, 68% of whom are Latino. Since 2015, 64 students, 93.75% of whom are Latino, have been placed in internships. “I

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 22, 2025

Place of publication not identified: WAC Clearinghouse, 2015. Shirley Tian Shirley Tian is studying (MA) History and Politics at the University of Edinburgh, and is an Undergraduate Student Ambassador at the University. Studies in Higher Education , 39 (5), 734753. link] Lillis, Theresa et al.

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Through programs like the Center for Social Justice and the Bonner Scholars Program , Earlham students engage in community service projects throughout Richmond. Venus Williams (2015) Former World No. LinkedIn data suggests the college has nearly 9,000 alumni , with 1,400 residing in Indiana and 366 in the Richmond area.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 21, 2022

Image credit: pixabay, stocksnap, CC0 In this post, Dr Catherine Bovill explores how to effectively engage staff and students in the co-creation of assessment practices. Catherine is Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development. Meer, N. & & Chapman, A. and Graham, L.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

To encourage inter- and multi-disciplinary connections, students are invited to propose project topics which are not directly related to the veterinary medical curriculum. In 2015-16, the project focus was refined to directly draw on concepts of social responsibility and sustainability. Oct 20, 2016

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

. ‘ 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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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Joséphine Foucher is Teaching Matters’ Deputy Editor and Student Engagement Officer. We asked colleagues and students in education to share reflections on books that have inspired their teaching. For this theme, we wanted to try something different. Nov 4, 2021

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

AUGUST 11, 2016

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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 23, 2017

This format worked so well that EdJoWriWe went on to run twice more, in 2015 and 2016. Laura Beattie Laura is a PhD student in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. The postgraduate participants were also encouraged to review one another’s work. May 23, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 4, 2017

Research proves that students perceive multimedia feedback (either video or audio) as more individualised and easier to comprehend and act upon ( West and Turner 2015 ). Video assessment and feedback improves student engagement by reaching those students who are more “visually oriented”. & Turner, W.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 22, 2024

Students engaged in ASA DataFest hackathon In this extra post, Serveh Sharifi, Vanda Inacio, Ozan Evkaya, and Amanda Lenzi, academics from the School of Mathematics, share their experience and insights on hosting the American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest 2024 at The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

That personal journey led me to becoming a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, founding Knack in 2015 and it is now one of higher ed’s fastest growing student success platforms, with a mission to modernize how students learn with and support each other.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

It’s not limited to just students and staff; collaboration with industry professionals, community organizations, parents, and alumni helps ensure the curriculum meets real-world needs , enhancing the holistic and impactful nature of education ( Yostrakul, 2021 ). 2016 ; Mapstone et al.,

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 28, 2022

2015) Co-creation of Marking Criteria: Students as Partners in the Assessment Process, Business & Management Education in HE [link] Nicol, D. & Oxon: RoutledgeFalmer Nicol, D. 2010) From monologue to dialogue: improving written feedback processes in mass higher education, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

We support a range of other “in-house’ initiatives including Social and Political Science in Practice , which is a new framework in the School for Honours students (typically in their 4th Year) to undertake faculty-student collaboration for academic credit across three pillars: research; learning and teaching; public education and engagement.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Heather was a finalist for the HE UK Bioscience teacher of the year 2014 and received an honourable mention in the 2015 Turnitin Global Innovation awards. Currently Heather is on secondment to the Institute for Academic Development, conducting a two-year project on flipped learning. Oct 5, 2016

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Teaching Awards also serve to highlight and reward best practice in teaching and student support, reminding us all of the value in investing in student experience. In 2015, a thematic analysis of Teaching Award nomination submissions was conducted, resulting in the “What does good teaching look like to students?”

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Campus Groups

MAY 10, 2022

Based out of Dorchester Massachusetts, he holds a Master’s of Higher Education in Student Affairs from Salem State University. Prior to joining CG, he was at Babson College, where he held roles in Student Engagement as well as Student Activities and Leadership. Anthony: I have over 8 years in higher education.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 10, 2019

Crucially, it was also co-created with students –through the course Social and Political Science in Practice , an SPS framework for Honours students to undertake faculty-student collaboration on research, teaching or public engagement.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Joséphine Foucher is Teaching Matters’ Deputy Editor and Student Engagement Officer. We asked colleagues and students in education to share reflections on books that have inspired their teaching. For this theme, we wanted to try something different. Nov 4, 2021

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

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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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Of course, the only way to get an answer was to actually do this through launching a new course, and this was the genesis of Data, Design and Society (DDS) , a 20-point level 8 course offered for the first time in 2015/16 by the School of Informatics.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 16, 2017

Having fourth year students organise the material and third year students on hand to help answer questions made for a very relaxed, informal atmosphere where participants were less intimidated, and more willing to ask questions. The session ran for the first time in April 2014 and then again in April 2015.

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SRHE

APRIL 30, 2025

SO3 We did question whether the expectation to engage in these spaces may further reinforce the inequalities in student leadership highlighted by Brooks et al (2015). This leads us to question how relevant it is to continue to look backwards and talk of how students unions used to operate in the past.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MAIN CHANGES SINCE THE LAST ELIR IN 2015? Chapter 2 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. In short, lots!

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 9, 2017

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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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 1, 2016

Find out about health-enhancing and community engagement opportunities for students in Edinburgh via Edinburgh Connected Dive deeper into community engagement in a short report on ‘ Community Engagement as an Integral Part of the Curriculum ’ from University Senate in February 2015.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 19, 2017

She completed an IAD secondment in 2015 looking at sustainable veterinary medical education. Her research areas are in sustainable and digital education, and she is currently working on a part-time PhD at the Moray House School of Education.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I’d recently taken on the role of senior tutor for the Geography undergraduate students and I’d decided to rethink how we run the personal tutor group meetings. Student attendance at group meetings had been patchy and many colleagues became frustrated at the lack of student engagement. References and resources Buckley, C.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JUNE 19, 2023

Besides, a significant function of asynchronous platforms is that they offer ample opportunities for vicarious learning (Mayes, 2015) because of the ‘openness’ around these environments and the digital traces left by peers and teachers, that anyone can return to. 2021; Carless and Boud, 2018).

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Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

JUNE 15, 2019

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a report released in 2015 indicated a highly diverse cohort of college applicants. The Louisiana State Personnel Development Grant (2011-2015) focused research and resources in the area of disproportionality and culturally responsive practices. 1995) Strengthening Student Engagement.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Japanese Studies Peer Support Japanese Studies Peer Support (JSPS) was founded in January 2013, and since then they have been playing a big role in the Japanese Studies learning community by organising social events to offer support to first year students, and through the academic-family system.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 30, 2022

The oldest and longest running peer support project here at the University of Edinburgh has served some 2000 widening participation students over that time in ‘the fellowship and solidarity of community’ (Darder, 2015). Reassessing Tinto’s concepts of social and academic integration in student retention. References Darder, A.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 7, 2017

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.

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