Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Richard Gratwick Dr Richard Gratwick joined the School of Mathematics in 2016 as a University Teacher, and in the 2017/18 EUSA Teaching Awards won the van Heyningen Award for Teaching in Science and Engineering. Sep 18, 2018

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Interestingly, three of these posts were written in 2016, showing that the blog’s content is continually being accessed both nationally, and internationally. This short dialogue between student and staff is a motivating, honest and collegial conversation about what makes good teaching.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

One of us (Kieran) convenes the course; two of us (Sabrina and Joel) were among the students who took it in its first year (2016/17). Our course – Contemporary Political Theory: Engaging in Current Research – is one of several courses at Edinburgh trying something different.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Credit: unsplash, @vidarnm, CC0 On a wonderfully sunny day in June 2016, I graduated with an honours degree in Geology and Physical Geography. The interdisciplinary nature of the course was a major attraction, making it stand-out in comparison to other Masters and was one of the main reasons why I decided to enrol in Autumn 2016.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 27, 2017

If you are a staff member, I challenge you to create a more enabling environment for students to develop superior skillsets: the only true job security. Porai Beaven Gwendere Porai is a member of African Leadership Academy’s (ALA) 2016 Graduating Class.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 20, 2016

With a background in statistical epidemiology, international development, careers advice and higher education projects, he is now responsible for supporting institutional strategy and initiatives relating to students’ employability, development and graduate attributes, as well as fostering associated local-level activities and enhancements.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In summer 2016, the History Subject Area embarked on the largest overhaul of its curriculum in a generation. Nov 8, 2016 Esther Mijers Esther Mijers is lecturer in Scottish History and Director of Teaching (pre-honours History). She arrived in Edinburgh two years ago, having taught at the University of Reading before then.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Our student leadership award introduced in 2016 recognises students who have done something outstanding outside of their academic achievements. Any member of School staff can nominate a student and nominations can be made all year. Mar 14, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Feb 29, 2016 He is a History (MA) undergraduate, taking a full-time Sabbatical year in between his 3rd and 4th years. Jonny has spent a lot of his time thinking about university education, especially how to make it more personalised and fit for the world we live in.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 9, 2018

From Space)” in 2016. Me and our compere, Susan Morrison, whom I somehow managed to dress as a satellite, during my first Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas show “Let Big Brother Watch! Why are we more comfortable with exploring new topics in public events then in teaching?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 30, 2019

He was director of the Master of Public Policy programme between 2013 and 2016, and has helped to develop work shadowing and work-based placements in the School of Social and Political Science, where he was School Quality Assurance Director between 2017 and 2019.

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MARCH 5, 2019

Using the evidence of the impact of the PGT skills mapping exercise, and its subsequent value to the professional development of our students, in 2016 we submitted a Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme application. This funded the time to undertake a mapping exercise across all of our undergraduate courses.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Several researchers highlight the multiple vulnerabilities experienced by students as a peripheral casualised workforce ( Alberti et al , 2018 ; Ioannou and Dukes, 2021 , Rydzik and Kissoon, 2022 ). Findings The research presents a picture in line with existing data on students’ employment during the pandemic.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 18, 2017

iStock [michellegibson] In a post from November 2016 , Dr Esther Mijers told Teaching Matters about how reforms to the pre-honours curriculum in History, including the implementation of a new training course for first-year students, The Historians’ Toolkit, constituted the most important innovation in teaching in the department since the creation of (..)

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Jennifer and I were appointed to the Projects and Engagement team at the Institute for Academic Development in December 2016 and the opportunity to jump straight in at the deep end to run the first Festival was a fantastic learning experience for us both!

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It was established to create a support system for the students of the MSc Performance Psychology , in Moray House School of Education and Sport. This Masters consistently brings together a special group of people.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A criticism sometimes made of institutional ‘students as partners’ projects is that they are limited to those who can spare the time and have the financial security to be able to volunteer (Matthews, Dwyer, Hine, & Turner, 2018, p. Having an intern in the office is refreshing for departmental colleagues.

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APRIL 4, 2016

Find out more about SSCs on the IAD Case Study Wiki —————————————————- Simon Riley Simon Riley is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Student Selected Components in the undergraduate medical curriculum at the Edinburgh Medical School.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 8, 2018

2016) Adventurous learning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(6), 1024-1037. [6] 6] Chapman, S., McPhee, P., & Proudman, B. 1995) What is Experiential Education? In Warren,K. (Ed.), The Theory of Experiential Education (pp. 235 – 248). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. [7] 7] Beames, S. & & Brown, M.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Students worked on challenges set by City Neighbourhood partnerships * , including how to increase use of parks, encourage cycling and walking in the city centre, and improving recycling rates. In 2016 Ewan and a TA, Alyssa Alcorn, developed a level 8 cross-school course , Data, Design and Society , on the topic ‘Food and the University’.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 9, 2019

The course is firmly embedded in a tangible place and contexts, encouraging students to start defining their own investigative agendas. In previous years (2014-2016), students set their talents to reimagine Galashiels to 2040.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This is a lesson to step out into the adventure that is student engagement and partnership – you never know where it may lead! Recognising and developing students as teachers: introduction of a novel Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education. References 1. Stansbie, N., Mellanby, R. and Bell, C.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 7, 2019

To start to address this challenge, the Commission on Widening Access was established and published its 34 recommendations for the sector in 2016. This situation is exacerbated by a lack of geographic mobility for disadvantaged groups of students.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

In 2016/17, Focus On took the postgraduate research (PGR) student experience as its theme, an important aspect of which was postgraduates who teach.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For example, according to the College Board, in 2016, 70% of all high school seniors (traditional-age students) went to college. This requires institutions to engage directly with prospective students, employing methodologies akin to consumer research to capture the voice of their primary clientele.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Then I slowly started analyzing it before I left in 2016, and I’ve been analyzing data ever since. It’s privacy protected, but we do see an aggregate number of entire cohorts of students and how much the typical students are making. Drumm McNaughton 04:25 College Scorecard. I like it. This has been fabulous.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This post is part of the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Series: Careers and Employability. Last year, Advance HE conducted a thorough review of the employability literature from 2016–2021 and, though a year has elapsed since publication, the theme of this blog series presents a golden opportunity to revisit and share the findings.

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