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Co-creation and collaboration in course design: Our journey with SACHA

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Change Agents in a storytelling workshop with the Careers Service and Edinburgh Innovations. However, implementing co-creation faces hurdles like students’ reluctance to participate (Cook-Sather & Luz, 2015 ; Mapstone et al., A Systematic Literature Review of Students as Partners in Higher Education. Dvorakova, S.

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Creating the Study Hub with students as consultant partners

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Employing an undergraduate as an intern falls outside traditional views of student and staff roles because it transforms the student into an employee in a department alongside permanent members of staff. Fortunately, at The University of Edinburgh, the Careers Service have made it easy to do. The Employ.ed Grandidge, M.

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Providing proactive support with Student Learning Advisors

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The role of the SLA encompasses pastoral support akin to that provided by Student Support Officers found in other Schools, but additionally includes subject-specific academic guidance. Mar 28, 2017

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What the f**k is Graphic Design?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Photo credit: Flip Design Agency Following on from her earlier post this year , Zoe Patterson, Programme Director for Graphic Design at ECA, describes another student engagement initiative that benefits both undergraduate and school students… What the f**k is Graphic Design?

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Career Design in a Box: Embedding Career Education in What We Already Do

Teaching Matters Academic Support

It wasn’t that I was wrong in my approach before, but I didn’t really grasp that the twin concerns of academic performance and career aspiration could be interconnected. I also now appreciate the importance of students engaging in thinking about their future careers as early as possible. Jan 10, 2017

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Surfacing and accelerating learning: introducing the Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Jan 9, 2017 If you are a staff member interested in wrapping the Award around an activity then please get in touch by email: edinburgh.award@ed.ac.uk. Kirsty Stewart Kirsty Stewart is the Edinburgh Award Coordinator at the University of Edinburgh.