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Creating the Study Hub with students as consultant partners

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this post, Dr Kay Williams, Study Development Advisor at the Institute for Academic Development (IAD), explains the value of working with students as consultants to create the new Study Hub brand, and the Study Hub blog , which offer learning resources for students… How do you solve a problem with learning materials?

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What does it mean to be a University of Edinburgh Graduate?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

An experience like this is fundamental to helping students feel they belong to a university community that cares for them, their development and their success, both in the short and long term. Employability wordle So, what does it mean to be an Edinburgh Graduate? Jan 4, 2017

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You are employable – all you have to do is show it!

Teaching Matters Student Employment

on Campus internship as an ‘Employability Projects Intern’, she became increasingly interested in the concept of graduate attributes, student employability and higher education. Jan 20, 2017 After her Employ.ed

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Life Design: Connecting students to their future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Image credit: Clark Tibbs, unsplash, CC0 Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh , proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of student employability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work.

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Excellence in Doctoral Education and Career Development Programme

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In January 2017, the Senate Researcher Experience Committee (REC) approved a comprehensive programme of work designed to investigate, map and enhance the postgraduate research student experience. May 11, 2017 As part of this a PGR Supervisor Network will be launched.

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Integrating the world of work into university

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The careers service is directly involved in this course delivery with our school’s Careers Consultant providing valuable input during the initial stages. This aims to help students see the value of the attachment experience post-graduation and understand how to maximise the experience for their future career.

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Searching Uncertainty – determining the value of your university experience

Teaching Matters Student Employment

To this end, the Employability Consultancy has done a lot of work revising the University of Edinburgh’s Graduate Attributes , which, at a base level, can be used as a guide towards structuring reflection. Feb 1, 2017