Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Joël Reland Joël graduated from Edinburgh in 2017 with an MSc in International Political Theory. Whilst writing her postgraduate dissertation on the ethics of the Anthropocene, she completed a traineeship at the International Center for Climate Governance in Venice, Italy.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

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 Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy, 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. Jan 16, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JUNE 19, 2018

From students to scientists: The impact of interactive engagement in lectures. Craig McMillan Craig McMillan is a former student and graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology in 2017. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, (13). Jun 19, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Look out for a Student Wellbeing Teaching Matters mini-series in July and August 2019. The benefits of blogging for PhD students (25th May 2017) Blogging is increasingly being recognised as an established method of communicating academic writing. This can also be downloaded as an Open Access e-book from Sense Publishers.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 17, 2017

’ on enhancing employability using the Graduate Attributes framework. Aug 17, 2017 Gill Aitken Gill Aitken is the Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education and the Director of Quality for the Edinburgh Medical School.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 5, 2019

One of our newly appointed academics, and now a Senior Teaching Fellow in Marketing, Dr Pauline Ferguson, took on this work in 2017. This funded the time to undertake a mapping exercise across all of our undergraduate courses.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Oct 18, 2017 Esther Mijers Esther Mijers is a senior lecturer in Scottish History and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology. She arrived in Edinburgh two years ago, having taught at the University of Reading before then.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following the Enhancement Theme, momentum around the co-curriculum continued and gave focus to improving awareness and accessibility for students.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

Next steps: Read more about Graphic Design in a Box in Zoe Patterson’s blog post for Teaching Matters Lynsey Russell-Watts Lynsey Russell-Watts is a Careers Consultant in the University of Edinburgh Careers Service, with a focus on Edinburgh College of Art students. Jan 10, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 14, 2017

In February 2016 he was helping with student assessments at the Edinburgh Dog & Cat home and two days later found himself adopting a wee springer spaniel who he’s called Meg. Mar 14, 2017

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

I was therefore keen to play a role in developing another online, interdisciplinary course based on my experiences and interests (for example, as is shared in this video that showcases part of the senate talk on research led-learning in May 2017), in addition to the numerous skills and networks I would gain and contribute to.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Feb 14, 2017 Some of her work on interdisciplinarity can be found on here including her report to the HEA on interdisciplinary learning and teaching provision in the UK and an advert for a new 1+3 PhD funded studentship “Disruptive influence? The role of interdisciplinarity in training the next generation of researchers”.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

We introduced the UCVME in 2014 as we wanted to formally recognise the important role our students play in our teaching and learning processes. We have had over 140 students enrol on the programme and, so far, 22 have completed the programme in 2017, and 35 in 2018.

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