Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Vitae launched this intensive and highly rewarding professional development course in 1968, and GRADschools have taken place across the UK since then (2017). The Institute for Academic Development explains that GRADschools are “a unique experience [which] makes them difficult to describe” (2017). May 2, 2017 GRADschools.”

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AUGUST 15, 2024

by Lucy Cokes ‘Live briefs’ are used in Higher Education programmes, and I suggest that they can help promote equity and employability if they are used in very specific ways. Typically, live briefs are sourced through lecturers’ professional networks and are presented to students most frequently as an extracurricular opportunity.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2018

The purpose of higher education is in a state of transition. Therefore, our higher education consultants at The Change Leader want to offer a series of articles that lay out where we believe higher education is going in the face of all of these challenges. There are opportunities for higher education to transform and grow.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

It is in this context that the University was awarded its first Key Action 203 Strategic Partnership funding by the European Commission in 2017 to develop the Network for Intercultural Competence to facilitate Entrepreneurship (NICE) in collaboration with 7 other European universities*. UoE Staff: Join us as virtual exchange facilitators!

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 17, 2018

We encourage our Student Societies to engage with this agenda through (modest) financial, academic and professional support. In December 2017, we celebrated some of the wonderful work done as part of this by hosting our first HCA Recognition Celebration. History for Schools , Literacy through Latin ) and the wider community (e.g.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

We offer up to 6 spaces within each cohort, and the students selected are ones who show a keen interest in working in Higher Education in the future. As well as their Peer Assisted Learning activities, the students attend and present at staff educational journal clubs. Photo attribution: vet school.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

Barrie, 2004:262 However, what I have noticed through practice is that this undoubtedly critical element of higher education are often still attempted to be “taught”. This is supported by international studies of the need for higher education environment to do more applied “living curriculum” (Bath, et al., Adelaide, October 2017.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

What better way for my final year students, products of the successful peer intensive curriculum, to test their skills outside of the University setting. Creative problem solving, risk taking, lateral thinking, communication, project management, amongst the many core design skills this student employed in order to fulfil this unique ‘task’.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 2, 2017

At the turn of the century, the pure apprenticeship model came under pressure, with a push for more professionalism of doctoral education and more structured delivery of skills training that prepares doctoral graduates for careers in academia or, increasingly, in a wide range of non-academic professional activities or entrepreneurial ventures.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

She is the link Careers Consultant for the Moray House School of Education ( Suzanne.Agnew@ed.ac.uk ) Nov 30, 2017 dave.saunders@ed.ac.uk ) Suzanne Agnew Suzanne works at the University of Edinburgh Careers Service.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2019

I still am a teacher in higher education, but I feel that my words do not have nearly as much impact as those of practising teachers when it comes to preparation for professional practice. Deborah Holt Dr Deborah Holt is a Bicentennial Fellow in the Moray House School of Education and Sport. I was a school teacher. Jul 9, 2019

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 24, 2017

Since academic year 2011-12, when the Edinburgh award was launched, I’ve always asked the students in my award classes whether they agree with a statement from a paper by Simon Barrie, 2006; “ …. Jan 24, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 9, 2017

It also seeks to enhance the learning and development opportunities these activities provide and encourage students to see the relevance of these activities in preparing them for their future. We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity. Jan 9, 2017

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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. However, he argues just doing one workshop is not enough… 4.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 1, 2018

Employment marks a point in time, and leaves our graduates at the mercy of labour market vagaries; employability is about a journey, equipping our graduates to navigate and succeed in this dynamic environment. ” This potentially leads us further into the “saying what we mean” territory….which

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Jobs are scarce and a university degree will no longer guarantee immediate employment. After we leave Higher Education, we apparently find ourselves pitted against each other, competing for those scarce job opportunities. Feb 1, 2017 I was reminded of an article I read at the very beginning of my studies in 2012.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 17, 2017

Recent graduates of two online programmes, one in Clinical Education, the other in the Clinical Management of Pain; were invited to participate. Both programmes are run entirely online with students based all over the world. The academic award was felt to help reduce imposter syndrome commonly reported in educational literature.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Delivering the Graduate Attributes “Each student at the University of Edinburgh joins us from different educational backgrounds, cultures and experiences. Jan 16, 2017 Additionally, core courses often concentrate on core knowledge and disciplinary-specific skills, so how can the more holistic graduate attributes be delivered?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

Simon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy. Current areas of responsibility include: the Edinburgh Award, SLICCs (Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses), Making Transitions Personal and the Development Hub. Mar 2, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

The strategic context Every four years, QAA Scotland undertakes a cycle of reviews of all Scottish higher education institutions, focusing on enhancing the student experience – this is called the Enhancement-Led Institutional Review, or ELIR. Labake’s PhD research is exploring internationalisation of higher education and employability.

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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 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 Academic Communities

JANUARY 13, 2017

The one-year Masters in a UK university is intensive; even more so for an international student in a new teaching and cultural environment. According to many large scale studies on student decision making and outlines in policy statements, higher education is a step towards enhancing career prospects: in order words, developing employability.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

For a student like me, who has spent the vast majority of his existence nestling comfortably within the bosom of education, I am like a jelly-legged astronaut trying to run a marathon when attempting to turn ideas into a real-world practical success. Feb 16, 2017 He also dabbles in ironman triathlon in his spare time.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Student-staff partnership is now a timeless concept and integral practice within Higher Education (HE) ( Bovill, 2019 ). Stemmed and unintended benefits to partnership working: Unsurprisingly, many of these projects spoke about several gains, but most notably these related to students’ employability skills.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 17, 2017

Part 1: The Purpose of Higher Ed The purpose of Higher Ed is the first in The Changing Face of Higher Ed series as it’s the most important to the success and sustainability of higher education institutions. Higher education is in a state of transition. In some ways, this is the higher education version of puppy mills.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

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. Conceptions of students as partners. Higher Education, 76, 957–971. Hine, L., & Turner, J.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

While disciplines will continue to underpin the foundations of our knowledge, the issue of interdisciplinary learning and teaching is becoming increasingly relevant for universities preparing students for a changing world. Nonetheless, in the UK, higher education largely remains structured on a conventional, disciplinary basis.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. 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

JULY 31, 2018

The conference is organised yearly by the Edinburgh University Careers Service , and gathers PhD holders who have transitioned into a wide range of occupations and are happy to share their experience with current students. I first attended the PhD Horizons conference in June 2017, when it was in its third edition.

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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 Academic Support

MARCH 7, 2017

This course was taught using a collaborative approach with contributions coming from experts in business, the education sector and peer learning. Mar 7, 2017 We are one of the few Institutions outside of the United States to run such a course, particularly with an additional taught content element.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 25, 2017

Her role is to oversee IAD support for all the University’s researchers including doctoral students, research staff and technicians, principal investigators, supervisors and research leaders. May 25, 2017 You’ll see some overlap with my thoughts, but I’ll draw out one which has helped me to improve my blogging and writing.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Project deliverables can have a long and sustained impact as clients will use the materials students have created for years to come. GeoScience Alumni students have gone on to careers in scientific communication, media and education – some getting jobs directly out of their outreach projects! Feb 28, 2017

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 3, 2018

The workshops were open to all undergraduate chemists in Years 1-5 as well as MSc chemistry students. In the 2017 series , we invited 5 biotech/consumer goods organisations (3 small local and 2 large multinationals) to provide scenarios across the spectrum of “Technology Readiness Levels” 1-9. ” References 1. Patricia R.

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