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Curriculum Mapping: Skills Matrices and Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

These matrices provide the cornerstone of the Business School’s MSc Edinburgh Award in Professional Development. The MSc Edinburgh Award in Professional Development now has 216 students actively participating, making it one of the most successful versions of the Award currently offered within the university.

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A Transformative PhD Experience: Edinburgh Local GRADschool

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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

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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 We welcome any comments, feedback or suggestions on any of the work.

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Helping students with their studies

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this post I will introduce and talk about four mechanisms which we have developed and use to support students who encounter difficulties during their studies. The four mechanisms are: Note of concern Student welfare week Student Leadership Award Professional Development course. Mar 14, 2017

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Learning from each other: Adventures in student engagement with learning and teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

I came into this programme as a mentor, along with Julie Dickson from the R(D)SVS, when the first cohort of UCVME students were nearing completion of their degrees (and their UCVME certificates) and were writing their AFHEA submissions. I am consistently inspired by what happens when we allow our students to take the reins in teaching.

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Representing a diverse learning community in the School of Health in Social Science

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Finally, in a post-conference social, we celebrated our achievements in 2017-2018 as a community. PGRs picnicking in the Meadows. Photo credit: Susannah Johnston.

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Development of graduate attributes in online distance learning students

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Graduates commonly described thinking in a new way as a result of their study, with their horizons widening after studying with fellow professionals from around the world; considering new ways of thinking, ‘delving deeper’ and developing ‘intellectual curiosity’. Aug 17, 2017

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