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Let’s Partner with Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When she recently visited the Free Library of Philadelphia, I asked Stephanie how she wanted colleges to respond to that problem. In 2018 the U.S. Please engage your government affairs teams, staff, faculty, students, and alumni to speak up for college students in the farm bill reauthorization.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 In addition to students who find excellent jobs after graduating from a four-year institution, some EPW alumni are pursuing graduate studies. “I million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Alumni Perspective: Favorite Part of Taking Classes Abroad with AIFS

AIFS Abroad

To give you a better idea of what we mean, we asked from some of our alumni about the highlights of their academic experiences while studying abroad and how it enhanced their learning — whether that was a particular course that they enjoyed, or an aspect of their learning experience, such as a field trip, or a different teaching method.

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UncoverEd: Interrogating Edinburgh’s imperial history as a global university

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The research group from a variety of degree levels and subject areas came together in Welcome Week September 2018 after a round of applications. We also found a number of notable alumni who had won academic prizes and sporting awards, such as Jesse Ewing Glasgow (1858-60). Nov 6, 2018

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Alleviating “first day” overload: Using Moodle to induct MSc students

Teaching Matters Academic Support

we offer library inductions and Information Services have IT inductions) so it makes sense to bring all of these together into a one-stop shop that students can easily access and refer back to. Jul 3, 2018 Each School, programme and department has their own information and signposting that contributes to a successful induction.

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Why community engagement matters

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Apr 24, 2018 Lesley McAra Professor Lesley McAra is Assistant Principal Community Relations and holds the Chair of Penology in the Law School. Lesley’s overall ethos is to conduct research with, on and for the community.

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Mini-Series: Keep learning, stay healthy

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

You might prefer to take yourself on an outing to visit a local gallery, library or museum. In post since April 2018, she has focussed on supporting opportunities for professional developing of teaching staff, such as launching a peer observation scheme and encouraging community engagement.