Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Vet students work with a model of a dog’s head [Paul Dodds]. Some of the students also attend staff talks on educational topics, which they find helpful for their own teaching. Of the 8 students who have so far applied for the AFHEA across 2017 and 2018, all have been successful in achieving Associate Fellow status.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

on Campus 2018 programme. on Campus is a structured internship programme for undergraduate students in their 2nd, 3rd or penultimate year. Working within Information Services really opened my eyes to the huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes, which as a student you never really think about. on Campus 2018 programme.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 31, 2018

This means that around 50% of PhD graduates are effectively going through a career change at the end of their degrees (with the exception perhaps of those who will go on to do research in private institutions). In early 2018, now officially in the last year of my degree, I applied for the position of PhD Horizons Careers Conference Intern.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 9, 2018

Looking at food provisions in extreme environments, researchers and engineers have come up with some very interesting, but also controversial solutions, which are now making their way into mainstream food production. What priorities does nutrition research put first, and is “tastiness” one of them? Aug 9, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JUNE 19, 2018

These two questions formed the basis of my final year research project, which looked at interactive engagement lecture strategies in the second-year genetics course Genes and Gene Action 2 (GGA). From students to scientists: The impact of interactive engagement in lectures. Jun 19, 2018 Loads, D., & McQueen, H.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Recognising this as a team of five postgraduate research students (PGR) representatives, we organised intellectually stimulating events focusing on the academic, social and wellbeing development of our diverse PGR learning community. Finally, in a post-conference social, we celebrated our achievements in 2017-2018 as a community.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 11, 2018

. – Anonymous student feedback from current year (2018-19) student at the end of Week Sarah Ivory Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory is a Lecturer in the Business School. She has been working at the University of Edinburgh for almost a decade, teaching MBA, Masters and Undergraduate students. Oct 11, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 17, 2018

HCA’s commitment to employability is supported by the School Management Committee and an ongoing research project into employability and the HCA degrees. Find out more on Esther’s staff profile May 17, 2018 You can read more about this PTAS- funded project by Esther Mijers and Craig Phillips here.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This year, I attended the GCB Awards Ceremony Night 2018, and would like to share everything about it, including students’ thoughts on how studying this course has impacted their lives. Nowadays, there is a lot of false and misleading information that we should recognise and avoid using when we are conducting research.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 22, 2018

These projects also develop research and critical skills obtained when writing essays. Moreover, students engage with the ‘real word’ and solve ‘real problems’ compared to artificial ones posed by a lecturer. Tobias Thejll-Madsen Tobias Thejll-Madsen is a 4th year psychology student graduating July 2018. May 22, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Through the MSc Performance Psychology programme at the University of Edinburgh, I, along with my dissertation supervisor (Dr Amanda Martindale), was able to partner with the NHS to investigate this idea further, specifically with scrub nurse practitioners serving on organ retrieval teams for my dissertation research.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

UCVME students receiving their Certificates at the Vet School prize-giving Summer 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. Sep 11, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 29, 2018

The first phase of the primary research involved a series of focus groups held with students (drawn largely from Edinburgh College of Art), supplemented by contextual interviews with relevant professionals and key university staff. May 29, 2018 References: Haushofer, J (2016): ‘CV of Failures’.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A flourishing field of student partnership work has recently emerged (e.g., Cook-Sather, Bovill and Felten, 2014), which critically discusses and reflects on how universities can involve students in roles that, ‘actively shape and enhance their experiences of learning and teaching’ (Healey, Flint and Harrington, 2014). Harrington.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

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’. Since that time, she has maintained her professional practice and developed her research in the field of education. Sep 13, 2018

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 15, 2018

sarcastically] Well, over a four-year PhD, we deliver a year’s worth of training in innovation and entrepreneurship in parallel to the students’ research projects. OPTIMA established the first PhD with Integrated Study program that delivers a year’s worth of formally assessed training in parallel to research. Aug 15, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In a world becoming increasingly invested in sustainable living, I became curious about the implications this has had on the cotton industry after taking part in a week-long research trip to Mumbai at the start of the summer. Based on this trip, I have now begun pursuing research into cotton production for my dissertation.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, shilmar, CC0 The Edinburgh Living Lab programme is part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute, (EFI), which is building links between the university and the city to facilitate long-term multi-disciplinary ‘research in the wild’. Oct 25, 2018 You can follow him on Twitter @jamesks and @edilivinglab.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 1, 2018

And a recent investigation into the perceptions of organisations who recruit our students suggests we are making progress in this regard. Developing the employability and graduate attributes of our students is consistent with research-led learning and teaching. May 1, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 27, 2018

With the group labour market project my aim was to make the assessment more relevant to the students (they will be entering the labour market at some point in the future after all) and to embrace the concept of students as co-creators of knowledge. So what was the result?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Ben’s research expertise is in social media and has published in using technology as a support mechanism. Oct 29, 2018 He is head of year four and course organisation for undergraduate dissertations. Caroline Hedler Caroline Hedler is a Psychological Coach specialising in an education context.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 15, 2018

Building on WEF’s research, and developing it using our own experts, EY identified 5 key future skills to develop at University before setting out your path to career success: Emotional intelligence Complex problem solving Creativity Cognitive flexibility Collaboration What is Emotional Intelligence? May 15, 2018 Their findings?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 7, 2018

I have listened to the students’ insistence about the viability and longevity of Design Agency and, far from phasing it out, I have in fact expanded it into distinct 20 and 40 credit courses, some of which will be open to learners outside of the discipline in academic session 2018/19. Jun 7, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 21, 2019

This strand ensures that “targeted information, advice and guidance should be easily available to WP students so they build the skills, expertise, experience and networks to make their next step” (WP Strategy 2018 -2021 Guiding Principles ).

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Throughout this project, I researched technical aspects of solar energy generation as well as current UK energy policy, and I was required to do cash flow analysis. Oct 18, 2018 Previously a graduate from the University of Edinburgh, he holds a BSc in Geology and Physical Geography, and, more recently, an MSc in Carbon Management.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In a world becoming increasingly invested in sustainable living, I became curious about the implications this has had on the cotton industry after taking part in a week-long research trip to Mumbai at the start of the summer. Based on this trip, I have now begun pursuing research into cotton production for my dissertation.

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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 Experiential Learning

JANUARY 16, 2019

The pathways model aims to promote experiential learning , encourage reflection and highlight the importance of interdisciplinary learning to students when engaging in sustainability issues. In September 2018, we launched two pathways, with one framed around the Sustainable Development Goals, and the other on Climate Change.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 9, 2019

Final student designs were exhibited as part of the international Planetary Health Conference held in McEwan Hall, gaining an audience of 400 delegates. Building Futures Exhibition at the Planetary Health Conference 2018. Photo credit: Elizabeth Vander Meer.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Maybe, in response to these questions, you thought back to a course that asked challenging questions and encouraged learners to research and find the answers independently. Tobias Thejll-Madsen Tobias Thejll-Madsen has been working with the University’s Employability Consultancy since graduating in the summer of 2018.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

I was filled with an optimism and belief that has continued to grow over the two years since we started researching this subject. He grew Dogfish to 40 people, exiting in 2018. In 2009, he left corporate life and set up his own tech start up – Dogfish Mobile – just after Apple first launched their iPhone.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 21, 2019

This strand ensures that “targeted information, advice and guidance should be easily available to WP students so they build the skills, expertise, experience and networks to make their next step” (WP Strategy 2018 -2021 Guiding Principles ).

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

While we recognise the benefits of this initiative for our own students, we are also aware that we need to offer them more support. Starting from September 2018, students can take this previously extra-curricular activity as a university course, gaining academic credit to formally recognise their learning.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Rachel Nicholson is an archaeology student who is working in collaboration with the Learning and Programmes department at the National Museum of Scotland. In 2018, a new Ancient Egypt gallery will be launched alongside new workshops and activities for school pupils, expanding the museum’s resources on this popular topic.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 3, 2018

CC0 [pixabay] Deborah Fowlis, Careers Consultant, shares with Teaching Matters how interactive workshops with chemical industry experts has helped Chemistry students prepare for the workplace… Many Chemistry students are keen to use their degree knowledge directly in a graduate job. May 3, 2018

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