Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

What we did in summer 2018 was employ a student intern to act as a consultant, give us a name for our new product, and design us a brand. Summer 2018 was successful. Grandidge, 2018) References Careers Service. 2018, November 5). Intern case studies: Design Intern 2018. Internal statistics (pers.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. Nov 15, 2018

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Therefore, inviting students into an informal dialogue about learning and teaching – through blogging – is an exciting and, we hope, authentic platform for student voice. Students at the workshop. Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies. Nov 1, 2018

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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. Dec 6, 2018 Suddenly, all the dots began to connect and I realised that it was a new me standing at the awards night.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 30, 2018

I also imagined that by creating interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and postgraduate students to work on the research questions as part of their studies, they too could benefit from enriched learning experiences, learning alongside community partners and co creating the research together.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

NICE aims to enhance student employability by facilitating the development of intercultural competencies and entrepreneurial skills, and their practical application in “real-life” situations to address global challenges by collaborating in virtual, transnational groups using tailor-made ICT tools. Dec 11, 2018

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Finally, in a post-conference social, we celebrated our achievements in 2017-2018 as a community. Nov 20, 2018 PGRs picnicking in the Meadows. Photo credit: Susannah Johnston. She was part of the former representatives team at the School of Health in Social Science.

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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

MAY 10, 2018

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 Experiential Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

A similar project was carried out in the Summer of 2018, with this year’s students presenting findings at the largest international conference on astronomy and space science: the 2018 International Astronautical Congress in Bremen. A Pragmatic Modular Architecture for Space Access and Exploration. Adelaide, October 2017.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

It’s the four or five “in the middle” who either have not thought about it or have not considered it as an option who are the ones that we are interested in engaging with to help them explore their potential. He grew Dogfish to 40 people, exiting in 2018.

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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

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 Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

For the second semester of 2018-9, this course has been redeveloped by myself and Morgan Currie, as ‘ Data Design and the City’. This year, the course will focus on upcycling and the circular economy, and is open to all first and second year students. Oct 25, 2018 You can follow him on Twitter @jamesks and @edilivinglab.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. Nov 15, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 27, 2019

In this article, Lila Pitcher, Student Intern with Information Services, talks about her experience of co-creating the Information Services Group (ISG) Intern Blog during the summer of 2018.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Jan 16, 2018 He obtained his DPhil in Politics from Oxford University and has since held positions at the University of Louvain, Stanford University, the Asian University for Women and University College Dublin.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Oct 18, 2018 Kevin works within the project development team supporting on acquisitions, business case development, project implementation and financing and market research for renewable energy projects both in the UK and abroad.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Nov 29, 2018 She has a primary interest in understanding the factors and skills that contribute to high performance across a number of professional, sporting, and academic domains.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

Photo credit: pixabay, HarryJBurgess, CC0 In this post, Vanessa Ombura, a third year Civil Engineering student, describes her experience co-creating an interdisciplinary, online University-wide course, with the city of Edinburgh as a site of learning… Over the summer of 2018, I had the wonderful opportunity of working under the Usher Institute (..)

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Ryan Gilmour Ryan Gilmour is an electrical engineering student in the School of Engineering, with a passion for renewable energy, teaching and developing solutions for the 1 billion people without electricity access. Nov 22, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 8, 2018

May 8, 2018 Andy is currently leading the PTAS project ‘Experiential Learning in communities: developing and testing a framework for evaluation’, and is interested in the broader uptake and promotion of experiential learning.

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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 Academic Support

JANUARY 17, 2019

Photo of PALS training day Back in January 2018, a group of staff and students in the Business School got their collective heads around the table to address the problem: ‘How can we get our UG students to engage more in their personal and professional development?’

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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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