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Supporting academic community at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Scholarships and Student Funding work with The Advice Place, Finance and ACE; the Careers Service works with Student Disability Service , and SRA. All services have links with Colleges and Schools, and there are some key partnerships including but not limited to the Careers Service and Student Disability Service.

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Top ten Teaching Matters posts of 2021

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

“An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum” (January 2019): [link] We’re always happy to see a student-written post make it to the 10 ten list! Ben Marder’s research on the perks of using smiley faces in emails continues to captivate! 10. “What is learning design?”

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Mini-series: Linking learning and teaching with mental health and wellbeing

Teaching Matters Academic Support

I was fascinated to hear Peter Felten, in his excellent key-note speech at the recent Learning and Teaching Conference , say that research shows that the single most important factor in enabling students to establish and maintain positive mental wellbeing is what happens in the classroom. Jul 3, 2019

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An Ode to Academia in the post-pandemic era: Ableism, (un)Seen (dis)Abilities & access-ability of Online Teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

And much similar to the broader neo-liberalised academia, it is highly competitive with an overemphasis on excellence in teaching and research activity ( Brown and Leigh, 2018 ). Policies and practices governing disability in Malaysia’s higher education: A comparison with England and Australia. Abdullah, M. & Shuib, M.

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Mini-series: How do we ensure wellbeing for autistic students at The University of Edinburgh?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Although our Student Disability Service offers autism awareness training, all too often the job of educating staff falls to individual autistic students, and we know anecdotally that many autistic people struggle to identify what adjustments would be helpful. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Director SMC Research Centre.