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Co-creation, research work and collaboration: Developing graduate attributes through research practice

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This stems from my passionate belief that students can make a real and valuable contribution to the academic research and that engaging in this kind of work is empowering them to recognise their transferable skills and exciting them to continue in study, research and other academic pursuits.

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Sponsored dissertations: Connecting undergraduates with companies to research problems that matter

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Photo credit: thebostonpilot.com, CC0 In this post, Dr Sergei Plekhanov, a Senior Teaching Fellow at the School of Economics, highlights a sponsored dissertation scheme, which connects undergraduate economic students with organisations who need real-life problems researched… Do you remember you first big piece of individual work?

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Mini-series: Embedding sustainability in the curriculum

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Photo credit: pixabay, geralt, CC0 In this mini-series post , Kerry Cheek, gives insight into how her module in Case Studies in Sustainable Development helped improve student employability… ‘Sustainable development’ is a broad term, especially to an Environmental Sustainability Masters student. Jan 23, 2019

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Life Design: Connecting students to their future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Image credit: Clark Tibbs, unsplash, CC0 Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh , proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of student employability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work.

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Data mindfulness: Teaching undergraduates data management skills

Teaching Matters Online Learning

With this in mind, we planned to employ a PhD student to carry out the project and were pleased to be able to recruit Candela Sanchez, a current PhD student in the School of Health in Social Science , who demonstrated a keen interest and enthusiasm for the topic of RDM.

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Why placements and fieldwork matter to future employers

Teaching Matters Student Employment

This is essential to help students make more informed choices about the kind of work they will really enjoy, and also because employers really value that experience in their recruitment processes. So what is the value of work experience from an employer’s perspective? Jul 18, 2019

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Risk it, you’re worth it!: A cabaret of careers at Employ.ed

Teaching Matters Student Employment

With very little experience of the Edinburgh Fringe festival as a 2019 fresher, I decided to apply for the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas internship, which required event promotion and social media management. Both skills I had been fortunate enough to practise at a student-led mental health charity the preceding year during term time.

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