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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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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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Creating the Study Hub with students as consultant partners

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Example of Mel’s artwork for Study Hub brand: Critical Thinking icon By the start of 2019, we knew wanted something more than refreshed resources. The new WordPress-based Academic Blogging Service afforded us an opportunity to create a new complementary blog within the Study Hub branding in summer 2019. is popular with students.

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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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Insights Programme: Connecting with Alumni to support Widening Participation students’ career trajectories

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In just three weeks’ time, the 2019 Insights programme students will be setting out on their Insights adventures, meeting with Alumni, learning about themselves and discovering new career paths. Internship programmes that provide supported internships for students On Campus and with Small and Medium sized organisations.

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Bridging the seminar room and the world of public policy: Six practical tips for organising work placements

Teaching Matters Student Employment

He was director of the Master of Public Policy programme between 2013 and 2016, and has helped to develop work shadowing and work-based placements in the School of Social and Political Science, where he was School Quality Assurance Director between 2017 and 2019. Jul 30, 2019

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Spotlight on ELIR: Draft of Chapter 5 (Reflective Analysis)

Teaching Matters Student Employment

She plays a key role in the Scottish HE quality landscape as a member of QAA Scotland’s Advisory Board, chair of the sparqs University Advisory Group, and member of the Quality Arrangements for Scottish Higher Education (QASHE) group Dec 11, 2019