Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this post, Shelagh Green, Director of Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, offers an overview of the Scottish Government’s 2022 review of careers services for young people.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Image credit: Alex Green, pexels, CC0 In this post, Shelagh Green, Director of Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, offers an overview of the Scottish Government’s 2022 review of careers services for young people. Sep 8, 2022

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Soon after I had taken on a new role as Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development in autumn 2022, I enrolled on the PgCAP programme. As Adams et al (2022) recommend, it’s important to ‘set clear expectations for supervisory input’ and offer ‘training to support supervisors in navigating DNA conversations’.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This includes the use of Student Partnership Agreements (SPA) which seem to be widespread amongst Scottish HEIs. The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh University Students’ Association describe their own 2022-23 agreement as a living document. Dec 9, 2022

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SRHE

MARCH 1, 2024

Not long ago, these requests would have been dismissed as feeble justifications and lack of planning but, in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, this rising phenomenon is a signal that students are struggling to make ends meet and that ad-hoc institutional responses have not yet addressed this challenge (Jones (2022), OfS (2023 )).

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The advent of the new student support model offered an opportunity to draw a clear link between the Careers Service and student support, making the implicit, explicit. Oct 27, 2022

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 19, 2022

This post is part of the Hot Topic: Learning & Teaching Conference 2022. , and includes a video of their presentation at McEwan Hall. Ellen was EUSA President 20/22, and Tara was EUSA Vice President Education 21/22. In this keynote […].

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 19, 2022

This post is part of the Hot Topic: Learning & Teaching Conference 2022. During this time, she has advocated for students at a University level, including Court and Executive, but also to Scottish and UK Government on matters surrounding student safety, student experience and the rising cost of living.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

by Claudio Morrison and Janroj Yilmaz Keles Introduction A paper for the Symposium on ‘Inequalities in HE during Covid-19’ (SRHE Conference, 6 December 2023, Birmingham) provides new evidence on the ‘social suffering’ that university students endure due to precarious employment.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Niamh Melvin Niamh Melvin is a final year English Literature MA Hons student. Sep 15, 2022 Whilst taking risks is important to overcome mind-boggling issues like imposter syndrome, a supportive working environment enables this behaviour and facilitates greater confidence for young graduates to navigate the workplace successfully.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Helen has been working with academic and professional services colleagues to advance careers and employability across Schools and Colleges, contributing to the Curriculum Transformation Project, and finding opportunities to pilot new approaches. Sep 1, 2022

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JANUARY 26, 2023

There was also an opportunity to discuss the project at the 2022 University’s Teaching and Learning Conference alongside a programme of ongoing work. Sinéad Docherty Sinéad joined Academic Services in March 2022 as an Academic Policy Officer in the Quality team.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Nov 24, 2022 His clinical interests are in obstetrics and surgery but his current research is focused on preparedness of undergraduates and graduates and transitions through the veterinary course. In January, he will be taking on a new role a Senior Lecturer in Animal Husbandry and Director of Animal Husbandry EMS.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

psychology majors was up 4% year-over-year as of spring 2022.). No question, the vast bulk of English literature students will not become the next David McCullough or, less ambitiously, make their livings in academia dissecting the finer points of the Bronte sisters for graduate students or the readers of obscure journals.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This success story has placed the University of Edinburgh as number one in Scotland and the Russel Group Universities for the number of student start-ups created for 2021-2022. That year, the Student Enterprise Team supported the creation of 105 start-ups. These are numbers to be proud of.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 10, 2022

She is in the final year of an EdD, and is currently writing up her dissertation, which is looking at how international students on this programme understand graduate attributes. Jan 10, 2022

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Jan 20, 2022 Most recently, Zoe has been involved with Daydream Believers , a free, ready to use, online resource bank for educators that utilise creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving techniques applicable across the curriculum and beyond.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Oct 10, 2022 He has set up clinical training here in Scotland and in low and middle income countries for veterinary surgeons and animals owners. Patrick has worked with the emergency services to develop a toolkit for first responders called to incidents involving people and animals.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The project in the 2022/23 academic year involved designing the charging infrastructure for a Scottish city. The problem statement was simple, how should the Scottish city plan and design their electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the next five years.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I liaised with the core team, acting as a voice for students and highlighting the key areas of the music industry that students wanted to know more about. This helped give us plan topics for the first session, which took place in November 2022. The first workshop took place was a welcoming experience.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. Many tackled improving student success, retention, and equity at their institutions, while others focused on budget models and streamlining administrative processes.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

Our National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) (March 2022) outlines our aim “to establish Scotland as a world-class entrepreneurial nation founded on a culture that encourages, promotes and celebrates entrepreneurial activity in every sector of our economy”.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to the September and October Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Careers and Employability. In this first post, Colm Harmon, Vice-Principal Students, introduces the series, contextualising its importance in the landscape of the current Curriculum Transformation Programme.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Niamh Melvin, undergraduate student in English Literature, reflects on her Employ.ed internship at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, a University of Edinburgh involvement at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Niamh explores the processes of applying to and working at the internship, as well as developing a professional skill-set.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

In this post, Helen Stringer, Assistant Director of the Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, summarises key themes from the latest Advance HE review of employability literature, such as work-integrated learning and employment inequalities. Last year, Advance HE conducted a thorough […].

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In this post, Susan Bird, the Link Careers Consultant for the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Edinburgh, explores a recent opportunity to strengthen ties between the Careers Service and evolving student support systems.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In this post on ongoing reflective practice at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Susan Rhind, Nina Tomlin, Jenna Richardson, Jessie Paterson, and Paul Wood outline the value placed on reflective ability in the veterinary profession.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For example, according to the College Board, in 2016, 70% of all high school seniors (traditional-age students) went to college. Fast forward to 2022, only 62% of graduating seniors attended college. But when you look at the numbers of students, from 18 million down to 16.5

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Resources: Employability literature review 2016-2021 Webinar recording (will require an Advance HE account) Employability case study compendium Helen Stringer Helen Stringer is Assistant Director of the Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, and has a remit for developing academic partnerships. Oct 20, 2022

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Soon after I had taken on a new role as Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development in autumn 2022, I enrolled on the PgCAP programme. As Adams et al (2022) recommend, it’s important to ‘set clear expectations for supervisory input’ and offer ‘training to support supervisors in navigating DNA conversations’.

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