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Collegiate Commentary: Five communities created by staff-student projects

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

As universities are under an increasing level of regulation and accountability in relation to student success and retention, we see commitments towards partnership working as a form of best practice (see: Office for Students Student Engagement Strategy ).

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What even is a University anyway?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

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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Steps to success: Connecting careers to student support

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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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What even is a University anyway?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

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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Collegiate commentary: Five take-aways from 'Embedding Enterprise in the Curriculum' series

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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”. The difference between these two rates is the opportunity available to us.

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A real leveller: Improving a year-long, team-based project for undergraduates and professional industry mentors during lockdown

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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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Involving an industry partner in student projects, a win for all parties?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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.