Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this post, Amanda Meyer, based in the Global Health Academy, shares an inspiring example of extended learning with MSc Global Challenges alumni. This project illustrates several examples of Enhancement Themes in practice, and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme.

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EAB

JANUARY 5, 2023

Develop inclusive faculty and staff policies Update budget processes Update procurement process Transform alumni and volunteer engagement Update campus safety policy and practices. -->. -->. --> Improve student success. -->. -->. -->. . --> Reimagine institutional administration. -->. -->. -->. Activities. Activities. Activities.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 31, 2022

Original illustration by Ying Sun, Edinburgh College of Art alumni In this post, Nichola Kett provides an update on how the University is engaging in the latest Enhancement Theme: Resilient learning communities. Nichola is Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement Team in Academic Services.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

In this blog post, Pooja and Ankita, SACHA alumni discuss co-creation and collaboration in course design. The students in my group were committed and motivated, developing innovative ideas and high-quality outputs. It was gratifying to see their contributions shape course design and curriculum development.”

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

Offering choice presents a series of challenges and opportunities to the curriculum developer. These SSCs comprise 20% of the whole 5 year timetable, and it amounts to more choice than most other Medical Schools, and more than the roughly 10% prescribed by the GMC.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash, Taylor Barber, CC0 In this post, PhD student Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka explains what the term ‘co-creation of the curriculum’ means, and how it can be an effective student partnership approach… Co-creation of the curriculum is one form of engagement in undergraduate learning and teaching in which students and staff (..)

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 30, 2024

He is the Coordinator of the UNICA Green and Sustainable Development Goals Working Group and an alumni of the EAUC Leadership Academy Programme.  Matthew has worked for the University since 2011 in various sustainability roles in Estates and Transition Edinburgh University.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Is it just academic staff, or should we be inviting professional bodies, employers, alumni, and current students to co-design courses and programmes? As Jester’s quote highlights, curricula are social constructs, designed by people with differing values, backgrounds, political beliefs and experiences.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2023

The group always focuses on creating new curves for curriculum development, co-curricular, and experiential education to remain healthy and strong, thus avoiding plateauing and declining. I met with every constituency group, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors, and community leaders. They want to know your story.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 5, 2019

Some of our most engaged recent alumni are former participants in the Award, and contribute to group input sessions as part of the Award, as well as other student experience initiatives within the school.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Credit: Ali Kremen Yücel Collaboration is also key amongst the students and, as the cohort continues to grow, the network for the students will also develop into what we hope to be a strong professional alumni network.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Therefore the development of a digital walking tour app made a lot of sense: we could present our stories to everyone interested: students, staff, alumni, citizens and tourist alike. Andrews), Matjaz Vidmar, Kate Bowell and many others, we have been able to develop the digital project to what it is now.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I hope that it’ll make me an asset in any institutional environment, encouraging me to innovate internally and externally as I imagine that the University expects of its alumni. I don’t foresee that the usefulness of reflection as a critical skill will diminish once I graduate.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Torgny Roxå 4D: Preparing Students for Dealing with Wicked Problems – Rebekah Tauritz and Velda McCune 5C: What is the Value of Lecture Recording at the University of Edinburgh?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 11, 2024

Image credit: Pixabay, CC0 In this blog post, three SACHA alumni (Foster Osei, Mtevee Amugune, and Nisha Daniel), who participated in the SACHA programme as online distance learners, discuss the impact of experiential learning on the distance learner experience and share lessons that can be translated to other areas of the curriculum.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

We have over 23 Nobel Prize winners, 2 Turing Award winners, 1 Abel Prize winner, 1 Fields Medal winner, 2 Pulitzer Prize winners, 3 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, 2 currently-sitting UK Supreme Court Justices, and many Olympic gold medallists in our alumni. We all work here together to discover, develop and share knowledge.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

We also work with student societies (Law & Technology, History, Translation, Women in STEM, Wellcomm Kings), and have held events for Ada Lovelace Day, LGBT History Month, Black History Month, and celebrated Edinburgh’s Global Alumni; working with the UncoverEd project , and the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 15, 2022

Projects: We have embedded a project-based learning approach, with 4 practical projects of relatively different nature, spanning from practical to conceptual, from design to construction and testing Project 1: In the first project, the ‘Reflective Engineer’, the students are paired with one of our alumni to conduct an interview.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 13, 2022

She is the current second year student representative as well as the Staff and Alumni Liaison of the Chemical Engineering Society. Azwa Iman Azwa is a second year student studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Her main interests lie in the Sustainability and Safety sectors within the field.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I hope that it’ll make me an asset in any institutional environment, encouraging me to innovate internally and externally as I imagine that the University expects of its alumni. I don’t foresee that the usefulness of reflection as a critical skill will diminish once I graduate.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

What evidence do we have to show our students develop these graduate attributes? Perhaps the best is that our graduates are highly regarded and sought after by employers, and the continued successes of our alumni.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Torgny Roxå 4D: Preparing Students for Dealing with Wicked Problems – Rebekah Tauritz and Velda McCune 5C: What is the Value of Lecture Recording at the University of Edinburgh?

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2017

how to construct a data-driven map & timeline of female University of Edinburgh Alumni with different language labels in 15 mins ? how to create visually dynamic timelines using Histropedia in 7 minutes ? how to manage assignments using the Project Dashboard platform in 10 minutes ?

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 26, 2016

Speed dating session The final piece of course work for the students on the BEd PE Programme is the ‘Investigation’. This is a student-led research project that culminates in a student-organised conference, where they share their findings with each other and members of the profession.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 25, 2017

Teaching on the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice is primarily conducted in the practical, hands-on learning environment of a workshop (anything from 1 ¼ to 3 hours long), led by a tutor who is most likely to be a practising solicitor.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, Samson Creative, CC0 In this post, Ludovic Maguire, a Business and Economics student, discusses how the breadth of the Global Challenges in Business course – from critical thinking to business to guest lecturers – makes for a valuable experience that emphasises development in the skills of students… Global (..)

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

As an institution, interdisciplinarity is something we strive for, and as a reflection of this, it was a theme for discussion in a recent Senate.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Student Experience Students commonly give feedback that they would like ‘real-life’ opportunities to use their degree during study. Placements allow this but are quite challenging to resource. Volunteering opportunities can be hugely valuable and offer similar experience, especially when related to the degree discipline.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

iStock [erhui1979] In a typical university course, students are set a list of texts by authors they do not know and will never meet. The texts are already published and there is no opportunity for students to give feedback.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

CC0 It all started with a speculative email from Sargent Scott Casey of the Central Edinburgh Community Policing Team who wrote to Edinburgh College of Art seeking help to deal with anti-social behaviour issues in Hunter Square.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 7, 2018

They proceeded to explain how they would carry on with this decade-old project regardless, even if it was dropped from the curriculum, such is the value they place on it. ‘Over our dead bodies’ was the response I got when proposing to my final year undergrad Graphic Design students that we phase out the Design Agency scheme.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Credit: unsplash, @vidarnm, CC0 On a wonderfully sunny day in June 2016, I graduated with an honours degree in Geology and Physical Geography. Four years of labs, essays, field trips and, of course, rocks… it was schist hot! I really enjoyed the degree course and acquired excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Photo credit: Annette Götzkes.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As part of its remit, it provides ELDeR (Edinburgh Learning Design Roadmap) workshops for academic teams to (re)design courses and programmes, including facilitation from the IAD and representation from School-level Learning Technologists, Professional Services, and Librarians, along with students and/or alumni.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Enhancing educational outcomes through strategic guest speaker selection: A comparative study of alumni and industry experts in university settings. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly , 0 (0). link] Wiggins, G.P. , & McTighe, J. Zakrajsek, TD.

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