Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 3, 2024

They are able to connect with other Change Agents and host organisations from all the programmes by participating in SACHA’s ‘Change Agents for Life’ alumni community. Alumni of the programme discuss the power of reflection as a tool for learning, and how reflection can be made more meaningful for students.

Career Services 52

Career Services Alumni Management Media 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 17, 2018

Since then, in close cooperation with the Careers Service, we have been rolling out a School-wide project to situate careers and employability alongside our firm commitment to academic rigour.

Development and Fund Raising 52

Development and Fund Raising Career Services Alumni Research 52

University Business

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The demands placed on colleges and universities have evolved beyond providing a world-renowned education. Schools today vying to win applicants over must toe the line between investing in top-notch student support programs and keeping their degrees affordable all while sustaining long-term economic health.

Budget and Finance Management 59

Budget and Finance Management Finance Fundraising Alumni 59

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions.

Budget and Finance Management 52

Budget and Finance Management Marketing and Communication Services Enrollment Management Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 24, 2018

Given the rapid flux and dynamic nature of most commercial projects, employers within the creative industries also greatly appreciate diversity. This can be a hard concept to sell to a group of students who have come straight from secondary education with its culture of exams, league tables and a rigid binary notion of correct and incorrect.

Industry 52

Industry Digital Media Alumni Media 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Delivering the Graduate Attributes “Each student at the University of Edinburgh joins us from different educational backgrounds, cultures and experiences. What evidence do we have to show our students develop these graduate attributes? Failure is instructive.

Student Employment 40

Student Employment Consulting Alumni Research 40

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Project deliverables can have a long and sustained impact as clients will use the materials students have created for years to come. GeoScience Alumni students have gone on to careers in scientific communication, media and education – some getting jobs directly out of their outreach projects!

Computers and Informational Technology 52

Computers and Informational Technology Food Alumni Media 52

EAB

APRIL 26, 2023

More and more high school graduates are opting out of higher education in part because of a hot labor market. I have spent most of my higher education career serving post-traditional learners—first military students, then new immigrants to the US, and now as an adjunct faculty member at a community college.

Retail 52

Retail Higher Education Hospitality Medical 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

She led the BOOSTalent project which aims to foster innovation in AI and machine learning (ML) across five European Higher Education Institutions particularly in the fields of aerospace, electronics, advanced materials, sustainability, and biodiversity.

Management 52

Management Electronics Utilities Consulting 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2019

I still am a teacher in higher education, but I feel that my words do not have nearly as much impact as those of practising teachers when it comes to preparation for professional practice. Deborah Holt Dr Deborah Holt is a Bicentennial Fellow in the Moray House School of Education and Sport. I was a school teacher. Jul 9, 2019

Entertainment 52

Entertainment Management Student Life Education 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 17, 2019

Alongside this, Edinburgh Award participants elect which activities and skills sessions to attend as part of a broader suite of professional development activities offered through a partnership between the Business School, the Careers Service, and some recent alumni.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Career Services Management Alumni 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

She is the link Careers Consultant for the Moray House School of Education ( Suzanne.Agnew@ed.ac.uk ) Nov 30, 2017 dave.saunders@ed.ac.uk ) Suzanne Agnew Suzanne works at the University of Edinburgh Careers Service.

Career Services 52

Career Services Consulting Research Education 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

Simon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy. His main teaching interest is in experiential learning at the research-teaching nexus, which he is currently exploring in a secondment to the Institute for Academic Development.

Medical 52

Medical Student Employment Research Student Engagement 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

While we have published posts written by students before*, this is the first Teaching Matters issue that is authored solely by University of Edinburgh students (and student alumni). A flourishing field of student partnership work has recently emerged (e.g., York : The Higher Education Academy. Flint , and K.

Research 52

Research Higher Education Student Engagement Alumni 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2022

Zoe’s research in the field of education has manifest itself in a number of design and teaching projects. Zoe Patterson Zoe Patterson is the UG Graphic Design Programme Director within Edinburgh College of Art.

Industry 52

Industry Banking Management Research 52

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.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Career Services Medical Alumni 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Next steps For more ideas on curriculum design, see these Teaching Matters articles: Developing Reflection in the Curriculum History for the future: Update on the new pre-honours curriculum in History Diversifying the medical curriculum using open educational resources Fair’s Fair: embedding equality and diversity into the curriculum Sabrina Valeria (..)

Research 52

Research Media International Studies Medical 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 8, 2018

As a University, this presents a unique challenge – particularly when considering the aim of ‘giving our students the best possible set of skills for their future, and the opportunity to draw from deep expertise outside their core discipline [1] ’. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, 22: 148-159.

Engineering 52

Engineering Higher Education Education Career Services 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 7, 2018

Design Agency allows students on the Graphic Design programme to graduate with four years of full-time education with an honours degree and, simultaneously, four years of work experience. Each year, senior students team together in Creative Director roles to form their own profit-generating agencies.

Industry 52

Industry Finance Recruitment Management 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Since that time she has maintained her professional practice and developed her research in the field of education. This has manifest itself in a number of design and teaching projects, the most significant of which won The Guardian University Award for Employability in 2013.

Admissions 52

Admissions Industry Research Education 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Furthermore, we hope they will gain a near-peer role model with our student, who is currently in higher education. We are using the Student-Led, Individually-Created Course (SLICC) reflective e-portfolio for experiential learning as the learning and assessment framework, which is a piloted and supported initiative.

Community Outreach 52

Community Outreach Student Engagement Management Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

In a short time these students might themselves be fully integrated into the team, and quite soon after leading and taking decisions.

Medical 52

Medical Healthcare Curriculum Development Consulting 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, Piron Guillaume, CC0 In this post, Ashley Ferkol, a recent graduate of the MSc Performance Psychology programme at the University, describes the benefits of partnering with a professional body – the NHS – to collect research data for her dissertation project… Across any professional domain there are numerous (..)

Research 52

Research Healthcare Medical Student Employment 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Key themes Work Integrated Learning and Enterprise Education Literature included in the review covered curricular, co-, and extra-curricular. Internships and placements: Students believe these exert a positive impact. PGR: Challenge to self-concept when PGR graduates do not find paid roles exist in their specialised area of education.

Research 52

Research Marketing and Communication Services Career Services Recruitment 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 3, 2018

McCarthy (2006) When Case Studies Are Not Enough: Integrating Experiential Learning Into Business Curricula, Journal of Education for Business, 81:4, 201-204, DOI : 10.3200/JOEB.81.4.201-204. .” References 1. Patricia R. McCarthy & Henry M. 81.4.201-204.

Marketing and Communication Services 52

Marketing and Communication Services Pharmaceutical Consulting Industry 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Student-staff partnership is now a timeless concept and integral practice within Higher Education (HE) ( Bovill, 2019 ). Stemmed and unintended benefits to partnership working: Unsurprisingly, many of these projects spoke about several gains, but most notably these related to students’ employability skills.

Student Union 52

Student Union Student Engagement Higher Education Medical 52