CAPD

JULY 11, 2024

The team included Tianna Ransom, CAPD Assistant Director of Career Exploration and two student Career Exploration Leaders: An An Chiang (Early Career Focus) and Jorge Martin Poza (Academia Focus). 1,818 students, postdocs, and recent alumni attended the events. 1,635 during the fall and 183 during IAP.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It was established to create a support system for the students of the MSc Performance Psychology , in Moray House School of Education and Sport. We have a pool of trained alumni who are available both in Edinburgh and abroad, who can help to support students. This Masters consistently brings together a special group of people.

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CAPD

APRIL 29, 2024

As soon as students arrive on campus, they can begin booking appointments with anyone on our Career Advising team. As soon as students arrive on campus they can book an appointment using Handshake to meet with a career advisor and work on their resume. In the meantime, we encourage incoming students to review our resume resources.

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University Business

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The foundation of its commitment is to provide a modern, robust catalog of student success advisers and alumni engagement opportunities. Some programs were cut entirely, such as student employment for those who don’t demonstrate financial need through the FAFSA.

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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.

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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. Better articulate to students how HCA courses help develop skills for future careers.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 5, 2019

In the Business School, we recognised that we weren’t always making it easy for students to decipher where and how they were developing these skills, both in and beyond their taught curricula. It is cited as a reason for choosing the University of Edinburgh Business School.

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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.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

Go into meetings with an open mind and engage with students’ ideas from a place of possibility, rather than immediately focusing on potential alternatives or pitfalls. She has 9 years’ experience contributing to the development and delivery of strategies that support students to flourish and enhance the student experience.

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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. But how can this integration be achieved? Gavin co-leads the development of SLICCs institution-wide with Simon.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 17, 2019

How could we replicate the success of this Edinburgh Award with our far larger Undergraduate student population without diluting the quality? Answer: Get our students involved in its design and delivery. These are delivered by a newly formed and hugely dedicated branch of PALS, our DevPALS, led by third year student, Sophie Mitchinson.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Students can link their academic knowledge with their interests from outside of academia – art, website development, videography, gardening, teaching, hands-on community activities, etc. Teachers at Trinity Academy are now using the materials I created to further my work, and Trinity Gardening Club continues to grow to this day.

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EAB

APRIL 26, 2023

But when students who miss class are penalized or have no way to catch up on the material they missed, institutions send the message that they won’t tolerate unavoidable interruptions. We must accommodate life’s disruptions to serve today’s students. Lakeshore Technical College leads the way in providing flexibility for its students.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 5, 2023

It evaluates an institution's performance against international standards and benchmarks, including leadership, governance, student services, faculty qualifications, research output, internationalization, and corporate connections. What is EQUIS accreditation? What is EQUIS accreditation?

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 24, 2023

Business education accreditation is crucial at the global level as it ensures that institutions offering business education programs are maintaining high academic standards, delivering relevant and innovative curricula, and providing resources and opportunities that enable students to succeed in their careers. What is AMBA? What is AMBA?

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This is a useful way of thinking about student-staff partnerships – such a way of working can never be static. In the context of an ever-evolving HE landscape, it is important for these partnerships to remain agile and flexible to the changing needs of students, staff and institutional priorities.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Scholastica Student Success Improving success for pre-health students Joe Fritsch, Ph.D.,

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

Students are provided with formative feedback on an ‘Interim Reflective Report’, where the students reflect on their learning and their progress towards achieving their personalised learning outcomes. SLICCs are developing momentum and becoming embedded within existing programmes of study.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 30, 2019

Build a network Mostly relevant for those charged with organising multiple placements it is crucial to build up a network of contacts in the relevant ‘world’ in to which you are seeking to place students. Placing students in appropriate and rewarding placements is only possible through clear communication.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

One of us (Kieran) convenes the course; two of us (Sabrina and Joel) were among the students who took it in its first year (2016/17). Normally, those people are other political theorists but there is no reason why they should not be students. Students can offer a fresh take on old controversies.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2019

These sessions tend to be rated highly by students. He shared his experiences, tricky and enjoyable, gave advice, showed images and videos of real children in a real primary school and, afterwards, he was able to answer questions and engage in discussion with our students. I learnt alongside my current students. They loved it.

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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 Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

on Campus is a structured internship programme for undergraduate students in their 2nd, 3rd or penultimate year. I was the Digital Skills for Students Advisor for the Digital Skills and Training team within Information Services. At the end of my internship, I gave a presentation to other interns at the Employ.ed

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 20, 2023

Student success in higher education refers to students' achievement, growth, and overall well-being during their college or university experience. It entails providing a supportive environment that allows students to attain their full potential and prepares them for future success.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

There is also no burden on staff to find placements as it is the student’s role on this course to initiate and maintain a link with an external organisation. This surely fosters a proactive and creative approach among students to find suitable opportunities.

Career Services 52

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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.,

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2022

Image credit: Zoe Patterson In this post, Zoe Patterson explains how the Design Agency project for Graphic Design students not only survived the pandemic, but was enhanced in its move to an online format. Zoe is Graphic Design Programme Director at Edinburgh College of Art.

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AIFS Abroad

MAY 17, 2021

Homestays, cultural activities, student language exchanges, strong international culture and a diverse population, Grenoble is a very welcoming city. . Outdoor Activities Abound: With its privileged location at the foot of the Alpes, Grenoble is perfect for hiking, cycling, skiing, climbing, rowing, to name a few.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The course aims to teach students how to tackle climate change through a greater understanding of not only the science but also the business and economic risks and opportunities. Another key feature of the course is the multi-national and cross-disciplinary make-up of the students, coming together from a range of backgrounds and cultures.

Management 52

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

Choice is essential Choice is essential, as students need to gain the professional and academic skills to allow them to go into much greater depth when they graduate. Inevitably, when students make these choices it is linked to career exploration. Nevertheless, the broad philosophy underlying the mantra remains strong.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 9, 2019

Objectives for students in semester 2 include: Understanding the canal at a city scale; how it makes its presence felt in the city, its ecological potential, how it works as a traffic route and its potential for tourism, interpretation, business, community and home.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Over the last 20 years as the Programme Director of Graphic Design within Edinburgh College of Art’s (ECA) Design School I have been accustomed to teaching a wide range of students with diverse backgrounds from across the UK. It all started with me wondering where all the Middlesborough boys had gone.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 8, 2018

Although experiential learning can often appear to be a rather ill-defined and vague construct, there are several key elements that need to be in place to ensure its effectiveness.

Engineering 52

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

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. Half-time: How has it been going so far?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Therefore, this opportunity to conduct my research with the NHS allowed me to do just this within the medical field. Moreover, I found my supervisor had the extensive knowledge and network from an ongoing body of research with the NHS, that provided another layer of substantial information and support throughout the research project.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The predominant themes chime with our own assertions and commitment to maximise opportunity and ensure active participation in university life – and career-enhancing activities – for all students. However, it is a useful reminder and may serve as further impetus to integrate employability within the curriculum and wider student experience.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JULY 4, 2019

Photo credit: thebostonpilot.com, CC0 In this post, Dr Sergei Plekhanov, a Senior Teaching Fellow at the School of Economics, highlights a sponsored dissertation scheme, which connects undergraduate economic students with organisations who need real-life problems researched… Do you remember you first big piece of individual work?

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