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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Charles Alexander is shown with Kiet Lam, president of the AAP alumni network. Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. Each cohort is typically 15-20 students.

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Co-creating a more sustainable framework for professional development for our UG students

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Photo of PALS training day Back in January 2018, a group of staff and students in the Business School got their collective heads around the table to address the problem: ‘How can we get our UG students to engage more in their personal and professional development?’

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Welcome to July’s issue of Teaching Matters: Alumni Experiences

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Welcome to July’s Issue: Alumni experiences Since we received a large amount of contributions for last month’s issue on ‘Student Transitions’, we decided to expand it and slightly shorten this month’s issue that will focus on the ‘Alumni experience and connecting learning and teaching in the workplace’.

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How to Build a University Social Media Strategy

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

It’s a vital part of an institution’s engagement strategy, weaving together voices from across the campus and beyond. From bright-eyed prospective students and nostalgic alumni to supportive parents and dedicated faculty, your institution’s entire community can be united through messages and experiences shared on social media.

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Welcome to July's issue of Teaching Matters: Alumni Experiences

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Welcome to July’s Issue: Alumni experiences Since we received a large amount of contributions for last month’s issue on ‘Student Transitions’, we decided to expand it and slightly shorten this month’s issue that will focus on the ‘Alumni experience and connecting learning and teaching in the workplace’.

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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

180) have created a “ladder of student participation in curriculum design” that shows how student engagement in the curriculum can range from no engagement within a dictated, staff-controlled curriculum to significant levels of student engagement with student control of the curriculum (see below).

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‘Working together on the COVID-19 indoor transmission review and publication’ – A joint blog by UNCOVER student volunteers

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

They discuss the impact of participating in this student and staff-run project on their academic and professional development… UNCOVER UNCOVER (Usher Network for Covid-19 Evidence Reviews) is a research network run by University of Edinburgh staff, students and alumni across disciplines, producing up-to-date evidence on COVID-19 ( [link] ).

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