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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For instance, highlighting how algebra is used in budgeting or geometry in architectural design makes learning more relevant. Collaborative efforts could include tutoring programs, curriculum development, and targeted interventions designed to improve student outcomes in mathematics.

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Cross-disciplinary design: the Hunter Square Project

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

A key aspect of the resulting project was a multi-disciplinary approach: both to address the problems of the square from different perspectives: the legislative, commercial and architectural and to facilitate cross-disciplinary team working. Academics from the Schools of Law, Business and ESALA were drawn together to develop the project.

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Co-Creation, creativity, and course design: Three Cs for success!

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Jill’s current work extends to the School of SPS and Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in ECA. Jill is the Course Organiser for the Foundation Academic Language and Literacies course for the undergraduate International Foundation Programme for the CAHSS.

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Co-Creation, creativity, and course design: Three Cs for success!

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Jill’s current work extends to the School of SPS and Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in ECA. Jill is the Course Organiser for the Foundation Academic Language and Literacies course for the undergraduate International Foundation Programme for the CAHSS.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Consider the topics covered in lectures, representation among high-profile speakers and panels, physical spaces, art, architecture, landscaping. Additionally, it is critical that institutions promote visibility (authentically, and with voices of marginalized community members at the forefront) at the broader institutional level.

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