Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

In comparison, the challenges for conducting interdisciplinary research seem to be at a lower level, for instance with the funding of a research grant, or as a student project – they are discrete and have clearly defined objectives. Furthermore, those resources of money and researchers, act as great enablers.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Seeing the imperfections, assumptions and short-cuts needed to implement research into practice is revelatory to students. Students keep a blog (≥10 weeks) and write a reflective report of their experiences. The blogs give enlightening insights into the attachments as they unfold and develop.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 3, 2023

Self-awareness: The development of students’ self-awareness is at the very foundation of many of the initiatives outlined in this blog series. Planning and managing one’s career is a skill in itself, and Sharon’s blog post illustrates how student’s need support and reassurance as they develop their self-awareness.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 2, 2017

Every month Teaching Matters takes a theme and explores it through a number of blog contributions over the month. In the 20 th century, the PhD was essentially an academic apprenticeship based entirely on a supervised research project. There are currently more PhD students in the UK than at any time in the past.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

For many students – particularly mature students – MSc study is the chance to start exploring something new and fascinating, generating multiple research questions. How does a student, thirsty for knowledge in a subject area they have become passionate about, progress?

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AUGUST 9, 2023

In addition to the content from the subject-matter expertise and professional skills development sessions, the fellows also had access to EAB’s research library and experts, and they were paired with a partner to help develop ideas and get feedback along the way.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Students were also introduced to reflective learning models, as tools for their regular reflective blogs. These blogs form part of their assessed portfolio where they evidence what they have learned and demonstrate how they have met the self-designed learning outcomes for the course using the SLICC framework.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 29, 2018

The first phase of the primary research involved a series of focus groups held with students (drawn largely from Edinburgh College of Art), supplemented by contextual interviews with relevant professionals and key university staff.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 10, 2022

Reaching such an understanding involves identifying the factors which enable, but also constrain, students’ development of these attributes. The research participants were from the MSc Language Education programme.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JUNE 19, 2018

These two questions formed the basis of my final year research project, which looked at interactive engagement lecture strategies in the second-year genetics course Genes and Gene Action 2 (GGA). They can be read about in far greater detail in a previous Teaching Matters blog by their creator (and my outstanding supervisor) Heather McQueen 2.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Vet students work with a model of a dog’s head [Paul Dodds]. Some of the students also attend staff talks on educational topics, which they find helpful for their own teaching. Staff and student teachers from the 2018 cohort receiving recognition for their commitment to learning and teaching at the vet school.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs) offer another approach and way forward. This is a reflective framework for experiential learning, where students consider their learning gains through undertaking an activity of their choice, e.g. research, work experience, volunteering.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability, we collaborate with researchers and students across the University, and partner with the Edinburgh Living Lab. Students work over 11 weeks to research the problem and come up with solutions, liaising with the department to ensure the context has been fully understood.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JANUARY 13, 2017

But, at a personal level, how does an international student perceive they develop their employability during a one-year Masters-level study in a UK university? This is the title of my PhD research. However, this blog post is a reflexive piece about developing my employability during my Masters programme.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Working within Information Services really opened my eyes to the huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes, which as a student you never really think about. It was extremely interesting to get a glimpse into the work being done to help improve the student experience.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I particularly enjoyed the interpersonal element of supporting academics and encouraging them to develop their advertising skills to engage the public in their vital research. Image credit: Eddie Middleton It would be impossible to sum up a 12-week learning experience in the confines of a 600-word blog entry.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Recognising this as a team of five postgraduate research students (PGR) representatives, we organised intellectually stimulating events focusing on the academic, social and wellbeing development of our diverse PGR learning community. Reps, and authors of this blog post: (L-R) Shaun Fisher, Somia Imran, Anny Chen and Iris Szu-Szu Ho.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 15, 2018

Image credit: EY This blog post is written by a Laura Sleigh, a 2008 graduate from the university. Laura works as a Student Attraction Advisor for EY, one of the global leaders in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, and the University of Edinburgh Business School. Their findings?

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EAB

APRIL 26, 2023

Blogs High school graduates are going to work instead of college. Prepare for interruptions When I ask cabinet leaders why students leave college, I’m frequently told, “Life got in the way.” This allows students to choose the course format that makes the most sense for them. Can we prove they don’t have to choose?

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 9, 2023

In this blog post, we will delve into the QAA approach to higher education quality assurance, discussing its history, objectives, principles, and benefits. Collaboration : The QAA works collaboratively with higher education institutions, students, employers, and other stakeholders to promote and enhance the quality of higher education.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

Students at SACHA Think Tank ideas launch. Photo credit: Daniel Hooper-Jones and Isaure Echivard, SACHA In this blog post, SACHA group coaches Lesley Kelly, Sophie Rippinger, Valerie McIntosh and Amer Khushman share top tips for group mentoring. This post belongs to June-July Hot Topic series: Students as Change Agents (SACHA).

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 15, 2018

sarcastically] Well, over a four-year PhD, we deliver a year’s worth of training in innovation and entrepreneurship in parallel to the students’ research projects. All students carry out an interdisciplinary project between supervisors in physical sciences and biomedical/clinical sciences.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

To find out more about course alumni check out the GeoScience Outreach website and read Isla Simmons’ Teaching Matters blog post: ‘ Teaching volcanoes: the Geoscience Outreach and Engagement course ’’. Joe has been working with Friend of the Meadows and Bruntsfield links and you can read more about his project on his blog.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

In 2016/17, Focus On took the postgraduate research (PGR) student experience as its theme, an important aspect of which was postgraduates who teach. Next Steps: Read the project documents in full and find out more about the Focus On theme via the QAA Scotland website Read Tina Harrison’s Teaching Matters blog post on ELIR at Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, shilmar, CC0 The Edinburgh Living Lab programme is part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute, (EFI), which is building links between the university and the city to facilitate long-term multi-disciplinary ‘research in the wild’. Supported by Sally Kerr of the council Open Data programme.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 7, 2018

As each student progresses through the role of Design Agency intern, junior, senior, and director, their level of responsibility and workload increases. Each encounter of this spiral curriculum is assessed through reflective documentation often using diaries, blogs, films and pecha-kucha style presentations.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 11, 2023

The Process and Benefits of Engineers Australia Accreditation for Engineering Programs editor Tue, 04/11/2023 - 05:16 A quality education that equips Australian students with the challenges of the profession is crucial because engineering is a highly technical and complex field.

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APRIL 5, 2023

In this blog, we will explore the benefits and process of EQUIS accreditation for European higher education institutions. EQUIS is a rigorous and comprehensive accreditation system that assesses the quality of an institution's management education, including its programs, faculty, research, and operations.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

I was filled with an optimism and belief that has continued to grow over the two years since we started researching this subject. Enterprise in the curriculum therefore presents us with the opportunity to enhance the student experience and potentially address some of the issues we have inherited post-Pandemic.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Maybe, in response to these questions, you thought back to a course that asked challenging questions and encouraged learners to research and find the answers independently. While there is the classic example of a reflective blog or reflective essay as an assessment, many other approaches exist.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 11, 2019

You can read about another University of Edinburgh student’s (Moriah McCauley) podcasting experience (also funded by the Student Partnership Agreement) on her ‘That Vet Life’ blog post. Elliott Gruzin Elliott Gruzin is a fourth year undergraduate philosophy and economics student.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

The Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) is a progressive framework that empowers students to choose courses based on their interests, abilities, and career aspirations. Let’s learn how CBCS improves the quality of higher education in India in this blog post. What is a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS)?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

This led me to reflect on my previous teaching experience: how often had I asked students to really reflect on their learning and on the range of skills and experiences it provided?

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CAPD

APRIL 29, 2024

What kind of internships do Premed students end up doing at MIT? Many of our students pursuing an MD/PhD get involved in undergraduate research. That said, depending on their long-term goal (research, clinical practice, etc.), It depends.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 9, 2019

Credit: Stephen Craven, CC0 The Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) is curating a mini-series of blog posts on learning, teaching and sustainability for Teaching Matters. Union Canal – Fountainbridge Moorings.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 3, 2024

Students as Change Agents (SACHA) is a student-led design thinking programme that partners diverse student groups with host organisations to tackle challenges aligned to the University’s research themes and that address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).

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APRIL 4, 2023

It provides a level of assurance to students, employers, and other stakeholders that the institution meets certain standards for quality and effectiveness. The organization was founded with the goal of improving the quality of business education and promoting excellence in teaching, research, and service.

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