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Symplicity Spotlight: Rebecca Florey

Symplicity

In fact, we could easily write a book of praises about Rebecca from our clients, but in the meantime, get to know her below! The first half of my career was spent in Alumni Relations, and then I spent the last 7 in Career Services. And then book a monthly call with your client manager.

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Data disaggregation reveals gaps in students served

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Data is driving 100 percent of the decisions we’re making, and it’s really opening up our eyes to gaps that we didn’t know … existed,” says Sean Schofield, executive director of career services at Muhlenberg. What happened: When Schofield began in his role in May 2021, he first turned to the data.

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2019 Festival of Creative Learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Read more from Jennifer Williams, Festival Coordinator, below… The 2019 Festival of Creative Learning curated week in February was a roaring success, with over 100 events and more than 2000 tickets booked. Walking with James Hutton through Time event.

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Life Beyond University: my careers advice for students

Teaching Matters Student Employment

You can acquire them in your studies, through The Edinburgh Award, in sports/societies, in volunteering groups, in discussion groups, in social situations, from books and online learning. Question conventional career “wisdom” and the way everyone else is doing it. With that said, go and see the Careers Service.

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Mini-series: Great examples of using blogs in teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The second half of the presentation is also really interesting: Tobias Thejl- Madsen talks about the new Reflective Toolkit developed by the Employability Consultancy (in the Careers Service), which uses blogging as an example of a tool for reflection. We’ll be announcing dates for our training soon on the MyEd Event Booking Channel.

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Five Questions to Consider to Shift from Data Collection to Outcomes Measurement

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

If a university were to simply count the number of books it acquires each year, it would have a lovely data point. But does that tell us if students are actually reading these books? Or if the contents of these books are enhancing their educational journey? Consider the library. Is that the wrong approach?

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Using Learn to Support Students for Success

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The Learn site currently contains seven folders: solutions to common problems; academic skills; getting the most of your assessment and feedback; tools to support learning and research; student support and the PT system; a careers roadmap; and information on peer support.