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Collegiate Commentary: Five facets of the Student Voice

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Simon Varwell, Senior Development Consultant from Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland ( sparqs ), highlights the importance of ‘authentic and constructive dialogue’ in student partnership activities and gives a glimpse into the unfolding future in this area. Scotland’s Student Engagement Framework.

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Learning together in a global pandemic: Practices and principles for teaching and assessing online in uncertain times

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Dr Catherine Bovill is a Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement, and Celeste McLaughlin is Head of Academic Development for Digital Education, and are both based at the Institute for Academic Development (IAD). Live, online teaching was new for many colleagues.

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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The University’s commitment towards ensuring equality and inclusion in the classroom has resulted in the publication of the innovative and successful ‘recipe’-style book, EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education , edited by Judy Robertson, Alison Williams, Derek Jones, Lara Isbel and Daphne Loads. Dec 20, 2018

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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Top ten tips for teaching online

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: implications for academic staff development. The first of these, Teaching in online environments , is taking place on the 2nd April (f urther details and to book: [link] ). References Aitken, G., and Loads, D. and Jones, D.

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Welcome to the July & August L&T Enhancement theme: Learning & Teaching Conference 2023

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

A podcast episode of the incredibly moving and evocative story-telling session by Dr Neil Speirs, “I sat, a solitary student, in a crowded University classroom. An open book and empty cup on the marble table-top” And many more! Jul 6, 2023

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Go Abroad Staff: Building academic communities abroad

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Practicalities of applying: The application form wasn’t nearly as daunting as some can be, and I heard back pretty swiftly that I had received the funding, with clear directions on how to proceed with travel bookings etc. Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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Characterising teaching practices using lecture recordings

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Outside of study, he spends his time buying too many books and not reading enough. Thomas Gant Thomas Gant is a fourth year Mathematics student who grew up in Fife, Scotland. He is interested in science education and early universe cosmology, and hopes to continue into postgraduate education and research after graduation.