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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

This project was particularly important to me because of the impact CliftonStrengths had made in my life and how the tool was being used to support post-secondary students’ development. At first these were mostly made up words with definitions that were new to me but as a I learned more, I understood how useful this tool could be.

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Me in the Future (MIT Future): Fall 2024 events series for first years

CAPD

CAPD’s Virtual Orientation & Orientation P-Set | August 26 – September 6 When it comes to planning for your career, you may know exactly where you’re headed. MIT’s Career Advising & Professional Development office (CAPD) is the hub for all of that. Or maybe you’re not even sure where to start.

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Me in the Future (MIT Future): Fall 2023 events series for first years

CAPD

Explore MIT’s career services: tour of Career Advising & Professional Development | Thurs, Aug 31, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm ( E17-294 ) During your time at MIT, you’ll likely need your resume reviewed, learn how to use a cover letter, finesse your LinkedIn profile, and network with employers.

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Musical Pathways

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Compounded by the wider pressures facing Gen Z, these curricula developments have given urgency to the need for update links between ECA/Music and the University Careers Service , and also to generate new networks and resources that can better serve both students and academic staff.

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Steps to success: Connecting careers to student support

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Image credit: Pixabay, pexels, CC0 In this post, Susan Bird, the Link Careers Consultant for the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Edinburgh, explores a recent opportunity to strengthen ties between the Careers Service and evolving student support systems. Oct 27, 2022

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Welcome to the March issue of Teaching Matters: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and PTAS

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Ideas about professional development for university teachers have also moved on. While teacher development often takes place through formal programmes or workshops, there are also powerful opportunities for development through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Happy reading!

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Helping students with their studies

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this post I will introduce and talk about four mechanisms which we have developed and use to support students who encounter difficulties during their studies. The four mechanisms are: Note of concern Student welfare week Student Leadership Award Professional Development course.