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Involving an industry partner in student projects, a win for all parties?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Kit Daniel Searle, University Teacher in Operational Research (OR)↗️ at the School of Mathematics↗️ shares their experience embedding a low-risk consultancy project within their course curriculum highlighting the perks of student-industry collaboration.

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Life Design: Connecting students to their future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Image credit: Clark Tibbs, unsplash, CC0 Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh , proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of student employability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work.

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Involving an industry partner in student projects, a win for all parties?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Kit Daniel Searle, University Teacher in Operational Research (OR) at the School of Mathematics shares their experience embedding a low-risk consultancy project within their course curriculum highlighting the perks of student-industry collaboration. This now gives the students a platform to showcase their skills.

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Engaging the professional community in teaching medical students

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Offering choice presents a series of challenges and opportunities to the curriculum developer. For example, how do we work with the professional community to support the 850+ students that are undertaking the Bachelor of Medicine programme at any one time?

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The Hidden Enrollment Market in Workforce Education: Changing Higher Ed podcast 249 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Alana Rose

The Change Leader, Inc.

With enrollment numbers dropping and student demographics evolving, corporate partnerships offer an opportunity to align academic programs with workforce needs , creating a win-win-win scenario for students, employers, and universities. And that was my initial foray into education consulting. Alana earned her B.A.

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Integrating the world of work into university

Teaching Matters Student Employment

This autonomy develops a skillful approach which graduates can use when job hunting and throughout their working life. The careers service is directly involved in this course delivery with our school’s Careers Consultant providing valuable input during the initial stages.

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Co-created learning and teaching through the lens of the development of a University-wide course

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Defining: Bringing together all the information gathered from the consultations, as well as our supervisors’ and our personal ideas. Developing: Sketching out course themes and topics, learning objectives and outcomes, assessments, support and interaction methods.