Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

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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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

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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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2017

on Campus internship as an ‘Employability Projects Intern’, she became increasingly interested in the concept of graduate attributes, student employability and higher education. After her Employ.ed Jan 20, 2017

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A Fundamental Rethink of the Higher Education Business Model In the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education, institutions must embrace educational innovation and strategic adaptation to change. But when you look at the numbers of students, from 18 million down to 16.5

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 29, 2018

Available at [link] [Last accessed 18/12/17] Walker, C, Gleaves, A and Grey, J (2006): ‘Can Students within Higher Education Learn to be Resilient and, Educationally Speaking, Does it Matter?’ Educational Studies. 32(3): 251–264.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The careers service is directly involved in this course delivery with our school’s Careers Consultant providing valuable input during the initial stages. This aims to help students see the value of the attachment experience post-graduation and understand how to maximise the experience for their future career.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 28, 2018

The purpose of higher education is in a state of transition. Therefore, our higher education consultants at The Change Leader want to offer a series of articles that lay out where we believe higher education is going in the face of all of these challenges. In some ways, this is the higher education version of puppy mills.

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Creatrix Campus

MARCH 24, 2023

Accreditation by reputable organizations like AMBA accreditation is an essential aspect of promoting the quality of business education and ensuring that business schools are meeting the needs of their students and stakeholders. The top business schools in the world are those that have earned AMBA accreditation.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

Defining: Bringing together all the information gathered from the consultations, as well as our supervisors’ and our personal ideas. Delivering: Designing a website, Learn page and final presentation to communicate findings from the consultations, brainstorming sessions and prototypes for the course.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The workshop featured talks from representatives of Help Musicians and the Musicians Union, to highlight where students can get practical career support. Gina Black Gina Black is ECA’s Career Consultant, based at the University’s Careers Service. Her research examines communication in musical performance.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Jobs are scarce and a university degree will no longer guarantee immediate employment. After we leave Higher Education, we apparently find ourselves pitted against each other, competing for those scarce job opportunities. The world beyond university insists that we need to have everything “figured out” as soon as possible.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 20, 2016

Find out more about ACJ at the University of Edinburgh: Employability Consultancy slides on ACJ and the Edinburgh Award Using ACJ in the School of Physics and Astronomy Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Just as when a child learns to walk, we should let people try, take risks, and fail during their education, particularly at university. SLICCs let students go further and deeper into their academic programme, pursuing their passion and motivation for the subject in new ways. You will be surprised by what they can do. Feb 29, 2016

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 9, 2017

It also seeks to enhance the learning and development opportunities these activities provide and encourage students to see the relevance of these activities in preparing them for their future. We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 22, 2018

CC0 [Pixabay] This post sees Psychology student, Tobias, explaining how much he has valued project-based learning in his undergraduate experience, and how this has prepared him for the professional world… Education must prepare students for life. This universal set of qualities is appealing. May 22, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 10, 2022

Credit image: Sergey Pesterev, unsplash, CC0 In this extra post, Lindsay Knox reflects on her EdD dissertation findings, which look at how international students on the MSc Language Education programme understand graduate attributes, and what this could mean for curriculum transformation. Higher Education , 40, 409-422.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 10, 2018

Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy. Mort Kelleher Dr Mort Kelleher is a Transplant Anaesthetist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with an interest in Medical Education.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Delivering the Graduate Attributes “Each student at the University of Edinburgh joins us from different educational backgrounds, cultures and experiences. Seconded to the Institute for Academic Development he is developing his interests in reflection, experiential learning, and student agency, to develop SLICCs institution-wide.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 27, 2018

2010): Motivating students to learn 3rd edition London: Routledge Gibbs, G. 2006): How assessment frames student learning in C. She has worked in careers and employability for 15 years and prior to joining the University in 2009 she worked as a careers adviser in secondary schools in Cumbria. References: Brophy, J.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. The University avoided the trap of seeing employability as solely a Careers Service responsibility, and instead used this funding to support an institution-wide and collaborative approach.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

Simon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy. Current areas of responsibility include: the Edinburgh Award, SLICCs (Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses), Making Transitions Personal and the Development Hub.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 3, 2023

Employability is important to all higher education stakeholders, and a core factor when students are selecting their degree subject and place of study. Furthermore, the odds of finding graduate level employment were 40.1% A successful employability strategy needs to be adaptable.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

She led the BOOSTalent project which aims to foster innovation in AI and machine learning (ML) across five European Higher Education Institutions particularly in the fields of aerospace, electronics, advanced materials, sustainability, and biodiversity.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

This is often a local clinical audit or service evaluation under the supervision of a medical consultant, which can be then used to make improvements to local medical practice. In a short time these students might themselves be fully integrated into the team, and quite soon after leading and taking decisions.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

For instance, reflection is inherently tied to experiential learning (see Simon Beames’ excellent post on defining features of experiential education), and therefore supports making the most of placements, work experiences, outreach activity, and years abroad. Reflection fits into a diverse curriculum in many ways.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JANUARY 13, 2017

The one-year Masters in a UK university is intensive; even more so for an international student in a new teaching and cultural environment. According to many large scale studies on student decision making and outlines in policy statements, higher education is a step towards enhancing career prospects: in order words, developing employability.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 22, 2020

Additionally, analysis reports are passed to each school ahead of Welcome Week, highlighting common themes within students’ responses for each school and can provide areas to address at the cohort level. or gavin.mccabe@ed.ac.uk Kirsty Stewart Kirsty Stewart is the Edinburgh Award Coordinator at the University of Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 7, 2017

This course was taught using a collaborative approach with contributions coming from experts in business, the education sector and peer learning. She is the Convenor of the Scottish Peer Support Network and in her spare time runs her own consultancy and holds a Board position with the Empowerment Project. Mar 7, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 22, 2024

As we developed our thinking, I realised that what was actually inspiring me was the potential we have to impact the lives and careers of our students, by broadening the spectrum of positive destinations and outcomes available to them, one of the core aims of any education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 11, 2019

It was established to create a support system for the students of the MSc Performance Psychology , in Moray House School of Education and Sport. This Masters consistently brings together a special group of people. Some of them are well-structured and regulated (e.g. training as a psychologist with the British Psychological Society ).

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

The strategic context Every four years, QAA Scotland undertakes a cycle of reviews of all Scottish higher education institutions, focusing on enhancing the student experience – this is called the Enhancement-Led Institutional Review, or ELIR. Labake’s PhD research is exploring internationalisation of higher education and employability.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree. Since leaving the Department of Education, Michael has found that college is still worth the investment, providing graduates with more opportunities, on average, than non-college grads.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 17, 2019

She has also run her own business working with a number of stakeholders across the private, public and charitable sectors providing consultancy and project management support. We also knew that we weren’t faring quite as well as some of our comparator institutions in the UK.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 25, 2017

Whenever anyone wants to consult me, I have a set of links I can send (which saves huge amounts of time). So, if you are convinced and want a place to start PLEASE consider encouraging your PhD students to write a short post for the IAD blog for researchers. And raw material for the next presentation, paper or book.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 4, 2025

March 4, 2025 · Episode 249 The Hidden Enrollment Market in Workforce Education 38 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Workforce education and employer-funded programs unlock hidden enrollment opportunities. million Americans who left higher education before earning a degree. According to Alana, there are 41.5

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Key themes Work Integrated Learning and Enterprise Education Literature included in the review covered curricular, co-, and extra-curricular. Internships and placements: Students believe these exert a positive impact. PGR: Challenge to self-concept when PGR graduates do not find paid roles exist in their specialised area of education.

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