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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not a "come and hang out in the hallways" kind of convening it's a "come, roll up your sleeves, engage with colleagues and other partners, and do the hard work of HBCU change." Students are no different. You can't really do HBCU transformation and improvement without students engaged in the conversation.

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Student engagement and sense of mattering in a large UG course

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Credit: Pixabay In this insightful post, Dr. Celine Caquineau, a Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh Medical School, tackles the formidable challenge of enhancing student engagement within large undergraduate courses. Large courses are difficult contexts to establish effective learning communities where each student feels they belong.

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Spotlight on ELIR: Reflections on Student Engagement

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Photo credit: Pierangel Bettoni, Unsplash CC0 This is the ninth post in the ‘Spotlight on ELIR’ series , where PhD intern Vesna Curlic reflects on her work on engaging students with the review process and considers how student engagement will be different in the upcoming academic year. What will a hybrid model look like?

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What Is Organizational Development?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

This article breaks down the four essential pillars of organizational development and how they can help your institution navigate change with confidence. Organizational Development Definition Organizational development is a strategic, science-backed approach to improving an organizations effectiveness, adaptability, and culture.

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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This definition helps show the many different ways that students can work in partnership with staff to improve learning and teaching, but Cook-Sather, Bovill and Felten also emphasise that all partnerships must be built on strong working relationships that foster respect, reciprocity, and shared responsibility. Mercer-Mapstone, L.,

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Welcome to the October issue of Teaching Matters: Research-led teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

” So, at an instrumentally beneficial level, “research-led teaching reflects and makes use of the teacher’s disciplinary research to benefit student learning and outcomes” (Trowler & Wareham, 2008). Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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What even is a University anyway?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

During this time, she has advocated for students at a University level, including Court and Executive, but also to Scottish and UK Government on matters surrounding student safety, student experience and the rising cost of living. Ellen was a member of the Curriculum Transformation Board and Student Engagement Strategy Group.