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Teaching building and building teachers

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Earlier this year, University of Edinburgh’s Engineering Department celebrated their 150th year , recognising the successes of engineering and innovation in Scotland. This is where Engineering for Change (E4C) can help. The most recent of which is Project DIEM (Developing Intermediate Educational Materials).

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

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Vanessa Ombura Vanessa Ombura is a third year Civil Engineering undergraduate student and a University of Edinburgh MasterCard Foundation scholar. With time, as more solutions are designed and implemented, I look forward to seeing the University-wide course on the city of Edinburgh come to life.

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Teaching presentation skills and engaging students in large lectures

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Richard Gratwick Dr Richard Gratwick joined the School of Mathematics in 2016 as a University Teacher, and in the 2017/18 EUSA Teaching Awards won the van Heyningen Award for Teaching in Science and Engineering. Sep 18, 2018

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Common group dynamics: How teamwork works

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Students are placed into groups of 6-8 members, spanning the entirety of the University of Edinburgh student body – in one group you may easily find a PhD Sociology student collaborating with a 2 nd year Engineering undergraduate.

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Excitement grows as The University of Edinburgh students tackle exceptional learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This excitement is particularly evident in student societies like Edinburgh University Formula Student (EUFS) and HYPED , where students from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds come together to push the boundaries of engineering, informatics, and innovation.

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Why does teaching matter? Perspective from teaching in Earth Sciences and Physical Geography

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

erosion) if you want to build lasting infrastructure or extract precious resources such as water (working with engineers, of course). The students we teach in Earth Sciences and Physical Geography today will build infrastructure, look for resources, solve environmental problems and potentially govern us in the future.

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