University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A recent government report suggested cutting enrollment and enforcing higher entry standards to certain fields of study. These programs too often lead to “poor outcomes, including poor retention, poor graduate employability, and poor long-term earnings potential,” the authors said.

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Marketing and Communication Services Curriculum Development Government Manufacturing 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In this post, Shelagh Green, Director of Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, offers an overview of the Scottish Government’s 2022 review of careers services for young people.

Career Services 52

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

You might think that the teaching content in a professional vocational degree like medicine – defined by the governing body the General Medical Council ( GMC ) and detailing what a medical student should know as they exit their undergraduate programme and embark on their first day as a junior doctor – would be almost entirely prescriptive.

Medical 52

Medical Curriculum Development Healthcare Consulting 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The framework offers a thorough illustration of the knowledge, skills and attitudes that students need to be entrepreneurial and create financial, cultural or social value for others. Up until before the COVID19 pandemic, the Student Enterprise Team’s focus was on providing extra-curricular support.

Education 52

Education Government Industry Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Image credit: Alex Green, pexels, CC0 In this post, Shelagh Green, Director of Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, offers an overview of the Scottish Government’s 2022 review of careers services for young people. Focusing on the under-25s, the Review included school, college, university, and voluntary settings.

Career Services 52

Career Services Government Management Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This post belongs to Teaching Matters’ Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Embedding enterprise in the curriculum. This is a sentiment which I support because while some students will continue with an academic career, most students will go on to work in industry or become an entrepreneur.

Industry 52

Industry Consulting Research Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Whilst writing her postgraduate dissertation on the ethics of the Anthropocene, she completed a traineeship at the International Center for Climate Governance in Venice, Italy.

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