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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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Engaging the professional community in teaching medical students

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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.

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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.

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Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress

EAB

Articulate inclusive vision Develop executive understanding Engage governing bodies Develop DEIJ infrastructure and resourcing Integrate stakeholder voices in planning Select metrics and outcomes Set and communicate accountability. -->. -->. --> Reimagine institutional administration. -->. -->. -->. Activities.

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Assessing students through online role-playing

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Role-playing can be used to directly link learning to a students’ real life experience, while also being a safe space to explore challenging opinions (Oberle 2004). They have to build consensus about how each stakeholder group should utilise the park.

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

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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.

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Meet the Syllabus: engaging in current research

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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.