Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 5, 2019

In the Business School, we recognised that we weren’t always making it easy for students to decipher where and how they were developing these skills, both in and beyond their taught curricula. These matrices provide the cornerstone of the Business School’s MSc Edinburgh Award in Professional Development.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

There are many different projects with students and staff co-creating the curriculum at universities around the world, although these initiatives are still relatively rare. Indeed, often it can be difficult to delineate exactly what is co-creation of the curriculum and where these projects are taking place.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

Choice is essential Choice is essential, as students need to gain the professional and academic skills to allow them to go into much greater depth when they graduate. Offering choice presents a series of challenges and opportunities to the curriculum developer.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Predictive analytics tapping into trends in fields of study, labor-market demand, and into other historic data, current and predictive data can lend insights that help colleges and universities be more proactive and nimbler with curriculum development and staffing. Perhaps that’s part of why the number of U.S.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 14, 2017

In this post I will introduce and talk about four mechanisms which we have developed and use to support students who encounter difficulties during their studies. The four mechanisms are: Note of concern Student welfare week Student Leadership Award Professional Development course.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Two reasons from a teaching perspective are that using OA resources is of benefit to students for their current studies and future engagement with academic research and theory for professional development. Open access publishing is a key way for professionals to engage with valuable research and theory.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This course was developed through the collaboration of Learning, Teaching, and Web (Stuart Nicol and Andres Ordorica), the Centre for Research in Digital Education (Michael Gallagher), and external consultant Sheila MacNeill.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Reflection is critical for our development as individual practitioners in higher education, as collective departments, and as a whole institution. Reflection is an essential skill for their academic, personal, and professional development and success, now and in the future. The same is true for our students.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 22, 2024

Dr Louise Connelly is a Lecturer in Academic Development, and Laura Wardrop is the CPD Manager for the Easter Bush Campus. The University offers a wide range of continuing professional development (CPD) resources and courses, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), on different platforms (EdX, Coursera, and Future Learn).

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 27, 2023

Perspective Matters That work has already seen us overhaul how we think about Postgraduate Professional Development, invest in Executive Education and commission the Centre for Open Learning to develop a thought leadership piece of Continuing Professional Development. Our work is all about enabling NTL.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

However, despite this demographic advantage, the country's higher education system faces numerous challenges such as outdated curricula, rigid program structures, and inadequate emphasis on practical skills development. CBCS allows students to explore diverse subjects beyond the core curriculum.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JUNE 3, 2024

This is particularly felt for emerging professionals, who shared that they felt overwhelmed and confused when attempting to identify resources to help them on their assessment journey. All syllabi collected were reviewed for any texts that were required for the course. Assessment in Student Affairs.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This course was developed through the collaboration of Learning, Teaching, and Web (Stuart Nicol and Andres Ordorica), the Centre for Research in Digital Education (Michael Gallagher), and external consultant Sheila MacNeill.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Developed to support both students and staff, it now receives well over a million visits a year and its impact is extending within and beyond higher education. That’s where the Reflection Toolkit comes in. Read on to learn about what it is, how it can help you, and some places to start when thinking about reflection.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 4, 2023

The standards were designed to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of business programs in a holistic manner, taking into account factors such as mission, leadership, strategic planning, student learning, faculty qualifications and development, and educational support services. What is ACBSP? What is ACBSP?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 17, 2017

Graduates commonly described thinking in a new way as a result of their study, with their horizons widening after studying with fellow professionals from around the world; considering new ways of thinking, ‘delving deeper’ and developing ‘intellectual curiosity’. on enhancing employability using the Graduate Attributes framework.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In this post on ongoing reflective practice at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Susan Rhind, Nina Tomlin, Jenna Richardson, Jessie Paterson, and Paul Wood outline the value placed on reflective ability in the veterinary profession.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 17, 2019

Students develop their own set of personal and professional skills and attributes, and often use a blog to reflect on their progress. The course staff feel that a more private blog is a good way for students to express ideas and reflect on them (in a safe space), and really helps the course staff and the student to connect.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Curriculum (re)design is an iterative process, and a course will never be finished. One effective strategy for course design is the backwards design framework, which starts with identifying desired learning outcomes and working backwards to develop assessments and instructional activities.

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