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A student partnership project to enhance curriculum development in medical education

Teaching Matters Online Learning

We identified space in the year 1 curriculum that would allow for a formal teaching and learning opportunity on physical activity for health. We recruited six medical students via an announcement on Learn. Those interested submitted a one page note of interest and, from this, we selected six students representing each of the years.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A&T Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, is working on developing an all-natural, antiviral disinfectant with promising results in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2. At present, none of the nation’s 101 HBCUs has Research 1 status, which refers to doctoral universities with high research activity.

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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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Our Health: Interdisciplinary, community-based research projects

Teaching Matters Student Employment

My engagement practice provided me with many opportunities to observe researchers from different disciplines working together as a cohesive team to research some of the most urgent medical challenges of our time. What health research agendas would they set if they could?

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Students as partners in education: Experiences from the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

An RCVS Diplomate in Equine Internal Medicine, Neil teaches throughout the BVM&S Programme, and introduced and leads the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education at the Vet School. His research interests include veterinary education, students as teachers, admissions and equine gastroenterology and welfare.

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

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Research-led teaching and learning This month, I have found defining research-led teaching and learning quite tricky as there seem to be a few interpretations of what it means in HE. Conversely, integrating research and teaching can be immensely rewarding for academics.

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Closing the degree awarding gap: How can we ensure that ethnic minority students reach their full potential at our university?

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Credit image: unsplash, CC0, Denys Nevozhai In this extra post, Professor Mohini Gray presents important, evidence-based research that BAME students at The University of Edinburgh are not achieving the same level of degree awards as white students. This is encapsulated in the Strategy 2030 , and in its vision for Curriculum Transformation.

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