Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We took the opportunity presented by the Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) to engage IFP alumni in the construction of this student-led project. Several themes arose from these initial focus groups, including writing and presentation practice, transferability of skills, and criticality and analysis.

Alumni 72

Alumni Architecture Student Engagement Finance 72

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 7, 2019

However, the emphasis is on the development of learning through group interaction and moving beyond these reflective questions. Students are encouraged to divide up the reading, making detailed notes, and presenting the papers they have read to the group. Each group meets with the course organiser who facilitates the discussion.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Hospitality Management Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 30, 2024

Cathy: Since the final presentations by the students we have ensured the student reports have been shared among a range of groups. The University’s Curriculum Transformation Project Student Engagement Strategy group have discussed how some of the ideas might be taken forward.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Alumni Professional Services Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Photo credit: Cytonn Photography, Unsplash CC0 In this extra post, Catherine Bovill introduces the new 2021-22 Student Partnership Agreement and Funding Scheme and its three key areas of focus. Dr Bovill is a Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development. Nov 15, 2021

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Consulting Higher Education Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 10, 2019

The majority of SPS in Practice was run by these students, through group work where they identified topics core to the Understanding Gender course, and then piloted and tested themed learning resources and activities. SPS in Practice students returning to speak to the Understanding Gender students in the first lecture of the semester.

Curriculum Development 52

Curriculum Development Research Higher Education Faculty 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Image Credit: Graphic Design by Joe Arton, Originals McKensie Wiebe and Brian Suh on Unsplash Welcome to February’s theme of Teach Matters: Students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. In February, Teaching Matters will focus on students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. . & & Felten, P.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Higher Education Research Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Effects of teaching Looking more broadly at recent changes in approaches to teaching, like those being introduced in this university, we see the importance of engaging students more actively in lectures and tutorials, with the involvement of tutors being particularly important. Teaching is about her relationship with the subject.

Research 80

Research Higher Education Education Curriculum Development 80

Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 17, 2022

Image credit: HaticeEROL, pixabay, CC0 In this extra post, Dr Catherine Bovill and Celeste McLaughlin present the timely and insightful findings from an international, collaborative research project that sought to understand the changes to teaching practices that took place during the initial period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Research Curriculum Development Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging with staff members Pooja : Through SACHA, students collaborated closely with faculty and data coaches to ensure curriculum relevance. Challenge hosts encouraged student engagement through surveys and feedback, enhancing curriculum engagement. Ankita: That’s great, Pooja!

Faculty 52

Faculty Alumni Higher Education Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Catherine Bovill Dr Catherine Bovill is Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh. She has published and presented widely on student engagement, students as partners and student-staff co-creation of curricula. Oct 5, 2017

Electronics 52

Electronics Student Engagement Higher Education Media 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We took the opportunity presented by the Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) to engage IFP alumni in the construction of this student-led project. Several themes arose from these initial focus groups, including writing and presentation practice, transferability of skills, and criticality and analysis.

Alumni 52

Alumni Architecture Student Engagement Finance 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, hairmann, CC0 The September theme on student engagement was true to its title, engaging over 5000 student and staff readers – a new milestone for Teaching Matters’ viewing figures! Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Engineering Management Industry 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 30, 2020

The range of case studies covered in the course encourages students to select topics that interest them, whilst refining skills in synthesis and written communication through succinct policy briefs. The course aims to provide multiple avenues for student engagement with sustainability in the classroom, in the field and across the university.

Retail 52

Retail Student Engagement Curriculum Development IT 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

Offering choice presents a series of challenges and opportunities to the curriculum developer. For example, how do we work with the professional community to support the 850+ students that are undertaking the Bachelor of Medicine programme at any one time?

Medical 52

Medical Healthcare Curriculum Development Consulting 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Alette continues : Nature, Greenspace and Health picks up this strand in the honours years, enabling students to get hands-on experience at working as a team on an issue of concern to the local community by: Exploring that issue through developing their understanding of the problem. Presenting their work to members of the community.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice Libraries Student Engagement Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Emphasis on ‘quality of argument, strength of evidence and clarity of presentation’ were the core tenants of lectures for about a third of the course. This showed students’ common logical flaws and biases, how to construct effective arguments from premises and conclusions, and gave advice on effectively sourcing information.

Management 52

Management IT Curriculum Development Student Engagement 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Image Credit: Graphic Design by Joe Arton, Originals McKensie Wiebe and Brian Suh on Unsplash Welcome to February’s theme of Teach Matters: Students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. In February, Teaching Matters will focus on students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. . & & Felten, P.

Student Engagement 40

Student Engagement Higher Education Research Education 40

Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 19, 2022

and includes a video of their presentation at McEwan Hall. 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.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Food Medical Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Recently, during a large second year genetics quecture, students fed back that they strongly favoured quectures, over traditional or flipped delivery. Course questionnaire feedback (including those not present during the session) was less enthusiastic. Worthwhile learning is rarely comfortable.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Research IT Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

It is organised as a 20 credit elective course in year two, that spans both semesters to enable participating students to undertake a meaningful placement in a school, to initiate development of their own teaching skills in working with school pupils, and to develop and deliver a cultural learning experience in their school class placement.

Community Outreach 52

Community Outreach Student Engagement Management Higher Education 52

Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

Additionally, 80% of students found CBCS beneficial for developing essential employability skills. These statistics and studies highlight CBCS's positive impact on enhancing educational quality by fostering student engagement, skills development, interdisciplinary learning, and aligning educational outcomes with industry needs.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Marketing and Communication Services Education Computers and Informational Technology 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

An obvious way to bridge the gap in the natural or social sciences is to get students involved in tasks such as experiments, interviews or data processing. Political theorists work by formulating arguments, presenting them for debate, receiving feedback and then redrafting. But political theory is not a science.

Research 52

Research Media International Studies Medical 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 19, 2022

and includes a video of their presentation at McEwan Hall. This post summarises Ellen MacRae and Tara Gold’s keynote talk: What even is a University anyway?, Ellen was EUSA President 20/22, and Tara was EUSA Vice President Education 21/22. This post is part of the Hot Topic: Learning & Teaching Conference 2022.

Education 52

Education Curriculum Development Student Employment Student Engagement 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

All students taking the course complete a short, persuasive briefing paper, which is shared with the department and with relevant operations colleagues. In the final week of the course, a half-day workshop is arranged where student groups present their research and recommendations.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Research Food Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Experiential education: Defining features for curriculum and pedagogy (23 August 2018) Dr Simon Beames, a senior lecturer in Outdoor Learning at Moray House School of Education, along with his colleagues, presents a theoretical framework of experiential education that is centred around six defining features. Dec 20, 2018

Marketing and Communication Services 52

Marketing and Communication Services Student Engagement Higher Education Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I was thinking about this again recently when I attended an event on Developing Pedagogical Expertise Across Institutions on the 27 th of September at Imperial College, London. Professor Carol Evans gave a thought-provoking presentation about ‘Scaling up Research-informed Integrated Assessment Practices’.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Education Professional Development Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Effects of teaching Looking more broadly at recent changes in approaches to teaching, like those being introduced in this university, we see the importance of engaging students more actively in lectures and tutorials, with the involvement of tutors being particularly important. Teaching is about her relationship with the subject.

Research 52

Research Higher Education Education IT 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 2, 2020

Photo credit: veeterzy, Unsplash CC0 Welcome to the April issue: Embedding sustainability in the curriculum As the world as we know is shifting every day due to the current pandemic, this monthly theme presents itself at an opportune time. Joséphine Foucher Joséphine is doing a PhD in Sociology at The University of Edinburgh.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Management Research IT 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 24, 2022

Students embarking on their Masters programmes face a number of challenges in their academic study, particularly if English is not their first language, it has been some time since they last undertook formal study, or if they come from another academic culture or field of study.

Study Abroad 52

Study Abroad Management IT Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

I also now appreciate the importance of students engaging in thinking about their future careers as early as possible. This led me to reflect on my previous teaching experience: how often had I asked students to really reflect on their learning and on the range of skills and experiences it provided?

Education 52

Education Consulting Mining Career Services 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The top through groups after their successful presentations with industry partner, Sopria Steri. This proved to be a very fun challenge for the students! Image credit: Kit Daniel Searle. This is a theme which I embed in my course.

Industry 52

Industry Consulting Research Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Delivering an interdisciplinary course is a complex challenge — ideally the learning is co-produced by both teachers and students, but getting the balance right is difficult.

Food 52

Food Research Curriculum Development IT 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Nathaniel To me, the FGD provides a safe place where everyone can share their thoughts which are related, but not limited to, the topic that is presented during that week. Samuel Shteinberg Samuel is a first year Sustainable Development student at the University of Edinburgh.

IT 52

IT Curriculum Development Student Engagement 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

AUGUST 1, 2018

Once again, the Edinburgh Fringe is upon us, and this month Teaching Matters is very excited to present blog post contributions from staff and students performing at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CoDI), as part of the Fringe. Dr Cathy Bovill who focusses on student engagement.

Research 52

Research Professional Services Student Engagement Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

program , which saw us developing a course prototype delivered in the form of a website , a Learn page, and a final presentation. Developing: Sketching out course themes and topics, learning objectives and outcomes, assessments, support and interaction methods. This was under the University’s Employ.ed

Engineering 52

Engineering Consulting Community Outreach Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 7, 2018

As each student progresses through the role of Design Agency intern, junior, senior, and director, their level of responsibility and workload increases. Each encounter of this spiral curriculum is assessed through reflective documentation often using diaries, blogs, films and pecha-kucha style presentations.

Industry 52

Industry Finance Recruitment Management 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This approach brings a number of other educational benefits and challenges, for example: Students are motivated by having to engage with the ‘real world’ and present their ideas to outside stakeholders. Students have more direct access to the messiness of the problem though the external stakeholders.

Food 52

Food Recruitment Research Education 52