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Engaging students in learning outside the university

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The main thrust of the MA programme, with its interest in social justice, was a perfect environment to develop these aims and to contribute to University priorities. We also wanted to provide opportunities for students new to Edinburgh to become inhabitants of their new home city.

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

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Social Justice: Exploring issues of diversity, sustainability and justice with the aim of empowering students and staff to engage critically and sensitively with the challenges of our contemporary world. Student Voice: Continue working to enable student feedback to be shared and addressed.

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Imagine how we would be if we were less afraid

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Glen Cousquer Glen Cousquer is a recipient of the 2022 RCVS Compassion Award for his work on embedding compassion into teaching and learning and campus culture.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

Both solutions helped students wanting to transfer credits between institutions. About Our Podcast Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis has more than 23 years of experience in education, including classroom teaching, curriculum development, instructional design, learning assessment, and progressive leadership roles in K-12 and higher education.

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Bridging the gap: Reflections from teaching translational data and AI ethics

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Secondly, students need to be taught to understand and identify AI ethics as contextual and specific, grounded in issues of social justice (Munn 2022; Amugongo et al.

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Podcasting in social justice and sustainability education: A reflective dialogue

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Callum McGregor, a Lecturer in Education at The University of Edinburgh, engage in a reflective conversation about leveraging podcasts to enhance learning within the realms of social justice and sustainability. I bring podcasting into my teaching on two courses: Learning for Democracy and Theories and Politics of Social Justice.