Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The project developed and documented eight STEM workshops to be taught in schools in Ghana using only basic teaching resources. Six years later the project is still developing. Me and Daphne teaching the Sand Filters workshop in Edinburgh. Caledonia and Xiaobei teaching the Bridges workshop in Romania.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Additionally, the Edinburgh Innovations Student Enterprise Team plays a crucial role in nurturing entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial mindset among students. Through workshops, 1-2-1 business, and funding opportunities, this team helps students turn innovative ideas into viable business ventures.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Up until before the COVID19 pandemic, the Student Enterprise Team’s focus was on providing extra-curricular support. This included one-to-one meetings with a business adviser, competitions, workshops and accelerator programmes. She supports provision of the best training, workshops and education for founders and innovators.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

How on earth do 140 students deliver repeated presentations and receive useful feedback in twenty hours? Each two-hour workshop was attended by 60-80 students, in a large teaching studio. The logistics were intricate, if not nerve-wracking.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

There is support from the Education Department in Edinburgh City Council, who support the orientation workshops for our students. They act as liaison between university and schools to create the school placements, as well as paying for our students to apply for Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) membership by Disclosure Scotland.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 22, 2018

When applying for a job, I won’t talk about an essay, or multiple choice tests where I got 90+%; I will talk about the time I developed and taught workshops on emotional resilience to at-risk youth. Supporting project-based learning initiatives and placing more responsibility on students will create more employable graduates.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

A full set of resources have been developed to support staff and students to undertake SLICCs from foundation, through undergraduate and into postgraduate study (SCQF levels 7 to 11), in both groups. Alternatively, the learning experience may be a project that produces a substantial report or output (e.g.

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