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Supporting academic community at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The University’s Student Support Services cover a variety of activities to support the student experience; in other words, sharing or having certain attitudes or interests in common. Scholarships and Student Funding work with The Advice Place, Finance and ACE; the Careers Service works with Student Disability Service , and SRA.

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

For instance, schools may provide access to learning centers and learning specialists and offer developmental courses, tutoring services, and study skill workshops. To learn more about the specific services a college provides, ask the Office of Disability Services about all of the services and aids offered on campus.

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Study analyzes why college students in counseling withdraw

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Factors ranging from financial stress to participation in extracurriculars can influence whether a student receiving services at their university’s counseling center will voluntarily withdraw from the institution, according to new research from Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health.

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Implementing Assessment and Feedback Principles aligned to the Accessible and Inclusive Learning Policy

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Victoria is the Director of the Disability and Learning Support Service. Enhancing the online student experience through the application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to research methods learning and teaching. Educ Inf Technol 29, 2767–2785 (2024). link] Garrad, T.-A., A., & Nolan, H.

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How to grow Peer Support, community and belonging for online students?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Photo credit: Unsplash CC0 In this extra post, Shian Holt reflects not only on the ‘how’ to build Peer Support online but also the ‘why’ Arguing that fostering belonging for online students is key to helping them develop agency and confidence in their own knowlege-production. This also applies to research students.

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Mini-series: Linking learning and teaching with mental health and wellbeing

Teaching Matters Academic Support

I was fascinated to hear Peter Felten, in his excellent key-note speech at the recent Learning and Teaching Conference , say that research shows that the single most important factor in enabling students to establish and maintain positive mental wellbeing is what happens in the classroom.