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Using Peer Observation to enhance teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Research shows shown that peer observation is an extremely valuable process (Irby, 1983; Brown and Ward-Griffin, 1994; Siddiqui et al., It is also made explicit that the peer observation is only for staff development purposes and is not used for any review or assessment processes. References Brown, B. &

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Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT)

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In 2016/17, Focus On took the postgraduate research (PGR) student experience as its theme, an important aspect of which was postgraduates who teach. All project documents can be found on the QAA Scotland website. providing written documentation (such as a handbook) for PGWT detailing training and resources, teaching organisation, etc.

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Welcome to the Oct-Dec Hot Topic: Student Partnership Agreement 2024

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The Student Partnership Agreement is an engaging and enriching experience for students and staff to come together to work in partnership to enhance the student experience. Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with the curriculum, including through co-creation of learning, teaching, and assessment.

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Welcome to the Oct-Dec Hot Topic: Student Partnership Agreement 2024

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The Student Partnership Agreement is an engaging and enriching experience for students and staff to come together to work in partnership to enhance the student experience. Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with the curriculum, including through co-creation of learning, teaching, and assessment.

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IntroAP: Recognising and developing postgraduate teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

How can we provide the best possible experience for our students, whilst also advancing our own practice and career, alongside our postgraduate studies or research? Fiona Quinlan-Pluck Fiona is an Academic Developer for Tutors and Demonstrators (T+D) at the Institute for Academic Development.

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Service Excellence Programme: Programme and Course Information Management (PCIM)

Teaching Matters Academic Support

PCIM aims to support academics in their roles in a number of areas, including: Programme & course proposal When you propose a new course or programme, you will do this through the PCIM system with version control rather than producing multiple documents.

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Embracing culture & various healthcare systems through the eyes of our peers

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Dr King-Okoye is a lecturer in Nursing Studies at the School of Health in Social Science, and co-director at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships at The University of Edinburgh. Table 1 below highlights the options available to students. It was quite thorough.