Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 30, 2020

A still from the video ‘Studying Science at Edinburgh University: Everyone is Welcome’, filmed by Gabriele Negro. In this post, Gabriele Negro, a student who has just completed the Ecological and Environmental Sciences undergraduate degree programme, showcases a film he produced to inspire secondary school pupils from underrepresented backgrounds to take up science at university… While I was in high school, I never thought about going to University.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JULY 27, 2020

Photo credit: Fabio Bracht, Unsplash CC0 In this ‘Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods’ post, David Kluth, Director of Teaching MBChB, Colin Duncan, Year 5 Director, Karen Fairhurst, Year 5 Director and Alan Jaap, Assessment Lead MBChB, discuss the effects of remote exams on performance in applied knowledge assessments in the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) degree… Introduction Applied knowledge tests form an important component of assessment in medicine across

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 27, 2020

The world has become a place of open pain and suffering, as well as one in which people are more curious. People are asking questions about how we got here and where we are going next. While part of this is due to the coronavirus pandemic, another major part involves the explosion of long-simmering racial tensions.

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Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

JULY 15, 2020

by Dawn DiPeri. A guide aimed at helping face-to-face instructors who have recently migrated online. Introduction. This article addresses the ways in which recently migrated online instructors can spot and help struggling students through the lens of the recent pandemic. I argue that prior to the forced migration of online courses, face-to-face faculty generally felt well equipped to spot struggling students, but may have difficulty in the online modality.

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Higher Ed Connects: Leadership

JULY 15, 2020

By Jim Vanides. As schools, colleges, and universities prepare to launch the upcoming academic year, questions and concerns abound. Whether a campus has decided to go “fully online”, hybrid, or socially-distanced-on-ground, an opportunity hides just off-stage, waiting to participate – an opportunity to revisit the scholarship of teaching and learning.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 14, 2020

In this post, Head of Alumni Communications Sonia Mullineux describes the genesis of the hugely successful Sharing things podcast and the community building role it plays for the student and alumni experience at the University… We didn’t set out to create a podcast. The story of Sharing things starts with Chris Cox; Vice-Principal Philanthropy and Advancement and Executive Director of Development and Alumni, and a question he asked of our team – how can Alumni Relations contribute to

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 7, 2020

Image Credit: Centre for Research Collections. Title: The Anatomy of the Horse, 1766, Creator: Stubbs, George, Catalogue No. 0010803 In this post, third year Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells with Management student Jinman Li highlights the different avenues of academic support available at the University to help her overcome her challenges including the personal tutoring system, university support teams and other academic activities.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 27, 2020

University transformation could be the silver lining of the pandemic. COVID has caused a massive disruption in higher ed, and many question whether it will transform or waste the opportunity. We’re steadily moving toward the start of the new school year, yet something is off. Normally this time of the year has been marked by excitement—whether that’s because of the return of students, the start of the next phase of life for incoming freshmen, or the sense of camaraderie created by the impending

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Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

JULY 1, 2020

See original article by Kathryn Peterson for Salesforce.org on June 11, 2020. As a former professor-turned-provost-turned-entrepreneur, Terri Givens has one thing on her mind right now: the lives of her two boys. Between a pandemic and police brutality, the burden of grief weighs on her mind, along with millions of other black families in America. Givens is the CEO and founder of the Center for Higher Education Leadership and is currently working on a book titled Radical Empathy: Finding a Path

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Higher Ed Connects: Leadership

JULY 1, 2020

by Terri E. Givens. College students across the country are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as they have had to complete this school year online and they have been at the center of protests of police violence. As campuses scramble to deal with the impact of the pandemic, they must also keep in mind that their students are expecting action to be taken for ameliorating racial disparities on their college campuses and in their communities.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 9, 2020

Image created by Catherine Cordasco. Submitted for United Nations Global Call Out To Creatives – help stop the spread of COVID-19, Unsplash, CC0. Welcome to July’s Issue: Alumni experiences Since we received a large amount of contributions for last month’s issue on ‘Student Transitions’, we decided to expand it and slightly shorten this month’s issue that will focus on the ‘Alumni experience and connecting learning and teaching in the workplace’.

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Terminalfour

JULY 14, 2020

With COVID19 forcing universities to temporarily close and adapt to hybrid learning solutions, some creative students are recreating their campuses in Minecraft

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 30, 2020

A still from the video ‘Studying Science at Edinburgh University: Everyone is Welcome’, filmed by Gabriele Negro. In this post, Gabriele Negro, a student who has just completed the Ecological and Environmental Sciences undergraduate degree programme, showcases a film he produced to inspire secondary school pupils from underrepresented backgrounds to take up science at university… While I was in high school, I never thought about going to University.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 16, 2020

University regulations and new stimulus package - what it means for higher ed institutions. Federal policymakers are trying to figure out their next steps in relation to higher education in the wake of the pandemic. In addition, these policymakers are continuing in developing and implementing regulations. TEN Government Strategies CEO Tom Netting, a regular guest on this podcast, provides an update on new regulations that are coming online as well as recent and proposed federal legislation, incl

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CU Work-Life Balance

JULY 10, 2020

How are you, really? It’s a simple question, but the answer is rarely simple. Even in uneventful times, each of us can experience personal challenges. Right now, the pandemic is placing additional stresses on our time, our relationships and our finances. It’s OK to recognize when you’re struggling, and you don’t have to manage it alone. The following employee resources and publicly available tools give you a spectrum of options to address everything from minor stress to acute anxiety or depressi

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 7, 2020

How Universities Use Crises to Innovate podcast discusses how higher education institutions are still reeling from dealing with the coronavirus pandemic during the spring term. However, now they are faced with the challenge of making critical decisions that also offer flexibility moving into the fall semester. Beloit College already is far ahead on this path.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 2, 2020

Image Credit: University of Edinburgh Collections. Catalogue No. 0054696 In this post, Senior Lecturer and Director of Quality in the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences Michael Daw and Teaching Fellow in MSc Education at Moray House School of Education and Sports Sofia Shan, compare the transition experiences of Biomedical sciences students in Edinburgh and students on the joint programme in Zhejiang and reveal key universal issues of higher education… In 2015 I was appointed as one of four l

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Terminalfour

JULY 8, 2020

Find out how students are reacting to the changes and read actionable insights you can use to inform your recruitment activities, communications and marketing

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Terminalfour

JULY 30, 2020

A university in Tokyo has held a graduation ceremony using avatar robots controlled remotely by graduating students from their homes

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JULY 22, 2020

The last few months have seen numerous developments across social media platforms in response to the pandemic

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Terminalfour

JULY 17, 2020

Zoom has drastically increased in popularity and Universities are getting creative on the platform.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 9, 2020

Image created by Catherine Cordasco. Submitted for United Nations Global Call Out To Creatives – help stop the spread of COVID-19, Unsplash, CC0. Welcome to July’s Issue: Alumni experiences Since we received a large amount of contributions for last month’s issue on ‘Student Transitions’, we decided to expand it and slightly shorten this month’s issue that will focus on the ‘Alumni experience and connecting learning and teaching in the workplace’.

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CU Work-Life Balance

JULY 8, 2020

Open Enrollment is over, and we’re all settled into our benefits plans for another year, right? Not so fast. Any time between now and Open Enrollment in spring 2021, you can make changes to your benefits provided you’ve gone through a qualifying life event. Some life events seem obvious – if you’re newly hired or rehired, if you have a child or get married – and let you update benefits coverage for yourself or your family members.

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