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Photo credit: pixabay, Hans, CC0 In this post, Dr Elizabeth Vander Meer discusses the University strategy for protecting, enhancing and engaging with biodiversity and highlights two student led projects supporting the development of this strategy… Estates and the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) , with support from other staff, students and external organisations, have been developing a strategy for protecting, enhancing and engaging with biodiversity on campus
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Photo credit: pixabay, stevepb, CC0 In this blog, Dr Jeni Harden, from the Usher Institute, and Dr Sam Fawkner, from the Institute of Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences, outline a staff-student partnership project through which they developed a flipped teaching session for first year medical students to facilitate learning on physical activity for health… Despite the importance of physical activity promotion for both disease prevention and treatment, we were aware that it was n
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Photo credit: pixabay, currens, CC0 Emily Hochkins, a fourth year veterinary student working towards her veterinary teaching qualification , was offered, along with several others, the opportunity to take part in designing an optional “negotiation skills” class for first year students. In this post, she describes how they designed a zombie apocalypse scenario to help students learn about dealing with failure… The original idea of this “negotiation skills” class was to design a
To kick start the year we've explored hundreds of Instagram accounts to compile a round-up of some of the best out there and what they’re doing to stand out.
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To kick start the year we've explored hundreds of Instagram accounts to compile a round-up of some of the best out there and what they’re doing to stand out.
Higher Ed News - Since seating the 116th Congress three weeks ago, there has been a lot going on in Washington. Tom Netting of CSPEN, the Central States Private Education Network, which represents schools nationwide to public policy makers in Washington and throughout the nation, joins us to give an update on what we can expect out of the 116th Congress with respect to higher education, the 2019 Negotiated Rulemaking process, and the Education Department reorganization.
Photo credit: pixabay, HarryJBurgess, CC0 In this post, Vanessa Ombura, a third year Civil Engineering student, describes her experience co-creating an interdisciplinary, online University-wide course, with the city of Edinburgh as a site of learning… Over the summer of 2018, I had the wonderful opportunity of working under the Usher Institute and the Moray House School of Education to design an interdisciplinary, online University-wide course on the city of Edinburgh, together with two fe
One of the hallmarks of curricular approaches to student learning outside the classroom is that learning is scaffolded and sequenced to follow a student’s journey through their time in college. After educators identify their learning objectives (cascading from Educational Priority, to Learning Goals, Narratives, Rubrics, and Outcomes), the next step in the process is to map out objectives and sequence them to allow for cumulative learning.
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Photo of PALS training day Back in January 2018, a group of staff and students in the Business School got their collective heads around the table to address the problem: ‘How can we get our UG students to engage more in their personal and professional development?’ In this post, Rosalyn Claase (Head of Student Experience), Rona Doig (Student Development Manager) and Kate Schafferius (Student Support Leader) explain how they came up with a solution… Based on our alumni and Desti
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Photo credit: pixabay, geralt, CC0 In this mini-series post , Matthew Lawson from the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability at the University, gives an insight into developing extra-curricular opportunities for students in sustainable development… Students care about sustainability. We see this through the many actions of students in their campuses and local communities.
SPS in Practice students who co-designed Understanding Gender course. There is an increasing emphasis in higher education on promoting student voice and engagement, positioning students as partners in the teaching and learning process. There are multiple projects underway across the University in this respect. In this post, Dr Meryl Kenny, describes one such project: the student-staff co-creation of the pre-Honours course Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World , as part of the University
Feel like you’re swimming in questions about searching for the right college? You’re not alone! In this series, “Once in Your Shoes,” four Hope families share their wisdom about the college search process as they were once in your shoes. We’ve asked these families some admissions-related questions, with the goal of letting their experiences help you.
Photo credit: unsplash, Elijah O’Donnell, CC0 This post about the Joint Degree Project, by Chris Perkins, is a continuation of Jackie’s train of thought on best practice from late last year, so if you haven’t read that, please do…! Over the past few months, the team in the Joint Degrees Project have met with lots of people across the college, as you would expect from a project that looks at joint degrees.
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Credit: pixabay, Free-Photos, CC0 In this post, Matjaz Vidmar, a doctoral student in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, presents another approach to co-creation with undergraduate students: the co-production of interdisciplinary research design and outputs… Currently, it seems that transferable skills and graduate attributes are being pushed to the fore of the “modern graduate degree” programmes.
Reflections on 2018 and Predictions for 2019 with Drumm McNaughton | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 012 In addition to enjoying the holidays, December is a good time to pause and take stock of the past year. This also is an opportune time to get out the crystal ball to contemplate what might happen in 2019. 2018: The Higher Ed Year in Review There were a number of very nice gifts under the tree this year, but also a lot of lumps of coal.
Feel like you’re swimming in questions about searching for the right college? You’re not alone! In this series, “Once in Your Shoes,” four Hope families share their wisdom about the college search process as they were once in your shoes. We’ve asked these families some admissions-related questions, with the goal of letting their experiences help you.
Union Canal – Fountainbridge Moorings. Credit: Stephen Craven, CC0 The Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) is curating a mini-series of blog posts on learning, teaching and sustainability for Teaching Matters. T he mini-series hopes to capture a breadth of activities happening across campuses, to inspire staff and students to participate and expand on current offerings.
Photo credit: unsplash, Taylor Barber, CC0 In this post, PhD student Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka explains what the term ‘co-creation of the curriculum’ means, and how it can be an effective student partnership approach… Co-creation of the curriculum is one form of engagement in undergraduate learning and teaching in which students and staff work in partnership so that each has a voice and a stake in curriculum development.
Feel like you’re swimming in questions about searching for the right college? You’re not alone! In this series, “Once in Your Shoes,” four Hope families share their wisdom about the college search process as they were once in your shoes. We’ve asked these families some admissions-related questions, with the goal of letting their experiences help you.
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