Sat.May 18, 2019 - Fri.May 24, 2019

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Speed-date a language student: Raising aspiration and boosting graduate skills

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Speednetworking event in 50 George Square, October 2018, with pupils from St. David’s, Dalkeith, and Castlebrae, Edinburgh. In this post, Annette Götzkes, a Senior Teaching Fellow in German Studies, shares the Widening Participation outreach work being undertaken by Literatures, Languages, and Cultures students in local secondary schools… Languages are boring, posh, difficult and irrelevant.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Keys to Healing Unconscious Bias in Higher Edwith Dr. Mary Wardell Ghirarduzzi | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 019

The Change Leader, Inc.

Diversity, equity and inclusion continues to be critical issues for higher education. Many of these issues are fanned by repercussions of historical events as well as unconscious biases based on unknown U.S. history and individuals tending to remain in monolithic groups. Institutions of higher education have a duty to make their campuses a model of inclusivity where every student, faculty member and staff member is wholeheartedly appreciated.

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Insights Programme: Connecting with Alumni to support Widening Participation students’ career trajectories

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Photo credit: unsplash,Alejandro Escamilla, CC0 In this post, Eilidh Steele, Internships Manager at the Careers Service, highlights the Insights Programme, which exemplifies the fourth and final strand of the Widening Participation Strategy: ‘Support to Progress”. This strand ensures that “targeted information, advice and guidance should be easily available to WP students so they build the skills, expertise, experience and networks to make their next step” (WP Strategy 2018 -2021 Guiding Princip

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Assessments in Higher Education: Using Data to Grow UniversitiesChanging Higher Ed Podcast 020 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Jamie Morley

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this podcast, Assessment: Using Data to Grow Universities with Jamie Morley we discuss why assessment is critical for ensuring instruction is effective in helping students to learn. This data is even more important as the demographics of students and expectations of what higher education should accomplish change. In this podcast, Assessment: Using Data to Grow Universities with Jamie Morley we discuss why assessment is critical to sustainability.

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Grow Enrollment and Retention with Personalizing the Student Experiencewith Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Susan Aldridge | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 021

The Change Leader, Inc.

Grow enrollment and retention for your Higher Education institution podcast. New market forces are leading to disruption in higher education enrollment numbers. Grow enrollment and retention for your Higher Education institution podcast. Personalizing the student experience drives enrollment and retention.

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The Effects of Nationalism, Politics, and Free Speech on Universities

The Change Leader, Inc.

The Effects of Nationalism, Politics, and Free Speech on Universities and Colleges across the country and the role of Higher Ed leadership.

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Insights Programme: Connecting with Alumni to support Widening Participation students' career trajectories

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Photo credit: unsplash,Alejandro Escamilla, CC0 In this post, Eilidh Steele, Internships Manager at the Careers Service, highlights the Insights Programme, which exemplifies the fourth and final strand of the Widening Participation Strategy: ‘Support to Progress”. This strand ensures that “targeted information, advice and guidance should be easily available to WP students so they build the skills, expertise, experience and networks to make their next step” (WP Strategy 2018 -2021 Guiding Princip

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