Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 30, 2020

Photo credit: Dan Meyers, Unsplash CC0 In this post for April’s theme on ‘Sustainability in the curriculum’, Rowan Jackson, Director of the Environmental Sustainability Masters programme, argues that fostering creativity and diversity in teaching styles and methods provides students with solid foundations for tackling complex sustainability issues… On the Environmental Sustainability MSc programme , here in the School of GeoSciences, we have incorporated sustainability in

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 29, 2020

Photo credit: Faruk Kaymak Unsplash CC0 For this Spotlight on Remote Teaching post, Dr Yahya Barry, Teaching Assistant and Research Fellow at Edinburgh’s Alwaleed Centre, discusses how Islamic law has responded to state-enforced social isolation measures in the wake of the Covonavirus pandemic. These questions will be explored further in the free online course The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction , relaunching on 11 May 2020… Coronavirus has come and, with sheer draconian forc

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2020

Scenario, Risk, and Budget Planning: Is Your University’s Fall Term Toast? The spring terms at higher education institutions are just about history. But what can you do to save your 2021 enrollment?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 28, 2020

Photo credit: Kelly Sikkema, Unsplash CC0 In this Spotlight on Remote Teaching post, Suilin Lavelle, lecturer in Philosophy of the Mind, contributes to yesterday’s conversation on developing a positive supervisory relationship online by sharing practical tips on how to best support students in completing their Masters dissertation remotely… For many Masters students writing their dissertation is one of the most exciting and daunting challenges of their degree.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 30, 2020

Stationery and writing equipment recycling project, photo by Peter Buckley In this final post for April’s ‘Sustainability in the curriculum’ series, Peter Buckley, Teaching Fellow in English for Academic Purposes at English Language Education, shares his journey with sustainability at the University of Edinburgh as a teacher with no ‘official’ background in sustainability… The Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) Other blog posts in this Teaching Matters se

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APRIL 27, 2020

Now is also a great time for institutions to have a clear out and focus on raising website content standards

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 26, 2020

University Governance during Crisis Situations with Dr. Cathy Trower and Dr. Drumm McNaughton offers insights into the board’s role during a major crisis, such as the current pandemic. She discusses the importance of a partnership between the president and board chair as well as the communication channels that need to be created in a time of crisis.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 27, 2020

Photo credit: Unsplash,CC0 In this Spotlight on Remote Teaching post, Kelly Smith, Gill Aitken, Tim Fawns and Derek Jones, share the key findings of a study they conducted on developing positive supervisory relationships in online Masters dissertation… Many more of us will be supervising (and possibly undertaking) dissertations online, and while this might be unsettling for some, it can be a positive and rewarding experience.

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