Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In recent years, increased pressure has been placed on educational institutions, by government and industry, to provide opportunities for higher education students to acquire and develop the skills required for industry ( Thomas S, & Busby S, 2003 ). Do industry collaborative projects enhance students’ learning?,

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

I also now appreciate the importance of students engaging in thinking about their future careers as early as possible. Although I value education for its own sake, the vast majority of students come to university because they believe it will improve their employment prospects.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Photo credit: Flip Design Agency Following on from her earlier post this year , Zoe Patterson, Programme Director for Graphic Design at ECA, describes another student engagement initiative that benefits both undergraduate and school students… What the f**k is Graphic Design? Sep 13, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Real-world learning opportunities These projects are more than just extracurricular activities; they are invaluable learning experiences that extend beyond the borders of traditional education. IMST-10 : A course for more senior students to build on their Makerspace experience and take on mentoring roles.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Dr Neil Hudson, Senior Veterinary Clinical Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education reflects on the benefits of enabling undergraduate students to participate in teaching. I am really pleased to receive this fellowship.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 2, 2024

Emma Taylor Emma Taylor is the Students as Change Agents Programme Manager, where she leads on the development, delivery, and management of SACHA. Her background is in Education, with experience teaching and tutoring at a variety of levels, from primary grades to master’s courses.

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JULY 9, 2024

She led the BOOSTalent project which aims to foster innovation in AI and machine learning (ML) across five European Higher Education Institutions particularly in the fields of aerospace, electronics, advanced materials, sustainability, and biodiversity.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this post, Kit Daniel Searle, University Teacher in Operational Research (OR)↗️ at the School of Mathematics↗️ shares their experience embedding a low-risk consultancy project within their course curriculum highlighting the perks of student-industry collaboration.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

NICE aims to enhance student employability by facilitating the development of intercultural competencies and entrepreneurial skills, and their practical application in “real-life” situations to address global challenges by collaborating in virtual, transnational groups using tailor-made ICT tools.

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JULY 13, 2023

Throughout the day, I had the chance to meet academics and fellow students from UoE and other institutions. I am extremely grateful that I was able to discuss my understanding of learning and teaching with these people who are passionate about education. The second day was online, and I contributed by moderating two sessions.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

At this early stage, the student receives feedback from their SLICC staff tutor, who offers them guidance on how they may gain greater insight during the learning experience and maximise the available opportunities. Simon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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MAY 22, 2018

CC0 [Pixabay] This post sees Psychology student, Tobias, explaining how much he has valued project-based learning in his undergraduate experience, and how this has prepared him for the professional world… Education must prepare students for life. This universal set of qualities is appealing.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 20, 2022

Zoe’s research in the field of education has manifest itself in a number of design and teaching projects. Zoe Patterson Zoe Patterson is the UG Graphic Design Programme Director within Edinburgh College of Art.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Using lego, he found new ways to explain the importance of referencing, and shifted ‘lecture’ teaching spaces into small, engaged group work. Chris provides an example of how, on one of his courses, they include a workshop on assessment literacy for the students, using the HEA Engaging with Feedback Toolkit.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2017

Delivering the Graduate Attributes “Each student at the University of Edinburgh joins us from different educational backgrounds, cultures and experiences. Seconded to the Institute for Academic Development he is developing his interests in reflection, experiential learning, and student agency, to develop SLICCs institution-wide.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 18, 2020

In this post, Professor Tina Harrison (Assistant Principal, University of Edinburgh) and Stephanie Vallancey (Vice President Education, Students’ Association), provide an update on progress so far, encourage students and staff to comment on a draft of the reflective analysis and outline the next steps… WHAT IS ELIR?

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JUNE 3, 2024

In their challenge groups, students apply the thinking style from their discipline as well as draw on their own unique set of insights from their background, formative education and lived experiences.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Engagement through Partnership: Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. York : The Higher Education Academy. Students as Researchers. York : The Higher Education Academy. Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 11, 2024

At least I know some people in the career services department, other staff on the SACHA program, the opportunities that can accrue to me through this program, meet wonderful people from all over the world who are also having their education at Edinburgh. He is always willing to contribute to the greater good of society.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 10, 2018

Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe leads the University’s Employability Consultancy. Mort Kelleher Dr Mort Kelleher is a Transplant Anaesthetist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with an interest in Medical Education.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Furthermore, we hope they will gain a near-peer role model with our student, who is currently in higher education. As an institution, such community engagement activities help address addressing the complex issues surrounding widening participation. Photo credit: Annette Götzkes. Half-time: How has it been going so far?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 16, 2019

For eight years in a row, around 80 per cent of students have told NUS that they want their institutions to be doing more on sustainability, and around 60 per cent of students want to learn more about it. Matthew has worked for the University since 2011. Jan 16, 2019

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JULY 2, 2019

Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies. I unashamedly reveal my bias this month: I am a huge supporter of embedding placements and fieldwork opportunities into course design. Jul 2, 2019

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

– Peter Mathieson (Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh) Helen Szoor-McElhinney Dr Helen Szoor-McElhinney is the EPSRC Proteus Public Engagement Strategist, based at the Queens Medical Research Institute, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Just as when a child learns to walk, we should let people try, take risks, and fail during their education, particularly at university. So my call to action from all those involved in education, whether at the University of Edinburgh or anywhere else, is this: let your students off their leash and let them lead their education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 19, 2022

Ellen was EUSA President 20/22, and Tara was EUSA Vice President Education 21/22. This post summarises Ellen MacRae and Tara Gold’s keynote talk: What even is a University anyway?, and includes a video of their presentation at McEwan Hall. This post is part of the Hot Topic: Learning & Teaching Conference 2022.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 9, 2017

It also seeks to enhance the learning and development opportunities these activities provide and encourage students to see the relevance of these activities in preparing them for their future. We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 22, 2020

The Making Transitions Personal (MTP) Pre-arrival and Start-of-year Reviews is an initiative that aims to support this through a set of targeted reflective questions given to students before the start of the academic year. or gavin.mccabe@ed.ac.uk

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Next steps For more ideas on curriculum design, see these Teaching Matters articles: Developing Reflection in the Curriculum History for the future: Update on the new pre-honours curriculum in History Diversifying the medical curriculum using open educational resources Fair’s Fair: embedding equality and diversity into the curriculum Sabrina Valeria (..)

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 9, 2020

For the student, this provides them with the more unusual opportunity to move away from their university bubble (and comfort zone) and apply their subject knowledge and skill practically, with the express aim of supporting an external agency. The student project and its legacy comprise the component with the greatest proportion of marks.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 8, 2018

As a University, this presents a unique challenge – particularly when considering the aim of ‘giving our students the best possible set of skills for their future, and the opportunity to draw from deep expertise outside their core discipline [1] ’. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning, 22: 148-159.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

This was under the University’s Employ.ed program , which saw us developing a course prototype delivered in the form of a website , a Learn page, and a final presentation.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 7, 2018

Design Agency allows students on the Graphic Design programme to graduate with four years of full-time education with an honours degree and, simultaneously, four years of work experience. Each year, senior students team together in Creative Director roles to form their own profit-generating agencies.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

Barrie, 2004:262 However, what I have noticed through practice is that this undoubtedly critical element of higher education are often still attempted to be “taught”. This is supported by international studies of the need for higher education environment to do more applied “living curriculum” (Bath, et al., and Swann, R.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 7, 2019

Years later, after working in the youth justice and education sectors, I moved into a role within widening participation. Some of our most important work focuses on learners who have been in the care system, those who are estranged from their families, and those returning to education later in life. May 7, 2019

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The Living Lab programme is also working on how to support more engaging and diversified student learning. This is inspired by insights from studies of science technology and innovation (STIS) into the ‘messiness’ of real-life innovation, and from approaches in studio-based design education.

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