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Teaching building and building teachers

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Earlier this year, University of Edinburgh’s Engineering Department celebrated their 150th year , recognising the successes of engineering and innovation in Scotland. This is where Engineering for Change (E4C) can help. Teach the children a bit about engineering – get them thinking. And off she went.

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Co-created learning and teaching through the lens of the development of a University-wide course

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Vanessa Ombura Vanessa Ombura is a third year Civil Engineering undergraduate student and a University of Edinburgh MasterCard Foundation scholar. With time, as more solutions are designed and implemented, I look forward to seeing the University-wide course on the city of Edinburgh come to life.

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Steps to success: Connecting careers to student support

Teaching Matters Student Employment

The advent of the new student support model offered an opportunity to draw a clear link between the Careers Service and student support, making the implicit, explicit. Susan has over 13 years’ experience in careers guidance working with students of all disciplines. 29 June 2001.

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Common group dynamics: How teamwork works

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Students are placed into groups of 6-8 members, spanning the entirety of the University of Edinburgh student body – in one group you may easily find a PhD Sociology student collaborating with a 2 nd year Engineering undergraduate.

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Excitement grows as The University of Edinburgh students tackle exceptional learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This excitement is particularly evident in student societies like Edinburgh University Formula Student (EUFS) and HYPED , where students from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds come together to push the boundaries of engineering, informatics, and innovation.

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Employability and experiential learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

See related posts here: GeoScience Outreach: teaching science communication ‘beyond the programme’ and outside of the ‘Ivory Tower’ Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs): Learning and teaching beyond disciplinary silos References [1] [link] [2] Chan, C.K.Y. 3] Crossman, J.E. & & Clarke, M.

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Academic Peer Learning

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The Leadership course we developed is also distinctive in its multi-disciplinary approach, bringing together students’ from disciplines across Arts, Humanities, Science and Engineering. The feedback showed the diversity of the group to be one of the most positive aspects of the course.