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What even is a University anyway?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

During this time, she has advocated for students at a University level, including Court and Executive, but also to Scottish and UK Government on matters surrounding student safety, student experience and the rising cost of living. Ellen was a member of the Curriculum Transformation Board and Student Engagement Strategy Group.

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GeoScience Outreach: teaching science communication ‘beyond the programme’ and outside of the ‘Ivory Tower’

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This year on the course we have students participating from diverse programmes including ecology, geology, geography, psychology, archaeology and landscape architecture. However, our bugs are under threat as the green spaces which provide them with food and shelter are engulfed by growing cities.

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Mini-series: What is a living lab?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Students work over 11 weeks to research the problem and come up with solutions, liaising with the department to ensure the context has been fully understood.

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The Living Lab: Interdisciplinary, problem-based learning in the city

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In 2016 Ewan and a TA, Alyssa Alcorn, developed a level 8 cross-school course , Data, Design and Society , on the topic ‘Food and the University’. The goal was not necessarily to produce a ‘solution’ but to problematise an issue in a novel way using data and design.

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