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Service Excellence Programme: Programme and Course Information Management (PCIM)

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The project had several outcomes, including fantastic examples of student and staff engagement, enhanced course descriptors, and revised policies, which laid important ground work for the current PCIM project. It will enhance the information available by improving and streamlining how we propose, maintain, and close courses and programmes.

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Your marketing team knows AI is the new jackpot. What hinders its growth?

University Business

In a recent report from EAB, 71% of student success staff said their institution never or rarely encourages teams to share what they are learning about AI with their peers. Only about 20% said their institution is collecting information about how they use the technology. The post Your marketing team knows AI is the new jackpot.

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“Coffee anyone?” Encouraging student and staff informal interaction in Biomedical Sciences

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

The event went very well, students and staff attending enjoyed the informal nature of the evening and the opportunity to meet new members of the deanery. At the end of the evening, prizes were awarded to three lucky students whose answers were pulled out of the draw.

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Researching our Learning and Teaching – get involved, get informed

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

What do academic staff truly believe about and value in their teaching? Participate in a Universitas 21 network survey on teaching and find out more about ongoing research on teaching practices and attitudes. How do we really know what goes on inside university classrooms?

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Course and Programme Design: Cycling through the ELDeR process

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Learning design is the process of designing learning experiences (planning, structuring, sequencing) through facilitated activities that are pedagogically informed, explicit, and make better use of technologies in teaching. There is also an informal Board of Studies network you can join here , which meets face-to-face twice a year.

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Learning Technology Induction Pack

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Tracey is Learning Technology Advisor in Learning Teaching and Web (Information Services). In order that staff who are new ( to the University ) have a basic grounding in the use of our supported learning technology, an induction pack was developed. We are hoping that this resource will be found useful and shared widely.

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Supporting our tutors and demonstrators: A balance of principles, practice and policy

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this extra post, Dr David Quinn, Lecturer in the School of Mathematics, shares his experience of supporting tutors and demonstrators, from informal support like peer support, to more formal routes such as peer observation and the courses offered by Institute for Academic Development: Introduction to Academic Practice (IntroAP) or the Edinburgh Teaching (..)