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Reflection and metacognition for veterinary students

Teaching Matters Student Employment

They consider the ways in which the School understands this, detailing how its courses are already implementing reflectivity at various levels of learning and teaching, from course material to assessment to professional development. This post is part of the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Series: Reflective Learning.

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Developing virtual exchange at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Credit: pixabay, geralt, CC0 As part of its ambitious Vision 2025 strategy, the University of Edinburgh is committed to provide all students with an international experience. UoE Students: You can apply for NICE here and INCiTE here !

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Bridging the seminar room and the world of public policy: Six practical tips for organising work placements

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Build a network Mostly relevant for those charged with organising multiple placements it is crucial to build up a network of contacts in the relevant ‘world’ in to which you are seeking to place students. Placing students in appropriate and rewarding placements is only possible through clear communication.

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From PgCAP to PTAS: Co-creating a new Development Needs Analysis for PGRs

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Therefore, it is relevant right from the start and throughout the researcher degree journey by reflecting on strengths, development needs, intentions, and opportunities. To understand current practices at Edinburgh and students’ experiences, I looked at the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) from 2023.

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Support at scale: School-wide support for postgraduates who teach

Teaching Matters Student Employment

After an external review a new process was introduced and has continued to be developed in 2016-2017 to ensure transparency, fairness and compliance with legislation. The new redesigned process therefore looks to ensure it fully meets the needs of PhD students as well as the course organisers. It gets me paid on time.”

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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

This was a timely published blog post as it coincided with the launch of the Centre for Experiential Learning – an online hub for pulling together best practice across the university, and supporting the development of new tools and frameworks for experiential learning. This blog post is important to me for two reasons.

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Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT)

Teaching Matters Academic Support

It is therefore important that postgraduates who teach are trained, developed, and supported in their roles. In 2016/17, Focus On took the postgraduate research (PGR) student experience as its theme, an important aspect of which was postgraduates who teach.