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Skilful collaboration: Students and staff developing skill-based training in Clinical and Health Psychology

Teaching Matters Student Employment

We spoke about effective time management and timetabling techniques, how to prevent procrastination, and how to be more active in lectures and tutorials. Our sessions included: Academic Skills At this session we discussed in detail the importance of critical thinking and ways to become more critical when reading and writing.

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Reflection and metacognition for veterinary students

Teaching Matters Student Employment

All students who are repeating a year or part-year are required to take this course and must pass in order to progress. A final point to acknowledge is that, as individuals, everyone’s ‘reflective capacity’ differs and that includes staff as well as students! What next for reflection?

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Developing virtual exchange at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Online Learning

It is in this context that the University was awarded its first Key Action 203 Strategic Partnership funding by the European Commission in 2017 to develop the Network for Intercultural Competence to facilitate Entrepreneurship (NICE) in collaboration with 7 other European universities*. UoE contact: John Bennett , Go Abroad Projects Manager.

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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

It’s important to give students time to make an informed decision about whether to take a placement, and I found it useful to accompany students to an early meeting with potential placement hosts.

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

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Managing tutors and demonstrators on a large scale can be challenging, but also rewarding for both students and the School. The introduction of this process has ensured T&Ds are paid in a timely manner and has allowed management to have more control over the budget. Apr 11, 2017

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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Look out for a Student Wellbeing Teaching Matters mini-series in July and August 2019. The benefits of blogging for PhD students (25th May 2017) Blogging is increasingly being recognised as an established method of communicating academic writing.

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Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT)

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Expectations of PGWT Postgraduates who teach should consider: seeking out opportunities for development and support, both within their organisational unit and within the wider institution. seeking and establishing communication with the course organiser, and communicating student comments and contributing their own views.