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Building bridges: Connecting minds in the global mental health community

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Through interactive mapping, idea generation, and logistical discussions, steering committee workshops identified the key benefits students and alumni sought from the project. It was collaboratively agreed that the online resource needed to be accessible to both current students and graduates. Where are we now?

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Meet the Syllabus: engaging in current research

Teaching Matters Student Employment

While many courses of this kind are excellent, there is nevertheless the danger of conveying an impression that research and teaching are disconnected. Research is something that happens upstream, where experts produce ideas. The course is designed to bridge the gap between teaching and research. General discussion ensued.

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Mini-series: Student subtitling project to improve accessibility of online media materials

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Photo credit: Pixabay, stockphoto, CC0 In this post, Professor Tina Harrison and Anne Marie-Scott write about the recent media subtitling pilot at The University of Edinburgh, and discuss the many benefits for students… At Edinburgh, we are working to improve the accessibility of our digital content for the benefit of all our audiences.

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The ‘other side’ of the university: Employ.ed on Campus Internship

Teaching Matters Student Employment

It’s quite a strange experience being on the ‘other side’ of the university, acting as both an undergraduate student and a member of staff. Working with the Researcher Development team on projects geared towards tutoring and teaching makes you appreciate how much work your lecturers and tutors put into their jobs.

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The benefits of blogging for PhD students

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

It may seem counterintuitive to add to the significant task of writing a thesis with more writing, particularly when the blogging style is so different, but I hope here to convince you of the benefits for PhD students. Obviously during a PhD, as with any research, there will be restrictions about what can be openly shared.

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Welcome to the May issue of Teaching Matters on the PhD experience

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In the 20 th century, the PhD was essentially an academic apprenticeship based entirely on a supervised research project. There are currently more PhD students in the UK than at any time in the past. LERU March 2010). We hope that you enjoy this edition of Teaching Matters and encourage you to get involved.

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Supporting sustainable careers and preparedness for job automation

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Students were supported to identify and discuss the tensions within the dilemma, propose possible resolutions, and consider the ramifications for their own career plans. Another activity invited students to research corporate sustainability practices.