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Getting to Know You – Finding out who’s who in the Edinburgh Medical School

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Nevertheless, for undergraduate students, small class sizes in a large university can still mean that there’s lots of staff they don’t know, and sometimes it’s hard to feel part of a community. Developing a strong sense of community is something that is really important to us in the medical school.

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A network to support PhD students and engage staff members across imaging physics disciplines

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Mollie McFarlane (speaking) and Rob Williams (seated) from NHS medical physics, who spoke about the NHS medical physics training scheme. Image credit: author.

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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Staff new to online teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

The paper is entitled “Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: Implications for academic staff development”, and you can find it in the Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice. Mar 27, 2020

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Welcome to the Sept-Nov Hot Topic: Student Partnership Agreement 2023

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with learning and teaching. University-wide curriculum transformation and making the Edinburgh Student Vision a reality, and effectively communicating this work to students and staff.

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Datafication of education: Does online success blind us to what really matters?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

I am enthusiastic about promoting staff development and learning within the NHS and plan to utilise the knowledge and skills gained through participation in the MSc Clinical Education to cultivate this.

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The Students’ Association Student-Led Teaching Awards 2022

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Congratulations to all nominees for your achievements and thank you to all the students who nominated!

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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Top ten tips for teaching online

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: implications for academic staff development. Gill Aitken Gill Aitken is the Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education, at the Edinburgh Medical School. References Aitken, G., and Loads, D. and Jones, D.