Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Tackling these organisational issues means looking closely at our academic and professional services structures, and challenging some of the accepted wisdom on how we provide support to students. To that end, our series of internal conversations will shortly be expanded to include our partner Schools. Oct 1, 2018

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EAB

APRIL 24, 2023

The Results With ongoing support from EAB’s professional services team, they saved hundreds of hours and expect to save even more in future cycles. Northampton’s IE staff were then able to easily run their reports, check for errors, and submit them on time. It’s a whole team.

Community College 52

Community College Professional Services Management Continuing Education 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Collaborative Living Lab projects can provide answers and guidance for operations and professional services staff, experiential learning opportunities for students, and gateways for research impact for academics. What makes a Living Lab project? A Living Lab project should aim to: Solve a real life problem.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Research Food Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Tackling these organisational issues means looking closely at our academic and professional services structures, and challenging some of the accepted wisdom on how we provide support to students. To that end, our series of internal conversations will shortly be expanded to include our partner Schools. Oct 1, 2018

Professional Services 40

Professional Services Support Services Management Curriculum Development 40

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Similarly, we would like to thank all staff involved (academic, professional services, sessional), the residential site and staff, George Gaff, who similarly ensured a COVID safe space.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Alumni Research Education 52

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 6, 2023

The incentive to review book manuscripts is near nonexistent, and not just because the payment university presses are able to provide for this service, in the form of cash or books, is inevitably quite small compared to the time and thought required to give detailed, in-depth feedback.

Professional Services 98

Professional Services Utilities Faculty Consulting 98

Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Although we have some academics serving as coaches, most are professional services staff, covering a wide range of roles and seniorities. The professional services emphasis helps: the coaching relationship is not an academic one. The coaches then meet with their students once a month during their first year in Edinburgh.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Recruitment Student Development Administration 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 7, 2019

This months’ Widening Participation strategy-themed Teaching Matters’ posts will showcase the already rich variety of outreach and support strategies that academic and professional services staff in the University are undertaking. On 29 May, there will be an open Senate session where you can hear and discuss more on this topic.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Developing such guidance and training has been a chief focus of the Digital Safety and Citizenship initiative in the Digital Skills team over the past two years, but it is clear that we need the help of both our academic and professional services colleagues to spread the word.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Professional Development Student Conduct Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 14, 2024

Each year, we have several categories celebrating these staff – from supervisors and cohort leads to the many professional services staff who keep things ticking along smoothly. I think this is a clear indicator of just how much they appreciate this part of their relationship with staff.

Support Services 52

Support Services Professional Services Professional Development Career Services 52

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Here are my takeaways: Faculty diversity matters, not simply as a matter of justice or equity but as a way to enhance the three responsibilities universities value most: teaching, research, and community and professional service. Nor is something approaching faculty diversity unachievable within our lifetimes.

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Faculty Social Justice Research Administration 98

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 13, 2021

Staff play a pivotal role in the student experience at the University of Edinburgh, from Lecturers and Tutors to Supervisors, Personal Tutors and Professional Services staff. Our Awards are now back for their 12 th year.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice Professional Services Media Research 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 6, 2023

The Panel was asked to feed into the development of a Digital Strategy together with members from administrative teams and professional services across the University.

Food 52

Food Professional Services Consulting Student Life 52

EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Next, Northampton’s IR and IE staff partnered with Edify’s professional services team to build exports in Edify that matched every form field and reporting requirement for both IPEDS and the Pennsylvania state reporting agency, PIMS.

Community College 52

Community College Government Professional Services Management 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Such capabilities include both general and subject-specific experience in data and project management, communication, team facilitation, and event coordination, liaising with internal and external stakeholders, guiding conversations and speaking publicly, supporting or delivering professional services, and building digital resources.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Professional Services Higher Education Industry 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 27, 2023

They have also interviewed staff members – both academic and professional services – who are actively engaged in innovating student feedback mechanisms. In focus groups, our student interns have led discussion with peers about their personal experiences in giving feedback to the University.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Student Engagement Education IT 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 3, 2022

Staff play a pivotal role in the student experience at The University of Edinburgh, from Lecturers and Tutors to Supervisors, Personal Tutors and Professional Services staff. Edinburgh University Students’ Association was the first in the UK to offer student-led Teaching Awards, and our Awards are now in their 13th year.

Engineering 52

Engineering Medical Social Justice Professional Services 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 27, 2020

The contributors were a mixed bag of clinicians, academics and professional services staff but all were starting to find their feet with teaching online. I wanted to know if others felt the same so, in 2012/13, I interviewed everyone teaching on the Clinical Education Masters at that time.

Medical 52

Medical Staff Development Healthcare Professional Services 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 14, 2019

The way students are signed up to courses in EUCLID impacts feelings of agency, worth, and value for students, professional service staff, and academics alike. The way a Board of Studies New Course form is structured, for example, shapes perceptions of what is valued by our institution in terms of teaching.

Professional Services 52

Professional Services Media Administration Research 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 31, 2020

This duty involves both legal and moral obligations to internal (students, academic and professional services staff) and external (the general public) audiences through a variety of published material, including but not limited to physical and digital documents.

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Professional Services Disability Services Education IT 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

JULY 4, 2023

This triple whammy of innovation has placed considerable demands on academic staff, students, and professional service colleagues as we try to bridge gaps and make connections between various fields of study in a complex web of university structures and processes.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice Professional Services Engineering Management 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

AUGUST 1, 2018

With Spotlight on Joint Degrees , a monthly blog post will bring you notes from the field, which we hope will encourage discussion across the university about what joint degrees should look like, and facilitate productive dialogue between students, professional services staff and academics.

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Research Professional Services Student Engagement Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Helen Stringer Helen Stringer is Assistant Director of the Careers Service, with a remit for developing and strengthening academic partnerships.

Career Services 52

Career Services Curriculum Development Professional Services Recruitment 52

SRHE

APRIL 10, 2024

Therefore, I argue that whole university mental health, with academic and professional services included, should be to the fore in university policies and higher management discussions. Academic staff who are well and focused will offer the best support, guidance and teaching to your students.

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Development and Fund Raising Higher Education Management Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 8, 2019

The membership of the group spanned all three colleges, academics and professional services, and created a space for holistic discussions about this to occur. In 2018, the Senate Learning and Teaching Committee task group, “ Promoting inclusion, equality and diversity in the curriculum ”, was created to address these concerns.

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Curriculum Development Professional Services Research Education 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 10, 2020

Key staff, both Professional Services and academic, also attend, including the Head of School and Heads of Subject Area, the Senior Tutor, the QA Director and the (Deputy) Undergraduate Directors, the Teaching Directors for each Subject Area, plus the Student Support Manager and the Careers Consultant.

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Professional Services Management Consulting 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 27, 2023

For students, they have personal and professional development opportunities to enhance their CVs, beyond the society involvement alone. For example, they can evidence working closely alongside academic and professional services staff.

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Marketing and Communication Services Consulting Professional Services Student Engagement 52

Hanover Research

MARCH 31, 2023

When this happens, everyone — most of all, students — reap considerable benefits. —Marriam Ewaida , PhD, Managing Director, K–12 Professional Services , Hanover Research Build your district and school employees’ data literacy skills with our Data Literacy Checklist.

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Professional Services Administration Management Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 30, 2024

Recognising that students should have an active role in embedding climate and sustainability within the Curriculum Transformation Project, and their own curriculum.   Students have worked with academic and professional services colleagues to map curriculum against the Sustainable Development Goals in academic schools; identified and created case (..)

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Alumni Professional Services Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

I talked to 13 staff participants across different schools and roles, including professional services and guest lecturers, to find out what value they saw in lecture recording. Unstructured interviews are essentially conversations with a purpose.

Research 52

Research Banking Professional Services Food 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 4, 2020

They had specifically organised a session for all new staff, professional services staff and academics together. My feelings of gratitude for the work experience quickly turned to bad feelings about the overall company, their values and the people in it. Then I think of my first day as ‘Events Administrator’ in the Law School in 2014.

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Professional Services Alumni Administration IT 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 4, 2020

The ‘Practice Worth Sharing’ (PWS) forum in the Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES) aims to promote discussion and to share information about practice that has worked well for academic/professional services staff, as well as providing opportunities to take a ‘tricky issue’ for discussion.

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Professional Services Research Education Staff Development 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

Photo credit: unsplash, Taylor Barber, CC0 In this post, PhD student Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka explains what the term ‘co-creation of the curriculum’ means, and how it can be an effective student partnership approach… Co-creation of the curriculum is one form of engagement in undergraduate learning and teaching in which students and staff (..)

Student Engagement 52

Student Engagement Curriculum Development Professional Development Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

AUGUST 31, 2023

In our role as teachers or professional service staff, how can we support students to reconcile such tensions and meaningfully contribute to sustainable development in their future workplaces and careers? Aspiring to work in a socially impactful industry or company may come into conflict with an individual’s personal career priorities.

Career Services 52

Career Services Industry Media Professional Services 52

Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We have excellent Professional Services staff who can give students the in-depth support they might need, but there is a lot that other members of our community can do. If we all were aware of the signs to look out for and knew about the resources available , more students might feel comfortable in seeking out the support.

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Higher Education Health Services Professional Services Medical 59

Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 19, 2021

Applying these same design principles to higher education can transform the way that our stakeholders experience learning, teaching, research, and professional services.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Education Architecture Research 52

Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 3, 2023

Others hire professional services. Local businesses often have my students shovel their sidewalks on snow days. The key to this fundraiser is marketing. A lot of folks are happy to do their own yard work. What we did was make it personal and meaningful. We advertised our fundraising goals, which means something to local supporters.

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