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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

They are useful as a tool of reflection during the placement but many students return to them when writing their dissertations, to remind themselves how their research design evolved. It is useful to have students write fortnightly reflective diaries during their placements.

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Vielle Alliance: Developing ongoing academic collaboration and community with Sorbonne Nouvelle

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

My postdoctoral research on Gaelic acquisition and use has regularly taken me to communities throughout urban and rural Scotland, and all over the province of Nova Scotia in Canada.

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Mini-series: Great examples of using blogs in teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Nina herself (along with Hazel Christie, from IAD) has researched the use of blogs in teaching and learning as part of a PTAS grant and has recorded a podcast episode for our mini-series (released today). Nina and Hazel are also working on re-usable assessment marking criteria to help staff assess blogs.

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Mini-series: Academic blogging at University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

This included individual reflective writing, writing for public audiences, group writing, showcasing project/research work, and multi-modal blogging. site, we’ve developed a set of training workshops and will be kicking off a face-to-face seminar series to foster a community of practice. Alongside the new Blogs.Ed

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REF 2021: reflecting on results, rules and regulations, and reform (again)

SRHE

Research Excellence Framework 2021. The irritations researchers experience when working with secondary data are exemplified in looking at the REF 2021 results and comparing with 2014. More are promised after the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP) consultation reports. by Ian McNay. Four are fitted on to one page.