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Credit: Pixabay, CC0 Most of my research and practice focuses on academic development, more specifically, supporting university staff to enhance their teaching practice in ways that can enhance student engagement. For the last ten years I have been researching the ways that staff and students co-create curricula.
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Photo credit: Pixabay, markmags, CC0 Welcome to the March issue of Teaching Matters, which showcases findings from recent projects that research learning and teaching practices at the University of Edinburgh. Ideas about professional development for university teachers have also moved on.
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[image iStock Finland] Since 2012, Informatics has been developing a year-long training programme for tutors and demonstrators, initially with help from the Institute for Academic Development.
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As this is the final year of the current Theme, we are very keen for the University to be well represented, and so would encourage staff to consider submitting a conference proposal.
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