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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

Photo credit: unsplash, Elizabeth Jamieson, CC0 In this post, Dr Daniel Kenealy, a Lecturer in Public Policy in the School of Social and Political Science, presents his six top tips for organising student work placements One of my most challenging but rewarding tasks has been the development of around eighty ‘Capstone’ placements for postgraduate (..)

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

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

The programme of lectures and seminars I developed for my week of teaching at Sorbonne Nouvelle was largely informed by my doctoral and postdoctoral research on the use of Gaelic within and beyond the education system.

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Mini-series: Great examples of using blogs in teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Students develop their own set of personal and professional skills and attributes, and often use a blog to reflect on their progress. Simon did an excellent presentation as part of our blogging seminar series – and the recording is well worth a listen.

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Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing: Team building in Higher Education

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Being able to share thoughts and ideas on the planning of lectures/workshops/seminars, as well as meeting to reflect on the pedagogy of these, helps to make for a cohesive team. Ramsden (2003) stated that the focus should be on good teaching as much as good teachers.

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Mini-series: Academic blogging at University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

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. This will allow staff and students to share their experiences, and influence and steer the development of the service going forward. Alongside the new Blogs.Ed

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

SRHE

SRHE used to run post -Assessment seminars. Their consultation period finished in May, before the results came out – of course – but their report may be open to comment. Keep your eyes open. We might have one when that report appears. SRHE Fellow Ian McNay is emeritus professor at the University of Greenwich.