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Skilful collaboration: Students and staff developing skill-based training in Clinical and Health Psychology

Teaching Matters Student Employment

This year we have begun a new collaboration between the Institute of Academic Development (IAD) and Clinical and Health Psychology; working closely together we have developed and delivered skill-based training workshops for students on the MSc Psychology of Mental Health (conversion) programme.

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Reflection and metacognition for veterinary students

Teaching Matters Student Employment

A final point to acknowledge is that, as individuals, everyone’s ‘reflective capacity’ differs and that includes staff as well as students! This surfaces, for example, when reviewing submissions for HEA fellowship applications – so as always, our curriculum evolution will need to be supported by aligned staff development opportunities.

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Developing virtual exchange at the University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Online Learning

It is in this context that the University was awarded its first Key Action 203 Strategic Partnership funding by the European Commission in 2017 to develop the Network for Intercultural Competence to facilitate Entrepreneurship (NICE) in collaboration with 7 other European universities*.

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From PgCAP to PTAS: Co-creating a new Development Needs Analysis for PGRs

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Credit: Dr Morag Treanor and Dr Alison Kozlowski with a student. Her assessment task for the option course on ‘Working with PGRs’ led her to develop a project for the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) on ‘ Co-Creating a New Development Needs Analysis for PGRs ’ (January 2024-July 2025).

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From PgCAP to PTAS: Co-creating a new Development Needs Analysis for PGRs

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Credit: Dr Morag Treanor and Dr Alison Kozlowski with a student. Her assessment task for the option course on ‘Working with PGRs’ led her to develop a project for the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) on ‘ Co-Creating a New Development Needs Analysis for PGRs ’ (January 2024-July 2025).

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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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Support at scale: School-wide support for postgraduates who teach

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Managing tutors and demonstrators on a large scale can be challenging, but also rewarding for both students and the School.