Teaching Matters
We are proud to work with the University's Institute for Academic Development (IAD). Read our contributions to IAD’s Teaching Matters website and blog.
The Teaching Matters website and blog are spaces for debate about learning and teaching, for sharing ideas and approaches to teaching, and for showcasing our successes, including academic colleagues who are leading the way in delivering brilliant teaching.
In this episode, Senior Lecturers Guy Fletcher at the School of Philosophy and Marc Geddes at the School of Politics share good practice by examining the successes and challenges of their courses nominated in the Teaching Awards. This is the third episode of our 2022 Teaching Awards podcast series, which features reflective conversations between nominees. […]
In this extra post, Thomas Bak and Brittany Blankinship, from the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, explore – through three ‘fallacies of comparison’ – how the tendency to judge ourselves against others can spark anxiety and hinder our learning with one another. Learning together can be one of the best, most productive, and, […]
In this post, Clarissa Yung, undergraduate student in Psychology, explores lessons learned from her Employ.ed internship at the Institute for Academic Development (where one of her duties was managing this blog!) Reflecting on her experience, Clarissa traces how a successful internship programme can support students in pursuing new directions for skill-sets, networking, and research. This […]
In this post, Monika Zon, an undergraduate Philosophy student at The University of Edinburgh, looks back at a series of philosophy workshops for schools that had been organised through Student Partnership Agreement funding. A collaboration between the University’s Philosophy department and student Society, the project aimed to widen participation in philosophy within secondary education. This […]
In this post, Dennis Relojo-Howell reflects on his participation in the Learning & Teaching Conference panel held on Day 1: ‘Wellbeing across the academic community’. The video of this panel session is embedded at the end of this post. Dennis is a PhD student and Managing Director of Psychreg. This post is part of the […]
In this extra post, Dr Laura Cariola and Tamara Lai describe the challenges faced by Third Culture Students in Higher Education, and offer suggestions on how students and members of staff can support these students. Laura is a Lecturer in Applied Psychology, and Tamara is a recent MA (Hons) graduate in Psychology and Linguistics. Who […]
In this post, Shian Holt attempts to answer the question: What do research students want from their academic student community? Shian is Head of Student Support & Enhancement in the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences (PPLS). This post is part of the Building Community Learning and Teaching Enhancement Theme. As the majority of research […]
In this episode, Filip Taneski, a PhD student within the School of Engineering, and Brittany Blankinship, a PhD student in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, share good practice by discussing their nominations for the 2022 Student Tutor of the Year. This is the second episode of our Teaching Awards series, which features […]
In this post, Shian Holt highlights recent work undertaken by the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences (PPLS) to enhance support for Widening Participation students in the Strand 3 of the Widening Participation strategy: ‘Support to succeed’. Shian is Head of Student Support & Enhancement in PPLS. This post is part of the L&T […]