Writers

Information on how University of Edinburgh staff and students can potentially write for the Teaching Matters blog. Includes themes for 2025.

Teaching Matters is continuously looking for members of the University of Edinburgh community to reflect on our teaching and learning by contributing to the blog. Please refer to the publishing schedule and upcoming themes below.

Please submit your blog post via the submission form: Submit a post – Teaching Matters

Publishing schedule and upcoming themes

Please find below our upcoming publishing schedule, which is guest edited by Dr Kirsten Cowan. The submission request for these series has now closed so we are not looking for contributions at this stage. 

Teaching Matters blog - themes for 2025
MonthsThemesType of theme: Hot topic/ Enhancement
Jan - Feb 2025In-class Perspectives to Engaging and Empowering LearnersHot Topic (Tuesdays)
Jan - Feb 2025Engaging and Empowering Learning with TechnologyLearning & Teaching Enhancement (Thursdays)
March - April 2025Engaging and Empowering Learners: Lecturers that Make a DifferenceHot Topic (Tuesdays)

Other upcoming themes for 2025, which are open to contributors: 

  • Universal Learning Design
  • Student Voice
  • PGT and Curriculum Transformation Programme
  • Perspectives of tutors and demonstrators

Please do get in touch with us if you would like to contribute a post or be a guest editor for one of these themes: teachingmatters@ed.ac.uk

If you would like to write about something related to learning and teaching that does not fit with one of the upcoming themes, please send us an email (teachingmatters@ed.ac.uk) with your idea, as we leave room to publish extra posts on Mondays.

Information required for publication

Please read our writing and style guidelines for all the information required to a write and submit a blog post to Teaching Matters: Writing style guide – Teaching Matters

In brief, submissions require:

  • 500-900 word blog post 
  • Short author(s) bio (4-5 sentences)
  • Author(s) headshot
  • Images or videos to feature on the blog 
  • Social media handles (X, Instagram, LinkedIn)

Please submit your blog post via the online form on Teaching Matters: Submit a post – Teaching Matters

Any questions, please contact the editors at: teachingmatters@ed.ac.uk