Focus On projects
‘Focus On projects’ is a QAA Scotland initiative to help schools and units in institutes of higher education work in some important areas. Topics chosen by QAA Scotland are advised following recommendations and…
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Good practice – learning and teaching: two-handed lectures
School of Classics In two of the four Classical Studies Subhonours modules (CL1004 Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture and CL1005 Images of Augustan Rome) we have trialled lectures delivered…
Good practice – supporting students: employability
Department of Social Anthropology The grant writing workshop is a great chance to hear about how to approach grant writing, which is becoming an increasingly important skill in academia today.
Good practice – supporting students: enterprise and employability in the curriculum
Department of Film Studies In Film Studies enterprise and employability is embedded into the curriculum.
Good practice – supporting students: supporting PhDs for post-PhD work
Department of Film Studies Film Studies have organised and supported a wide range of activities to help prepare students for post-PhD work, both within and beyond academia.
Good practice – supporting students: teaching opportunities
School of English The School of English continues to develop the Professionalizing of PhDs by offering teaching opportunities to PhD students and running sessions on non-academic jobs in Universities.
Good practice – assessment and feedback: feedback dialogue area (School of Mathematics and Statistics)
School of Mathematics and Statistics The School of Mathematics and Statistics has a Feedback Dialogue area in a prominent area of the main corridor of the Mathematical Institute.
Good practice – assessment and feedback: boosting student engagement in assessment feedback
School of Economics and Finance In response to low collection rates of hard copies, students can now envision feedback on essays and projects directly on MMS.
Remote lecture delivery stats (March to May 2020)
The start of our temporary move to online teaching began on the 23 March 2020, at which point we started putting the usage stats from Panopto into a dashboard that you could look at.
Teaching Excellence Award Winners 2020
This year five Teaching Excellence Awards were made for outstanding contributions to learning and teaching across the University. Unfortunately, we were not able to hold a ceremony this year due to COVID-19, however, a…