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Careers by Design: Scottish Government’s Career Review

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Shelagh Green, Director of Careers Service at The University of Edinburgh, offers an overview of the Scottish Government’s 2022 review of careers services for young people.

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Catching the waves: surfing, enhancement, and student success

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Gavin McCabe takes stock of the many Enhancement initiatives he has helped develop at the University over the years and reflects on how to remain open and responsive to opportunities.

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The Reflection Toolkit: Supporting effective reflection

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In this post, Gavin McCabe, Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service, spotlights the Reflection Toolkit – an invaluable resource for reflective practice in the HE sector and beyond.

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Welcome to the Sept-Oct Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Careers and Employability

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this first post, Colm Harmon, Vice-Principal Students, introduces the series, contextualising its importance in the landscape of the current Curriculum Transformation Programme. Helen Stringer, Assistant Director of the Careers Service, then provides some insights into the content of the series, before […].

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Life Design: Connecting students to their future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh, proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of student employability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work.

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Welcome to the Nov-Dec Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Reflective Learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Welcome to the November and December Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Reflective Learning.