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Month: May 2025

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Taking ownership of my academic journey

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Teaching Awards 2025: Meet our first winners for teaching!

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We’re not aiming for perfection; we’re aiming for connection: Responding to Student Feedback

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Action Feedback Protocol: Bringing students into the feedback journey

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Teaching Awards 2025: Celebrating Student Support

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Warm coffee to wagging tails: Responding to the student voice in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

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How can we work towards a more ethical and balanced approach for capturing student feedback?

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Teaching Awards 2025: See our Outstanding Courses!

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Student Voice: What worked before the pandemic, doesn’t work now

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Collegiate Commentary: Five lessons learned from the ‘Engaging and Empowering Learning at the University of Edinburgh’ series

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Five lessons learned from the ‘Engaging and Empowering Learning at the University of Edinburgh’ series

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Welcome to the May-June Learning and Teaching Enhancement Theme: Student Voice in Practice

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