Below is a list of ‘Learning and Teaching Enhancement’ and ‘Hot Topic’ series published since 2018, grouped by theme:
Assessment and Feedback
- Transformative assessment and feedback (2025)
- Assessment and feedback revisited (2024)
- Assessment and feedback – Principles and Priorities (2022)
Student Voice
- Student Voice in practice (2025), co-edited by Eleri Connick
- Student Voice (2023)
- Student Voice on academic feedback (2020)
Challenge-led and experiential learning and teaching
- Students as Change Agents (2024)
- Placements and fieldwork series (2019)
Group Work
- Group work (2025), co-edited by Professor Hannah Chalmers, Professor Tim Stratford (School of Engineering) and Lesley Kelly (Institute for Academic Development).
Reflection and academic writing
- Reflective Learning (2022), co-edited by Professor Simon Riley and Dr Gavin McCabe.
- Academic blogging (2019)
Interdisciplinary learning and teaching
- Navigating complexity through interdisciplinary learning and teaching (2025), co-edited by Anthony Skerik.
- Showcasing Edinburgh Futures Institute (2023)
Engaging, Enhancing and Empowering Learning
- Engaging and empowering learning: Celebrating best practices (2025)
- Engaging and empowering learning with technology (2025)
- In-class perspectives to engaging and empowering learners (2025)
- Engaging and empowering learning at the University of Edinburgh (2024)
- Learning how others learn (2024), co-edited by Cecile Menard
- 20 Years of Enhancement (2023)
- Books that inspire our teaching (2021)
- Innovation in Science Teaching (2021)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Examples of positive practice in EDI (2022)
- Inclusivity in the curriculum (2019)
- Widening Participation (2019)
Digital and Open Education
- Open textbooks (2024)
- Moving forward with ChatGPT (2023)
- 10 Years of MOOCS (2023)
- Online/hybrid enhancements in teaching practice (2022)
- Revisiting the Hybrid Teaching Exchange (2021)
- Lecture recording (2018)
Belonging, Community and Wellbeing
- Being student parent/carers (2024)
- Through the lens of occupation (2024), co-edited by Dr Kirstin Stuart James
- Belonging in the classroom (2020)
- Peer learning and support (2019)
- Mental health and wellbeing (2019)
- Building academic community (2019)
Employability, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Sustainability
- COP26 and embedding the climate emergency in our teaching (2021)
- Social Responsibility and Sustainability (2019)
Postgraduate teaching and learning
Internationalisation
Staff development in teaching and learning
Gaining recognition for teaching: The Edinburgh Teaching Award (2021)
Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) funded projects
Learning and Teaching Conference
- Transformative Assessment and Feedback (2025)
- Shaping our Futures (2022)
- Curriculum as a site for transformation (2021)
EUSA Teaching Awards
Critical insights and reflections into Higher Education
- Critical insights into contemporary issues in Higher Education (2024)
- Teaching and learning during a Pandemic: Lessons and reflections from the last year (2021)
- Curriculum as a Site for Social Justice and Anti-Discrimination (2020)
The following are Spotlight on… series, which document outcomes from long-term projects or initiatives, which are unfolding across the University.
- Spotlight on LOUISA – Documenting the Learn Optimised for In-course Submission and Assessment (LOUISA) project – the next stage of the VLE Excellence programme,
- Spotlight on ELIR – Inviting staff and students to contribute to the ELIR process.
- Spotlight on Learn Foundations – Showcasing the developments of the Learn Foundations project.
- Spotlight on Learn Ultra – Showcasing the upgrade of the Learn VLE to the newest, current version.
- Spotlight on Voices of Movers and Shakers – Writings by MasterCard Foundation Scholars on disruptive learning practices, transformational leadership, and activism in and outside the classroom.
- Spotlight on Remote Teaching – Supporting move to online teaching during and post-Covid-19
- Spotlight on Alternative Assessment – Supporting the transition to online assessments during and post-Covid-19.
- Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing – Supporting Moray House School of Education and Sport ‘Sharing good practice’ seminars.
