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Tag: student engagement

13th November 2025 jscoles

Exploring complex decision-making through simulated group role-play exercise

Water lily and its reflection in a pond
11th November 202511th November 2025 jscoles

Using peer review to exploit the natural comparison process within online formative assignments

10th November 202512th November 2025 jscoles

Developing cohesion through repetitive pedagogies in a field course

Photo of calculator lying on a maths workbook
28th October 202528th October 2025 jscoles

Implementing specifications grading in a final-year mathematical biology course

Photo of desk covered with coffee cups, laptops and tablets.
9th October 20259th October 2025 jscoles

Engagement, ergo sum: Using dynamic learning events to create engaged group work experiences

Person sitting in front of a tablet and laptop
7th October 2025 jscoles

Using learning technology to implement skills-based grading in a linguistics course

Breakfast food set out on table
1st September 2025 jscoles

Top tips and shopping lists: Creating a breakfast club in the School of Chemistry

Students talking by reception in the Chrystal Macmillan building, School of Social and Political Science.
23rd June 2025 jscoles

From representation to revolution: How Student Councils transform university dialogue

Photo of people reaching out to fist-pump
9th June 2025 jscoles

Student voice: Interest Group Initiative at Edinburgh College of Art

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26th May 202526th May 2025 jscoles

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

Undergraduate Radiography class with Julie Dickson Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies [Paul Dodds]
12th May 2025 jscoles

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

Photo of a hand sculpture emerging from the Atacama desert, Chile.
9th May 202512th May 2025 jscoles

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

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