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Teaching

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Nominations open for QMU teaching awards »

Queen Margaret University is running its first ever teaching awards program in association with the Higher Education Academy and the National Union of Students. The set of student-led awards will aim at recognising excellent teaching provided by lectu...

Tue 07 Feb 2012 by Caroline Nguyen | Read more »

Maximum Impact for Teach First »

Last week independent researchers from the University of Manchester found that schools in challenging circumstances which employ Teach First teachers have seen a statistically significant improvement in their GCSE results. This is brilliant news, demon...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by James Darley | Read more »

University forced to cut teaching staff and student numbers »

Students, politicians and representatives have accused the SNP of "storing up problems" after the government cut funding for teacher training courses. The University of Edinburgh last week announced plans to radically reduce places offered on teacher ...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by James Fidler | Read more »

Sixty jobs set to go at Napier »

Napier University

Edinburgh Napier are laying out plans to process up to 60 redundancies by the end of October as part of ongoing restructuring. A spokesman told The Journal that although the university's focus was on growth and continued success, voluntary redundancie...

Sun 13 Sep 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Review of Edinburgh University academic year one step closer »

After a lengthy process, which has included complaints over the reluctance of some departments to reform, a final settlement on the review of the University of Edinburgh's academic year was passed at a meeting of the academic policy committee last week...

Mon 27 Apr 2009 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

EUSA launches student teaching award »

EUSA Teaching Awards

Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA) officially launched their Teaching Awards Scheme last week. The new initiative aims to recognise and reward good teaching within the university and by doing so hopes to address the imbalance of i...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Rebecca Sibbett | Read more »

Research to be curbed in favour of quality teaching »

Edinburgh University's Old College

Following damning criticism in the National Student Survey, attempts to improve the teaching experience at Edinburgh University have been announced, with plans to restrict the university's focus on research. Vice-Principal Professor Jeff Haywood told ...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Guy Robertson | Read more »

Consider teaching first »

Are you looking for a challenge? Do you want to give something back? Do you want a job with direct responsibility from day one? Do you enjoy your subject? Do you want to develop business skills? If you have said yes to any of these it is worth c...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Katie Mort | Read more »

Losing confidence in university teaching »

EUSA President, Josh MacAlister

We’ve come to expect less and less. Before we came to university most of us had perceptions which provoked images of ancient libraries, world class academics, the sense of an academic community and regular tutoring with a couple of fellow student...

Tue 06 Nov 2007 by Josh MacAlister | Read more »

Heriot-Watt to reorganise academic year »

Heriot-Watt University

Following in the footsteps of the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University will change the structure of their academic year from the current three term system to a two-semester arrangement in September 2008.The move comes after the National Stud...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

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