Edward Simpson

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Should work-based learning be an essential part of the student experience at University?

We include work-based learning as an essential part of the undergraduate and post-graduate courses our team deliver. We feel this experience provides an essential development opportunity for...

01 January 2017 6,104 0 View

Is starting a spin-out company from university research a good idea?

Some colleagues have started spin-out companies with varying successes. Which professions seem to have more success in developing their own spin-out companies and what factors seem to determine...

01 January 2017 4,126 0 View

Does anyone have an eProfessionalism guide?

Been asked to consider using social media as part of my teaching practice and introduced to the concept of eProfessionalism. What examples of such guidance are in use? How workable are these...

01 January 2017 2,480 0 View

Why should we use social media in teaching and learning?

Social media is an increasing aspect of everyday working life. Should we be including this as part of our teaching tools? How can using social media help learning? What are the biggest problems?

01 January 2017 7,530 1 View

Are students customers?

The interpretation of students as stakeholders appears to be in transition towards treating them as paying customers for a service, providing the same sorts of rights and influence over the...

01 January 2017 5,279 7 View

Education institution league tables for teaching quality - better in or out if the choice is available?

There are higher education league tables being created in the UK on 'teaching quality' that will be voluntary to join for institutions within Scotland. There are concerns about the data that is...

01 January 2017 1,177 2 View

Does research inform teaching practice or does teaching practice inform research - which comes first and why?

With the changes in teaching technology in recent years for example it appears practice comes before research on the effectiveness - is this theory based on anecdotal evidence valid? Or could it...

12 December 2016 2,263 0 View

Anyone got any asnwers as to why the public views vocational qualifications between professions so differently?

Doctors and vets undertake vocational qualifications, as do other professionals such as civil engineers. Why is it that some vocational qualifications and careers are perceived as having less...

12 December 2016 6,520 3 View

Is it justifiable, in a longitudinal study not to amend flawed questions? Why?

I have undertaken several longitudinal studies using unstructured/semi-structured interviews and investigating the potential for using surveys. I have identified one particular issue with surveys...

10 October 2015 679 8 View

What evidence is there evidence that employers value and understand graduate attributes?

Increasingly universities are stating that the educational experience they provide embeds within students graduate attributes (skills, knowledge and behaviours) unique to their educational...

09 September 2015 7,775 4 View

How do practitioners - and construction workers in particular - know what they know in (and through) practice?

I am researching how Scottish Vocational Qualification candidates for construction awards at levels 3, 4 and 5 from 2010 through to the current date learn and develop their knowledge in order to...

09 September 2015 3,973 0 View

What are your experiences of teaching collaborations between higher education and commercial education providers?

I have positive experiences of working with the commercial sector in the UK and France in relation to teaching/training and want to compare my experience with the wider sector. Currently writing...

09 September 2015 5,736 5 View

Are graduate attributes meaningful for individual students?

Where universities indicate graduate attributes are achieved after completion of studies the statements are very generic. Do these generic statements have any meaning to students given their...

01 January 1970 1,936 0 View

Do students learn from their mistakes?

What evidence is there that students actually learn from their mistakes and actually apply this to future situations as an intrinsic part of their learning?

01 January 1970 3,553 9 View

When is changing teaching practice in response to student feedback counter-productive?

Student feedback on lecturer performance can influence what is done in class and why - but at what point can feedback be legitimately ignored given the influence such data has in reviewing...

01 January 1970 4,009 0 View