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Students as Change Agents (SACHA) is a highly successful curricular and co-curricular initiative that provides students at The University of Edinburgh with opportunities to respond to real-world challenges. On Wednesday 4th December from 4pm-5pm, students and staff from SACHA will discuss how student engagement was built into the design and delivery of the programme, and will share strategies for anyone keen to engage a diverse range of students.  All students and staff are welcome to join online or in person. More information and booking:  https://lnkd.in/eihZmsWb The Edinburgh Network: Growing Approaches to Genuine Engagement (ENGAGE) aims to bring together University of Edinburgh students and staff interested in creating genuine and meaningful interactions between students and staff focused on learning, teaching and assessment. Engage network events take place once a month. #UniversityofEdinburgh #HigherEducation #HE #StudentEngagement #Learning #Teaching #ExperientialLearning University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/ College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh College of Science and Engineering, The University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Moray House School of Education and Sport 

The University of Edinburgh Institute for Academic Development has been developing the support offered to research staff including piloting a Narrative CV Writing Retreat. You can read more about our approach in the November issue of AGCAS Research Matters AGCASResearchersMatterNov2024_.pdf

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Could your next role be right next door? Join the Research Staff Careers Support Team online next Tuesday 3rd Dec (12.00-13.00) for a Careers Panel session on Academic Adjacent Careers, highlighting diverse career options available for research staff on fixed-term contracts. In this panel session, three researchers share their experiences of moving from research to careers in Higher Education in public engagement, research culture, and careers consulting. Our three speakers are: Dr. Mhairi Towler CDLP Researcher Advancement and Culture Manager, University of Dundee Dr Laura Wicks Public Engagement Lead, Heriot-Watt University Dr Ben Carter, Careers Consultant, The University of Manchester Careers Service This event is open to UoE Staff only. More information and booking can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ewMGVDN5 #AcademicAdjacent #Careers #Researchers #DiverseCareers #HE #HEScotland #UniversityOfEdinburgh The University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/ College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh /College of Science and Engineering, The University of Edinburgh

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Congratulations to IAD colleague Hazel Christie on the recent publication of her co-authored book “Living and Studying at Home: Degrees of Inequality”. Drawing on findings of recent research undertaken by the authors, chapters discuss why commuting is socially structured by a range of factors including social deprivation, caring responsibilities, ethnicity, disability, and being a mature student, and suggest future policy, cultural and pedagogical changes which challenge the systemic inequalities experienced by living at home students. You can access “Living and Studying at Home: Degrees of Inequality” as an eBook or paperback here: https://lnkd.in/eV6c8ZHx ISBN: 9781835495018 Emerald Publishing #Commuting #Challenges #Students #UniversityOfEdinburgh

We are excited to announce that Áine Heffernan, winner of the The University of Edinburgh Three Minute Thesis Competition, is now competing in the international Universitas 21 final. The international final sees 3MT winners from around the world compete virtually against one another via video submission. The competition includes a People’s Choice vote judged by the public. You can watch all submissions and vote in the competition here: https://lnkd.in/eUa6GayN The closing date for the People’s Choice is Monday 8 January with results announced on Monday 20 January. Cast your vote and show your support for Áine! #3MT #universitas21 #international #UniversityOfEdinburgh #Research #PhD College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh 

Is professional social media too much work or can you actually benefit from it for your career? Here are some quick notes on why maintaining a presence on LinkedIn can be good for researchers! 📲 Even if you don't post regularly, you can use it as an address book of all your conference friends (i.e. connections you make as part of your work). 📲 If you curate your followers by adding people who already know your specific field of research, you'll have an interested audience for any updates you share. 📲 Commenting sincerely on people and organisations you admire, and showcasing their work in your posts, will be appreciated. 📲 It's a very useful tool when you're tasked with "dissemination" for a larger third-party funded project. Be sure to tag funders, they have a large following already. 📲 Reflect at the start what your goal is: Do you want to get hired in location X? Do you want society to see the benefit in funding chemistry research? Do you want to get paid to consult? 📲 Stategically shape your activities, your following, your content on this goal. It can actually fulfil that goal. 📲 Just writing "I was/am at this conference" is very boring. Give more context - and try to think what could make your post relevant for others who will never visit that conference. 📲 If you want to reach a wider audience, showing how your research is made, how your team works together, what questions you puzzle over can work - things not only researchers experience, but everyone in the working world. 📲 When you find an authentic voice and make meaningful content, you have the opportunity to shape and influence discourse - you can reach colleagues not yet known to you within your university, and those in your wider field. What's your experience and strategy? Sources: 🔋 Our own experience with this account 😀 🔋 All the postdocs who chat with us, such as Miljan Ćorović, and participants at the writing retreat who shared what they think about social media 🔋 Mike Young's "how to be kind on social media" guide gives great insights!

🔔 Reminder that our challenge launch event will take place tomorrow from 5-6:30 pm in the Careers Service lounge (3rd floor of the Main Library)! Come along to hear from our team, learn more about SACHA (including our 4 new exciting challenge questions) and be the first to apply! University of Edinburgh Careers Service The University of Edinburgh

Over the last 12 months myself (Rhoda Stefanatos), Research Culture Manager Dr Rachel Herries have been building and piloting a suite of workshops under Pathfinder at the University of Glasgow to support for researchers and managers of researchers and research professionals with the new and often intimidating Narrative CV. As we, as a research community, get to grips with the impact of its introduction (https://lnkd.in/dAnhcPEq), at Glasgow we have focussed on making the work of scoping, mapping and writing your Narrative CV transferrable. In all our workshops, irrespective of the audience, we offer this as a framework for reflection, shared learning and planning. Going further than evaluation tool for others, to an opportunity to reflect on and articulate your value, ambitions and priorities. In the November issue of AGCAS Research Matters (https://lnkd.in/e7KftTys), Rachel describes our approach and notes the importance of creating a structured writing opportunity for researchers, with guidance and peer support.