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- Work placements
- Posted 2 months ago
How to better engage economics students in work placements
Employability is a key concern for students, educators and employers in the UK. Indeed, many students want to see employability playing a bigger role in their courses. One way in which universities can foster graduate employability is through work-based learning (WBL) programmes, such as work placements.
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- Vorbereitung der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler von morgen
- Posted 10 months ago
Klimawandel im Wirtschaftsunterricht
In 2019, the University of Bristol became the first UK university to formally declare a climate emergency. In the following year, a further 36 institutions in the UK followed suit. Beyond their own climate research and agendas to achieve carbon neutrality, universities play a key role in educating their students and the public about the climate crisis.
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- Vorbereitung der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler von morgen
- Posted 1 year ago
Förderung der Zusammenarbeit bei der Vermittlung von Fähigkeiten zur Datenanalyse
Given the increase in data availability worldwide and the surge in demand for data literacy in the labour market, more and more economics courses are including data analysis skills in their intended learning outcomes. As a result, helping students to develop these skills in the classroom is increasingly important for economics educators.
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- Vorbereitung der Wirtschaftswissenschaftler von morgen
- Posted 1 year ago
Wie (und warum) können wir die Beschäftigungsfähigkeit in den Wirtschaftsstudiengängen verankern?
The higher education (HE) sector is under increasing pressure to embed employability skills within the curriculum to prepare students for the real world and create responsible graduates and citizens. This article reflects on how (and why) we, as educators, can better incorporate highly-demanded employability skills into the economics curriculum.
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- Teaching tips
- Posted 1 year ago
Tips for teaching economics using data
Real-world data in their varied forms are the authentic artifacts through which we observe economic phenomena. Such data can be used in economics courses as part of learning and assessment activities to help students construct economic meaning and develop important employment skills in organizing, interpreting and presenting quantitative data.
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- Job-Ressourcen für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
- Posted 2 years ago
Erfolgreich auf dem europäischen Arbeitsmarkt für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
The European Job Market for Economists (EJME) takes place annually. It aims to ensure that economics students who are about to complete (or have recently completed) their PhD make the best possible job match with institutions recruiting research economists.
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- Aufbau Ihrer Lehrerkarriere
- Posted 2 years ago
Entwicklung eines Lehrprofils: Warum und wie?
The increasing importance of evidencing teaching effectiveness In recent years, the UK higher education environment has noticeably changed. Research Assessment Exercises and then the Research Excellence Framework have highlighted the importance of academics not only being research- active but regularly publishing high quality outputs in internationally recognised academic journals.
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- Teaching Tool Resource
- Posted 2 years ago
Einsatz von Online-Spielen im Wirtschaftsunterricht
The playing of simple, short games has become an increasingly common way to teach a range of key concepts and theories in economics.
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- Verbesserung des Feedbacks
- Posted 2 years ago
Top-Tipps für Audio-Feedback
Good feedback helps students to understand the scale of any weaknesses in their understanding. To be effective, it will also be timely, encourage students and provide useful tips for how to improve in the future.
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- Careers in Teaching
- Posted 2 years ago
Building a Teaching Career in Economics
This article was produced in cooperation with the Economics Network, the largest and longest-established academic organisation devoted to improving the teaching and learning of economics in higher education. Learn more about the Economics Network here. When you enter the job market for teaching economics, the institutions that you are applying for may well have different characteristics. Therefore, you may need to tailor your application to the type of institution and the role specifications in the job advert.
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- Journal Resources
- Posted 2 years ago
The Places to Be for Economics Pedagogy
As an academic economist, it is likely that you will be engaged in both research and teaching. As you develop your skills, it will be important to think about what makes good teaching, and how the discussion about pedagogy in economics education develops over time. Knowledge and appreciation of the debates in pedagogy may also be important as you apply for external certification, such as an Advance HE fellowship. You may even want to develop and write for publication about economics pedagogy. There are a range of journals and conferences for those interested in higher education pedagogy.