Date: 2-5 March 2009

Dr Simon Barrie, University of Sydney will conduct a number of institutional visits to discuss the embedding and assessment of graduate attributes. More

Date: 6-8 April 2009

Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Griffith University will conduct a number of institutional visits to discuss broad areas around the student experience including the first year, assessment and research-teaching linkages. More

Date: 18 March 2009

Research-Teaching Links in the Physical Sciences. More

Date: 24 March 2009

Graduates for the 21st Century Steering Committee Meeting, Stirling Management Centre.

6th Annual Enhancement Themes Conference, 5th & 6th March 2009

The sixth annual Enhancement Theme Conference: Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes will take place at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 March 2009. More

Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes

The latest Theme to come on stream, Graduates for the 21st Century will pursue an integrating approach that will consider aspects of all the previous Themes within the context of overarching questions: what should be the attributes of a graduate from Scottish Higher Education in the 21st century and how can the achievement of these attributes best be supported? More

Guide to the Outcomes of the Theme

An extensive repository of Enhancement Theme outcomes now exists in both published and web-based formats, for use by colleagues in the sector. An online easily accessible Guide to the Enhancement Themes was recently published on the Enhancement Themes website. More

Research-Teaching Linkages: enhancing graduate attributes

Final outcomes from the Research-Teaching Linkages: enhancing graduate attributes Theme are now available online. The Theme held its last steering committee meeting on 26 January 2009 but further work including dissemination activities and employer engagement will continue in the coming months. More

The First Year: engagement and empowerment

Further outcomes from the First Year Enhancement Theme are now available online. More

Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Committee

Over the last year a working group led by Professor Caroline MacDonald (formerly Glasgow Caledonian University) and managed the Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Committee (SHEEC) have been working on a project on International Benchmarking: Student Support Services. More