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From cards, to gaming consoles and table-top family classics, gaming is something I’ve always loved. My favourite genre is the RPG, role-playing game, where you can select an avatar and journey through fantastical worlds in heroic fashion. Puzzles get my brain … Continue reading
This week, the CREATE team’s Lou Howson reflects on the unexpected pressures of social media study support groups.
I’m watching the number in the little red bubble that hovers over the WhatsApp logo on … Continue reading
Welcome back and Happy New Year to you all. We hope you were able to take some time for yourselves over the holidays and enjoyed a well earned break. … Continue reading
This summer, students in Bristol were juggling multiple major responsibilities at once: managing the pandemic; adjusting to online assessments; and fighting different forms of injustice. The city made global headlines in June after the statue of Edward Colston was toppled by … Continue reading
As we approach the end of what has felt like a very long term, I wanted to thank everyone, both teaching and professional services staff, who have worked … Continue reading
Sarah is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Anatomy and was recently nominated by the University to apply for the Advance HE, National Teaching Fellowship scheme in 2021.
Hello, I am Sarah, and I … Continue reading
The Bristol Curriculum Framework inspires us to create space for our students to work on real world problems, reflect on their values and contribute to making a difference. Engaged Learning, where as part of the … Continue reading
Universities have been adopting ‘student voice’ mechanisms as a means of enhancing their programmes for some time. In my experience, this has been moderately successful, used to move assessment dates to avoid bunching, or reducing multi-part assessments to singular and vice versa. However, I wouldn’t argue that moving a hand-in date alone is co-designing … Continue reading
It is no news that there has been a major change to the way curriculums are being delivered across the Education sector. There has been a distinctive rise of e-learning over the past couple of months, … Continue reading
As the first post on the building inclusive online communities’ theme, I wished to clarify what the aims of this theme are to BILT. Building Inclusive Online Communities is about exploring how we can maintain … Continue reading