. Conference overview: In the current global economic and political context, it is more important than ever to consider how our programmes foster community and belonging: This conference will explore ...
February 1, 2023 -
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November 30, 2022 -
BILT Annual Conference Blog Series Our first blog in the series looked at ‘Communities of Practice’, where we explored the different kinds of practice that can contribute to shaping community ...
March 27, 2023 -
Where do students go to learn about ChatGPT? TikTok has the answers. Its search functionality and algorithms drive traffic where traffic wants to go, into the depths of user-driven interest ...
March 23, 2023 -
Attribution Dr Sarah Allsop, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education (SFHEA), Bristol Medical School. Medical academic, with 10 years’ teaching and leadership experience in medical and anatomy education, and a background as ...
March 14, 2023 -
Over the past two years, the three Biomedical Sciences Schools have been working to decolonise and diversify the curriculum. This has involved working in partnership with students to review our ...
March 13, 2023 -
In this blog, three colleagues share their tips for enabling student engagement. The approaches were developed during the pandemic and have been updated as we have moved back to face-to-face ...
March 8, 2023 -
Decolonising the curriculum, and our institution as a whole, is an essential part of the University of Bristol's civic responsibility. It is an ongoing process of learning and unlearning which ...
March 7, 2023 -
Radical Engineering Press I’m going to be honest with you. This is less a blog about book writing, and more a holding post. Over the course of the last week ...
February 28, 2023 -
At the Dental School we have been working closely with students to understand what Decolonising and Inclusion mean for us. Our research received funding from the Policy Support Fund and ...
February 20, 2023 -
My focus is on inclusion. For many years, in several academic contexts in the Netherlands and most recently in the UK, I have done a lot of thinking about the ...
February 20, 2023 -
The BILT Annual Conference for 2023 is centred on the theme of 'Building community and belonging in a challenging and changing world'. One of the phrases that is sometimes heard ...
February 17, 2023 -
In the run up to BILT’s Annual Conference, we’ll be sharing a monthly blog related to our conference theme: building community and belonging in a challenging and changing world. Over ...
February 13, 2023 -
"The traditional college essay is dead," were the words of Stephen Marche[1] about how the traditional/conventional teaching methods will be “disrupted from the ground up” by ChatGPT. As Marche (and ...
February 6, 2023 -
Implementing the Patchwork Text Many of our programmes in the university use written assignments for summative assessments, and students are required to demonstrate reflective learning and critical engagement within their ...
February 6, 2023 -
This week, AdvanceHE released a report on how they are updating their professional standards framework, the UKPSF. The framework covers all areas of values and competencies that are essential for ...
January 31, 2023 -
Education development project 21/22 Bristol Veterinary School launched the BVSc Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme (AGEP) in September 2019. This programme is a condensed, 4-year veterinary degree for science graduates featuring ...
January 31, 2023 -
The Faculty Employability Team consult and advise academics in embedding employability into their curriculum through activities such as authentic learning. The Team have been busy working with academic colleagues developing ...
January 31, 2023 -
According to a study by HEPI, brilliant facts about positive economic impact have little sway and are largely distrusted by government officials. Instead, compelling stories have an edge when it ...
January 31, 2023 -
As BILT associates, we’ve spent the last year or so thinking about how we can help students with a diverse range of needs transition into university life. While others in ...
January 31, 2023 -
Re writing a book in a week I love writing books. The days sat in a coffee shop, my email turned off, my headphones on, my finger dancing over the ...
January 25, 2023 -