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BILT Annual Conference 2024: Call for Contributions!
This year’s BILT conference will take place on Wednesday 10 July and is titled Voice and Choice – Student Agency, Empowerment and Co-creation. Applications are now open for individuals or teams who would like to contribute to this all day in-person event, taking place in the Merchant Venturer’s Building.
We are looking for staff contributions which explore the following themes:
- Student agency and choice in assessment and feedback
- Empowering students in their own learning
- Student partnership and co-creation of education
- Inclusive and decolonised approaches to teaching and curriculum design
- Education for grand challenges in society
Visit this page for full details of the conference and types of presentations.
BILT Student Research Festival 2024: Last chance for students EOIs!
This is your last chance to express your interest in presenting your research findings at the BILT Student Research Festival 2024.
The Festival will be taking place on the Thursday 25 April @ The Global Lounge. This year the theme is ‘Conflict and Resolution.’
Present before judges, with academic awards to be won! More information is available here → bit.ly/3MJ91Mi
If presenting is not for you, join us on the day to celebrate the best of student-created research and engage with networking sessions. Tickets available here → https://bit.ly/3OkmU4k
New blogs and resources
- The Campus for Sustainability: A Living Life Approach
William Capps shares outcomes from his Masters of Research in Sustainable Futures thesis.
- Embedding research ethics in the PGT Curriculum
Dr Jo Rose talks to us about why it is so important for us to support our students to develop an ethical mindset.
- Feedback Fundamentals
Fiona Hartley shares her thoughts on feedback literacy in the latest post in this series, highlighting three key aspects to ensure that students can make the most from the feedback they receive.
- Decolonising Biological Sciences Blackboard Space
A case study, written by Celine Petitjean and Dave Lawson, on their student partnered Blackboard course designed for students and staff to come together to discuss decolonisation, share resources and showcase work.
- Experiences of International Students’ Teaching and Learning: What did we learn at the hackathon? Part 2.
We hosted a hackathon with international students in December, taking a deep dive into their experiences of teaching and learning. Amy Palmer shares the second in a series of blogs looking at what we discovered in this enlightening event.
Upcoming events
Staff input required: AI- Responsive Assessment Guidance Focus Groups
BILT has funded a project to research and develop AI-responsive assessment guidance, providing information and suggestions for including generative AI in assessments, or pivoting the focus of an assessment to inhibit AI-assisted contract cheating. Last year, BILT and the DEO conducted student-facing focus groups that will inform this project, and now we’d like to have the views, experiences, and expectations of teaching staff, too. We are running four, 1hr focus groups, each with space for twenty participants. Please follow the links provided to sign up.
- 27th February 1pm Teams (ONLINE) Eventbrite link
- 28th February 1pm WMB Room 3.30 Eventbrite link
- 29th February 1pm WMB Room 1.5 Eventbrite link
- 29th February 2pm WMB Room 1.5 Eventbrite link
Feedback Practice Sharing Event
Tuesday February 27th, 9.30am – 3.30pm, Bill Brown Suite.
On Tuesday 27 February, Engineering will be holding a sharing event, open to students and staff, focusing on exploring good feedback practices. This will be an opportunity to share examples of excellent feedback practices from Engineering colleagues, hear what works for students and learn more about what research says about feedback. This event is predominantly aimed at Engineering staff and students, but it is also open to other university staff.
For more information and the booking form, please visit this page.
If you have any questions, please contact ania.udalowska@bristol.ac.uk.
Show Tell and Talk series
Our next session, Show, Tell and Talk: Designing for all – inclusive assessment takes place at lunchtime on Wednesday 14 February.
We’ll be running three more workshops covering the key BILT themes for this academic year between now and May 2024, and they are all available to register now.
Visit our blog post to read more about this series and book your place on upcoming events.
Case studies
Are you doing something innovative or exciting with your large group teaching this year? Or even something relatively ‘normal’ but is receiving a good reception? We are looking to share good practice of large group teaching – get in touch with us if there’s something you can share with us!
We’re also always looking for case studies on:
- Decolonising the curriculum
- Assessment, particularly group assessment, inclusive assessment and engaging with the AI revolution
- International students’ experience
Contact us at bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk.
