News
Welcome back from the Easter break! We hope everyone managed to have a little time off to indulge in some egg-shaped treats and spend quality time with family and friends. Here in BILT we are ramping up to our busiest time of year and thought it would be a good idea to share important dates for your diary over the next few months.
- 13 May 2024 – Bristol Teaching Awards shortlist announced (nominees were notified on Monday 15 April – congratulations to all who received a nomination!).
- 22 May 2024 – Our last ‘Show, Tell and Talk’ workshop of the year. This session will explore group assessment (book a space here).
- 5 June 2024 – Bristol Teaching Awards Celebration event with winners announced.
- 10 July 2024 – BILT Conference (registration opens at the start of May).
- 2 September 2024 – ‘Introduction to HE Teaching at Bristol’ (contact create-asd@bristol.ac.uk with any queries)
- 3 September 2024 – PGCAP Unit 2 and HEA Fellowship Scheme (contact create-asd@bristol.ac.uk with any queries)
Do you have 20 minutes to spare to take a pedagogic research survey?
Do you have an interest in teaching and learning leadership and scholarship? We are seeking participants to complete an online survey to help us understand and improve the current pedagogic research culture, as part of a BILT-funded project called “Understanding Pedagogic Research Culture at the University of Bristol”. The survey will take around 20 minutes to complete, and all colleagues (academic and professional services) are invited to complete it.
Last chance to attend the Student Research Festival
Our annual Student Research Festival is taking place next Thursday 25 April! The Festival’s theme is ‘Conflict vs Resolution’ and will include presentations looking at conflict in the morning and resolution in the afternoon. The Festival takes place in the Global Lounge and we welcome students and staff from across the University.
Tickets are still available for morning, afternoon and all day (including lunch) sessions – please view the schedule and book your ticket here to secure your place!
New blogs and resources
The A – Z of BILT: An Introduction
This is the first blog in a new series we’ll be running over the next year, highlighting the work we’re involved with and sharing resources related to each letter. The whole team will be contributing as well as some guest authors along the way! Read the first one here.
Piloting the Bristol Skills Profile
Naomi Love of the Careers Service shares the latest in our series looking at the Bristol Skills Profile and how it can help your students. Read it here.
Israel and Palestine: Transformative Education
BILT Student Fellow Ethel Ng has shared the first of a two-part piece about a immersive field unit called Beyond Bridges: Israel and Palestine.
A day in the life of BILT (4th edition) This week’s day in the life comes from Lecturer in Academic Development, Catriona Johnson.
Upcoming events
Show, Tell and Talk
We have just two workshops left in our Show, Tell and Talk series for 2023/24:
- Bristol Futures: Innovative pedagogies and assessment on Thursday 16 May 2024
- Designing for all – Group assessment on Wednesday 22 May 2024
Sharing Sustainability teaching tools
Join this 1 hour online session where we will share information on resources for incorporating sustainability related content in your unit and tools available for teaching sustainability related topics.
Tuesday 23 April 2024 @ 1:30 pm. Visit the event page for more details and link to the event.
Three Horizons Framework – Futures Thinking for Sustainable Change
Thursday 9 May 2024: 11 am – 12.30 pm
Three Horizons is a simple and intuitive framework that brings people together to take action. It can help us to structure our thinking about the future in ways that spark innovation. If we all want to live well and thrive on one planet we must bring about profound changes in our ways of life.
Join us to learn about the framework and explore how to create the sustainable futures we aspire to.
This session is led by Bill Sharpe, one of the pioneers of the Three Horizons framework and director of Future Stewards (www.futurestewards.com). If you would like a preview, take a look at this short introductory video.
Book Now : Three Horizons Framework – Futures Thinking for Sustainable Change
Case studies
Are you doing something innovative or exciting with your large group teaching this year? Or even something relatively ‘normal’ that’s 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.
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