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Meet the new BILT Student Fellows
Earlier this month, we welcomed five new Student Fellows to the BILT Team, who will be with us until July 2027.
Student Fellows have their own project to research and produce resources (blogs, videos, podcasts) for, as well as promoting findings through various mediums inside the University. They also interview staff, students, and undertake scholarly research to produce findings we can feed back into the University. Our aim for the Fellowships is that the projects are completely student-driven to ensure they truly represent the student voice.
We asked each of this year’s Student Fellows to write a blog-post, introducing themselves:
Amaya Lewis-Patel (Future Skills)
Samita Khondokar (Assessment Design for an AI World)
Siqi Shen (Active and Inclusive Learning)
Sude Sisman (Student Research Journal & Conference)
Ranu Kudellage (Student Research Journal & Conference) coming soon…
In conjunction with their projects the Student Fellows publish blog posts and podcasts throughout the year and their individual styles shine through, you can find them all in the BILT blog category Student Voice and the BILT Broadcast.
Sloane Robinson Teaching Insight event
Mon 7th Dec, 1.30pm – 4pm, Bill Brown Forum, Sloane Robinson Building
Come and join us in the Bill Brown Forum to reflect on the first term of teaching in the Sloane Robinson building. Hear from staff about their different approaches to making the most of the spaces and hear from students about their learning experiences.
Full details and links to register (staff and students)
BILT funded workshop series: Interdisciplinary Education Network
How can we create learning experiences that help students think beyond disciplinary boundaries and engage with the complex challenges that are increasingly part of the world we live in? This series of four workshops provides a space for colleagues from across the University to explore key questions in interdisciplinary education.
Through conversations with educators and students, insights from research, and opportunities for collaborative reflection, participants will consider ideas around curriculum design and assessment, and what this means for student and staff identity and expertise. This is an excellent opportunity to build connections across the University with colleagues who share an interest in developing interdisciplinary learning and teaching.
Book your place now:
Each 2-hour workshop will take place in Room 2.26, 35 Berkeley Square. Light refreshments will be provided. The full line-up is as follows:
Workshop 1: Models of Interdisciplinary Education
Monday 16 November 2026, 14:00–16:00
Workshop 2: Students’ Experiences of Interdisciplinary Teaching
Thursday 21 January 2027, 14:00-16:00
Workshop 3: Assessment in Interdisciplinary Education
Tuesday 23 March 2027, 10:00-12:00
Workshop 4: Identity and Transformation for Interdisciplinary Educators
Tuesday 4 May 2027, 10:00-12:00
REMINDER: Share your plans for the year with us!
We’d love for you to share your teaching plans for the year with us – whether it’s trying out something new in the classroom, utilising online tools or taking your students off campus to develop peer relationships (or anything else!).
Writing a blog for BILT is a great way to share your practice, develop your writing skills and raise your profile within the University. We have writing guidelines available to use and we will support you through drafting your piece.
Get in touch with bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk for more information.
Blogs and resources
- How do you solve a problem like ‘transition’? Briefing editor, Amy Palmer with an update on BILT’s 3-year transition project, that started in 2025.
- “Like it or hate it?” What students told us about Teaching and learning at Temple Quarter New BILT Student Fellow, Siqi Shen, brings us an update on the recent student survey looking at teaching and learning in the Sloane Robinson Building, since it opened.
- Building Inclusive Group Work: Lessons from a Team-Based Learning Session BILT’s Fiona Hartley looks at how one cohort are approaching Team-based learning in the University.
- Team-Based Learning in a Tiered Lecture Theatre? Absolutely. BILT’s Fiona Hartley addresses whether traditional tiered lecture theatres can facilitate team based learning (TBL).
- Inclusive Spaces Prompted by the results of the TQ survey, above, BILT’s Fiona Hartley takes a look at how different teaching spaces can greatly affect the learning experience.
Events
Visit the BILT events calendar for a full list of all our forthcoming events. As well as the new events, mentioned above, there’s also the last workshop in the series aimed at BILT Education Development Project holders:
Teaching and Learning in the International Classroom
Tuesday 3 November, 14.00 – 16.00, In person – Ivy Gate – Room G.01,
Monday 2 November, 10.00 – 11.30, Online via Teams
Click here to book a place or search for ‘international teaching’ in Develop’s catalogue.
Workshop series primarily for BILT Education Development Project and Associate Project holder
Designing and delivering student focus groups workshop Wednesday 11 November | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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