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What are students saying about learning at Temple Quarter?
BILT Student Fellow for Active and Inclusive Learning, Siqi Shen has been looking at the results of one of our recent surveys, completed by over 600 students studying at Temple Quarter.
We wanted to find out, first hand, what it’s been like for students navigating the new Sloane Robinson Building since it opened, in September.
Through a short online survey, we asked students about their overall learning experience, what they valued about the new teaching spaces, and what they thought could be improved.
Students gave their thoughts on everything from the the comfort of the building itself, facilities, resources and flexibility of the spaces to adapt to different learning styles, through to the challenges of adapting to a new campus and location.
We visualised the responses to one particular question into a word cloud. What feels different about the new building, compared with other learning spaces at the University?
You can read Siqi’s full report on the survey on our blog.
Meet this year’s NTF and CATE nominations
We are delighted to share that we are supporting the application of three brilliant colleagues for the Advance HE – National Teaching Fellowships this year – you can read more about their experience and teaching journeys in their introductory blogs, below. We wish them every success with this year’s applications.
We are also supporting a CATE nomination for the Aerosol Science CDT Core Team.
Designing and delivering student focus groups workshop
To kick off the new academic year, we’ve held a series of events primarily aimed at project holders funded by BILT, but open to anyone interested in the topics covered.
Our final workshop takes place next Wednesday (11 November) in The Helen Wodehouse Building, 35 Berkeley Square. The 1-hour event will look at all aspects of designing and delivering active and inclusive focus group activities.
For more details about the event and a link to sign up, please visit the event page on our blog.
BILT is moving
Along with all the other departments currently based in 31 Great George Street, BILT is relocating.
From next week, our new address will be 2nd floor, 11-13 Tyndalls Park Road, BS8 1PY.
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
- From Theory to Practice to Promotion: an interview with Annika Johnson BILT’s Joe Gould with the latest in his series of chats with Pathway 3 colleagues to hear about their approaches to scholarship of teaching and learning and what advice they would give to others planning on applying for promotion.
- An Invitation to Reflect: Exploring Inclusion Through the INCLUSIVE Acronym BILT’s Fiona Hartley looks at another method for embedding inclusion in our teaching.
- Navigating Academic Transitions: Year One, Teaching Block One Amy Palmer brings us the latest blog in this series exploring her longitudinal study she co-leads with Fiona Hartley, looking at how students transition both into and through university and navigate their way through the different aspects of university life.
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 TODAY
Tuesday 3 November, 14.00 – 16.00
Ivy Gate – Room G.01,
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 – all welcome
Designing and delivering student focus groups workshop
Wednesday 11 November | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Room 2.26, 35 Berkeley Square
BILT funded workshop series: Interdisciplinary Education Network
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 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Workshop 2: Students’ Experiences of Interdisciplinary Teaching
Thursday 21 January 2027 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Workshop 3: Assessment in Interdisciplinary Education
Tuesday 23 March 2027 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Workshop 4: Identity and Transformation for Interdisciplinary Educators
Tuesday 4 May 2027 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Sloane Robinson Teaching Insight event
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)
Monday 7 December | 1.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Bill Brown Forum, Sloane Robinson Building
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