Category: Student Voice
“The value of authentic activity is not constrained to learning in real-life locations and practice, but that the benefits of authentic activity can be realized through careful design of Web-based ...
April 9, 2020 -
Having spent many hours in quarantine fighting enemies in online games, I sat down at my computer last Wednesday to do battle with my greatest nemesis - Adobe graphic design ...
April 8, 2020 -
Bristol is fortunate enough to have a large population of international students, many of whom come from mainland China. Given the new form of online teaching, this presents some significant ...
April 3, 2020 -
The public outreach conference was conceived in late December 2019 and was envisioned as the launch for an annual series of conferences celebrating Wellbeing research and practice across Bristol. Our ...
March 25, 2020 -
This might not seem like a time of opportunity. Everything is cancelled or postponed, and it seems like our worlds are shrinking (both metaphorically, and physically - something I’m acutely ...
March 19, 2020 -
The Study Skills team have created this online course for students on 'Learning Independently'. There are lots of resources available on the Study Skills site for you to use. Bristol ...
March 19, 2020 -
Let me start by being frank, sustaining motivation to complete University assignments amid a pandemic is obviously a trying situation. It is only human to initially feel unsettled, stressed, and ...
March 19, 2020 -
I am a student with considerable climate anxiety. I worry constantly about how my own actions could possibly lead to the demise of human society and am often left apoplectic ...
February 19, 2020 -
University of Bristol students have come together to host a free wellbeing conference open to students, staff and members of the public. ...
February 18, 2020 -
Explanation of the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) initiative to supplement taught sessions with student led active learning sessions. ...
January 10, 2020 -
After enjoying lunch at the Multifaith Chapliancy with fellow students, a recent feature on the Humans of Bristol University series, I entered into ‘Faith Conversations: Well-being and the University’ with ...
December 5, 2019 -
A student perspective on research-rich teaching, references Healey's nexus, Education Committee and student representation, and applied student research skills. ...
December 4, 2019 -
Examples of how the Clinical skills lab at Langford utilies 'Authentic, problem based learning. ...
November 22, 2019 -
Getting my summer exam results was a fairly mundane affair. I was standing on a pigeon poo splattered balcony on the roof of the Berkeley Square building, waving my phone ...
October 24, 2019 -
Dear reader, My name is Marnie Woodmeade, I am a fresh-faced Student Fellow working on the ‘challenge-led, authentic learning’ project. The reason I took on this project is fairly simple: ...
October 10, 2019 -
Hi, I’m Emily Kinder. I did my undergrad degree at Bristol but just couldn’t stay away, and now I’m back to do an MPhil in English and to work as ...
October 10, 2019 -
Hi, I’m Toby Roberts, and I’ll be working as a BILT Student Fellow alongside my final year as a Biology undergrad in Bristol. The project I’ll be working on is ...
October 10, 2019 -
Hiya kind readers, Owen here. I am in my final year of study on the Master of Liberal Arts degree programme majoring in Philosophy and minoring in History. I recently ...
October 10, 2019 -
Throughout the year, Student Fellows led a variety of events through 4 Projects on Assessment, Big Data, Study Spaces and Student Engagement. Phoebe Graham and Corrie Macleod led 'Empowering Students ...
July 26, 2019 -
With their graduation on the horizon, BILT Student Fellows Corrie Macleod and Phoebe Graham reflect on their collaborative project, centred on empowering students to impact their learning and teaching at ...
July 22, 2019 -
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion or EDI for short seems to be at the top of every University list of things to be incorporating into their charter and rightly so with ...
July 11, 2019 -
The student hackathon continued last week, looking at the theme ‘Balancing wellbeing, freedom, independence and success’, with students exploring concepts of cohort identity, attendance and engagement at lectures and the ...
July 1, 2019 -
Lisa Howarth is a BILT Student Fellow, working on the theme ‘Making the Most of our Teaching Spaces’ at the University of Bristol. As she comes to the end of ...
July 1, 2019 -
“I tell them about where I live and why I live there. I tell them why I teach. And I explain to them that when we combine our values with ...
May 23, 2019 -