BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bilt.online X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220209T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220209T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220131T100149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T100149Z UID:11109-1644415200-1644418800@bilt.online SUMMARY:Hybrid teaching workshop DESCRIPTION:Register here \nTaking place on Teams. \nHear the key messages from BILT’s research with staff and students\, and learn about the latest provision in teaching spaces. This will be followed by a hybrid surgery where you can ask questions and share issues about hybrid teaching. Members of the Digital Education Office and IT Services will be available to offer advice. \n\n2.00 – 2.15pm – Research and facilities update\n2.15 -3.00pm – Hybrid surgery (ask questions and share issues)\n\nPlease register if you would like to come. You can attend from the beginning or just for part of the session. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/hybrid-teaching-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Event-graphic.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220215T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220215T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20211214T161725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T161725Z UID:10690-1644919200-1644926400@bilt.online SUMMARY:HEA Principal Fellow Workshop - book by 1st Feb DESCRIPTION:The BILT Team is pleased to announce that booking is now available for the newly developed HEA Principal Fellowship (PFHEA) workshop. This will take place on Tuesday 15th February 2022\, 10.00 – 12.00\, online via Zoom. \nThis workshop is suitable for those who are already working on applications for PFHEA\, and for those who may be interested in PFHEA the future. If you are unsure as to whether this workshop is relevant to you\, please consider using the Fellowship Category Tool. \nPrincipal Fellowship (PFHEA) recognises substantial strategic leadership and influence in learning and teaching in higher education. It is aimed at individuals who are highly experienced and able to show a sustained record of impact on teaching quality through their strategic leadership institutionally\, and/or (inter)nationally. \nThis two-hour online interactive workshop will explore the contents of a PFHEA application and the assessment criteria\, and will offer a space to develop ideas for and or/refine your Record of Educational Impact (REI). \nPlease book your place by 1st February 2022\, via email: create-asd@bristol.ac.uk.  \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/hea-principal-fellow-workshop-book-by-1st-feb/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Workshop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220307T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220307T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220210T114207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T093404Z UID:11287-1646658000-1646661600@bilt.online SUMMARY:"Reimagining the MSc project" workshop DESCRIPTION:Register here \nFacilitated by Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence nominees from the Digital Health Project Team – Professor Ian Craddock. Amberly Brigden and Dr Hanna Isotalus from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. \nOverview:\nMost taught MSc degrees conclude with a major individual research project (or “dissertation”). The research project model is traditional but arguably flawed – in many contexts it is too brief to give much scope for true research; it fails to prepare students for working environments which are largely team-based; it seldom offers the type of multidisciplinary problem-solving which characterises most of our global challenges. \nFurther\, at a time when Universities are seeking to expand postgraduate taught numbers\, the model of an individual academic supervising an individual summer project often does not scale easily. \nChallenged with these issues\, a team from Engineering will\, in this workshop\, describe a new model of group-based project which was implemented for the first-time last year; the project is Bristol’s nomination for the national Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence Award and will also be presented at the AdvanceHE conference later this year. \nWorkshop details:\nIn this workshop the project structure will be explained\, and feedback presented from staff and students. \nThe second half of the workshop will encourage attendees to discuss the extent to which some of the solutions might be generalised to be applicable in other postgraduate programmes. \nJoining details:\nThe workshop will take place on Teams\, joining details will be sent a few days in advance. \nRegistration closes at 11am on 7th March. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/re-imagining-the-msc-project-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Event-page-image-generic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220218T123433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T123433Z UID:11334-1646917200-1646920800@bilt.online SUMMARY:Uncovering beliefs and emotions\, and how they impact the feedback partnership: Q&A with Dr Maxine Gillway DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how your beliefs and emotions impact your feedback practices? \nCould or should feedback practices be standardised? \nRegister here \n*Registration closes at 11:30am\, 10th March. \n  \nIn this conversational online session facilitated by BILT Associate (Jo Kukuczka)\, Dr Maxine Gillway from Centre for Academic Language and Development (CALD) will share findings from her doctoral research by answering your questions on teachers’ beliefs in action in feedback. \n  \nPre-session activity or join us early.\nTo fully benefit from the session\, you are invited to familiarise yourself with Maxine’s research prior to the session by: \n\nlistening to Maxine’s podcast (YouTube\, 22 mins)\, and/or\, viewing Maxine’s thesis.\n\n\nAlternatively\, join the Zoom session 30 minutes early (at 12:30pm)\, where we will be playing the podcast prior to the live Q&A session starting at 1pm.\n\n  \nPadlet\nUsing the session’s Padlet you are invited to post/like questions for Maxine. They will be answered on a first come first served basis. \n  \nSession details\n\nWe anticipate the Q&A session to last approximately 45 minutes.\n\n\nThe session is open to all academic staff and relevant to all involved in feedback practices.\n\n\nThe session will be recorded\, and the recording will be made available on the BILT website after the event.\n\nJoining instructions will be sent out via email ahead of the event. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/uncovering-beliefs-and-emotions-and-how-they-impact-the-feedback-partnership-qa-with-dr-maxine-gillway/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220202T144436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T123806Z UID:11137-1647432000-1647435600@bilt.online SUMMARY:Peer-feedback DESCRIPTION:Register here\nThis online workshop will explore research and showcase examples of how effective peer-feedback has been successfully embedded across different areas of the University. Contributions include: \nRabeya Khatoon (Senior Lecturer in Economics) : How simple incentives can improve participation in peer assessment \nThe literature on peer assessment points to the struggle of engaging students with assessment and suggested various incentives for participation\, such as marking reward (e.g. Chevalier\, Dolton\, and Lührmann 2018)\, grade loss (e.g. Gillanders\, Karazi\, and O’Riordan 2020)\, and grading the reviewer based on the quality of their review (e.g. Gamage et al. 2017). Based on Khatoon and Jones (2021) and Khatoon\, Saygin\, Sievertsen\, and Simion (work in progress\, 2022)\, I’ll present a couple of examples where simple incentives such as the conditional release of additional material or a pass/fail minimum attempt arrangement can boost student participation in peer assessment. \nBecky Selwyn (Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering): Tips for designing and implementing peer feedback \nProfessional engineers require strong written communication skills\, which must be developed during the course of an engineering degree. We use a scaffolded process to support ~650 students in a 1st year unit learning to write technical reports\, with students receiving feedback on each assignment to feedforward into the following assignments. Staff feedback is usually ineffective as it is often poorly understood or ignored by students. We developed a peer feedback process to help students engage with the assessment criteria and critically reflect on both the work of their peers and their own work\, with the hopes of improving engagement and improving student performance in the final assessment. I’ll present our experiences so far\, including what hasn’t worked\, some student perceptions\, and some top tips that we have picked up along the way. \nStefania Simion (Lecturer in Economics): Gender differences in peer feedback behaviour \nShort summary: Peer feedback\, where students provide feedback on other students’ work\, is increasingly used in higher education (Huisman\, Saab\, van Driel\, and van den Broek\, 2018). We know from other settings that performance feedback suffers from gender biases on the recipient and that this bias depends on the gender of the sender (Mengel\, Sauermann\, and Zölitz\, 2019). My presentation will focus on a group of undergraduate students\, who engage with peer feedback for a mandatory unit. In particular\, I will discuss our up to date findings on gender differences in peer feedback behaviour (based on Khatoon\, Saygin\, Sievertsen and Simion – work in progress\, 2022). \nJoining instructions will be sent out via email ahead of the event. \nRegistration closes at 11am on 16th March \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/show-tell-and-talk-peer-feedback/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220322T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220322T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220310T122341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220310T152623Z UID:11509-1647954000-1647957600@bilt.online SUMMARY:Discussing feedback for learning: Reading Circle with a Twist DESCRIPTION:Register here \n*Event registration closes at 12pm 22/03/22 \n\n\nAre you interested in collaborative reading and rethinking of feedback for learning?\nIf so\, join us online for this synchronous reading circle with a twist.\n\nTo maximise the effectiveness of the session\, the discussion will follow the academic reading circle format (Seburn\, 2015)\, where participants will be invited to look at the text from different critical perspectives\, and then discuss the text with those perspectives in mind. For example\, you might be asked to contextualise the text by investigating the background of the authors and topic\, or you might be tasked with connecting the text to other texts/concepts around sustainable feedback. \nPlease note that you do not need to be familiar with the academic reading circle format to participate in this session as all will be explained on the day 😊. \nPre-session activity\nRead or skim-read Boud & Molloy\, 2013 (available from the University’s library) prior to the session. \nSession plan\n\nWelcome & instructions\nRole allocation and discussion preparation\nDiscussion\nReflection & feedback\n\nSession details\n– This session has been created in response to the recent NSS and in support of the Baseline Principles developed by the University\, \n– The session is open to everyone who is interested in critically reading and discussing the text by Boud & Molloy (2013) with colleagues across Faculties\, \n– Due to the interactive nature of this session\, the discussion will NOT be recorded. \nJoining instruction will be sent out via email ahead of the event.\nLooking forward to seeing you there\,Jo Kukuczka (SFHEA)CALDBILT Associate \nReferences\nBoud\, D. and Molloy\, E. (2013). Rethinking models of feedback for learning: the challenge of design. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 38(6)\, 698-712. \nSeburn\, T. (2015). Academic Reading Circles. The Round. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/discussing-feedback-for-learning-reading-circle-with-a-twist/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220323T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220323T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220202T164750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220222T165724Z UID:11143-1648040400-1648054800@bilt.online SUMMARY:Accessibility and Blended Learning Conference DESCRIPTION:Book here   \nRegistration is open until 12pm on Wednesday 23rd March. \n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\n\nThis conference invites students and staff to engage in conversations about how blended learning impacts access to teaching and learning. \nThe aim is to gain a greater understanding of both the advantages and barriers of blended learning for disabled and neurodivergent students. \nAs part of the conference\, we will be hosting a panel with students and university staff exploring the experiences of disabled students with blended learning. This will be followed by a workshop focused on developing inclusive and accessible assessment. During the conference we will explore the nuances and differing experiences of accessibility\, centre students’ personal experiences and raise awareness at the university about barriers to accessibility and the steps that can be made to support disabled students throughout their academic journey. This conference is hosted by BILT Student Fellows Ellen Graves (Blended Learning and Online Community) and Kai Charles (Experiences of Disabled Students). \nProposed schedule:\n\n1pm: Introduction and Keynote talk from Piers Wilkinson (more details below)\n1:30pm: 15 minute break\n1:45pm Blended learning and experiences of students with disabilities panel\n\nA panel with students and staff\, centering students’ personal experiences of blended learning and discussing both the advantages and barriers to access it. Chaired by Kai Charles.\n\n\n\n\n2:45pm 30 minute break\n3:15pm Inclusive assessment workshop\n4pm 15 minute break\n4:15pm Final thoughts\n\nHalf an hour for conclusion\, a chance for attendees to share any thoughts or questions & Mentimeter activity\nParticipants will be sent a Zoom joining link closer to the date of the conference.\n\n\n\nKeynote speaker\nPiers Wilkinson is the Policy and Campaigns Lead at Diversity and Ability (D&A)\, an award winning disabled-led social enterprise\, which directly supports students\, employees\, and organisations to achieve their potential through building inclusive practices and cultures. \nPiers has been deeply involved in student representation at all levels for over 6 years\, culminating in their election to national representative positions between 2016 and 2020\, and in March 2020 was appointed to the Disabled Students’ Commission. \nPiers also works as an Access and Inclusion consultant\, working with local\, national\, and international organisations to build meaningful and sustainable inclusive cultures utilising lived experience. Other notable projects Piers has been involved in include the 2018 Accessibility Regulations\, the Student Mind’s Mental Health Charter\, the Arriving at Thriving report\, and supporting grassroots community organisations to improve digital engagement and achieve impact goals during the Covid pandemic. \n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/accessibility-and-blended-learning-conference/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BILT-Letters-Navy.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220404T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220404T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220111T112503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220401T094944Z UID:10758-1649073600-1649077200@bilt.online SUMMARY:The Flipped Classroom DESCRIPTION:Register here \nThis online workshop will showcase examples of how the flipped classroom has been successfully embedded at the University\, it will also include practical guidance from the Digital Education Office for those looking to embed flipping in their own teaching. \nThe flipped classroom is a form of blended learning\, a pedagogic approach in which the conventional notion of classroom-based learning is inverted: students are introduced to learning material before class with classroom time then being used to deepen understanding through discussion with peers and problem-solving activities facilitated by teachers. \nContributors include: \n\nDr Andy Wakefield – School of Biological Sciences: Andy will reflect on 2-3 years’ experience of teaching an undergraduate ecology unit using a ‘flipped classroom’ pedagogic model by providing students with short interactive videos that included quizzes to reinforce learning\, these videos are aimed at transitioning away from a passive watching experience. In-person teaching sessions (“workshops”) then operate like short practicals\, offering students a greater opportunity to learn by doing. This also creates additional opportunities for team-based and peer-learning. Andy will give a summary of how he runs his unit and will present initial results from an analysis of the student perspective of this approach to teaching.\n\n\nThe Bristol Vet School Clinical Skills Team: The Bristol Vet School Clinical Skills Team will share insights from their recent experiences developing flipped classrooms for every clinical skills practical in the curriculum. These were designed to ensure students could make optimal use of practical time during Covid. It was a team effort with each member upskilling in a particular area e.g. video production\, Xerte. The flipped content focused on the ‘knows how’ (i.e. steps to perform a skill) as well as a few innovative ways to practise at home! Feedback has indicated that students felt better prepared for practicals and more confident to perform clinical and surgical skills; instructors were able to spend more time providing feedback. An in-depth evaluation is underway with a few students from each cohort keeping a diary to comment on each flipped classroom. The results will inform further improvements as ultimately\, clinical skills flipped classrooms will last forever\, not just for Covid.\nSuzanne Collins – Digital Education Office: The DEO will recap the basics of flipped learning\, using learning design principles to help you re-design sessions\, as well as covering some of the main supported tools we have which can support you flipping your classroom. There will be highlighted top wins for students\, and top staff concerns addressed. DEO staff will then be on hand to try and answer your technology related questions.\n\n  \nJoining details will be sent out a few days before the event. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/show-tell-and-talk-the-flipped-classroom/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250423 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220610T103509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T123325Z UID:11940-1650585600-1745366399@bilt.online SUMMARY:BILT on Develop - for events\, workshops\, conferences\, research supervisor resources & more DESCRIPTION:Search for BILT on Develop for: \nShow tell and Talk workshops\nAnnual conference\nResearch Supervisor Development – online resources\nOther scheduled events and workshops\nDevelop is the staff development site and is access via single sign-on. When you are on the login page click the ‘Login with Single Sign-On‘ button\, the login and password fields are for Develop site admin access only. \n \n  \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/bilt-catalogue-on-develop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Develop-Event-page-image-size.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220425T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220425T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220217T142557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220309T093545Z UID:11325-1650891600-1650895200@bilt.online SUMMARY:Teaching and assessing large groups DESCRIPTION:Register here \nThis online workshop will showcase examples of successful teaching and assessing of large groups and will include contributions from a range of staff at the University. Contributors include: \nDr Joel Ross (Mechanical Engineering) – Large group teaching: Tools of the trade? \nIn this show and tell Joel will be presenting some of the strategies that have been implemented in their team taught engineering lab unit with over 600 students. \nThe implementation of home laboratory kits\, formative peer assessment and audience participation have been key to the delivery of unit with a focus on what students are doing in the synchronous sessions. \nJoel will discuss how these tools have helped enable a meaningful learning experience on this team taught unit. \nProfessor Alan Champneys (Engineering Mathematics) \nEngineering Maths 1 is the service course currently taught to almost 900 1st year engineering students. To engineers\, maths is marmite; some see it is the fundamental building block of engineering science\, others as a necessary evil\, a rite of passage that must be overcome before they can do the ‘real’ creative stuff. There are also mixed backgrounds from BTECs to double A* in maths/further maths. \nYet over the years\, through genuine team teaching and acting on feedback\, the unit has proved one of the most popular in the Engineering Faculty. As with all teaching\, the pandemic has provided fresh challenges\, but has also brought fresh opportunities\, particularly in the use of digital technology for both instant polling and automatically marked formative assessments through which we can constantly ‘take the temperature’ of how the material is being assimilated. \nDr Annika Johnson (Economics) \nWhen a cohort doubles in size\, simply doubling the planned teaching delivery is rarely possible and it is often undesirable. \nTo maintain both the quality of the students’ experience and educational outcomes\, the organisation outside the classroom is every bit as important as the delivery of teaching within. Co-lecturing\, live Q&As and polling are exciting during the live session\, but equally important are developing cohort identity\, consistency of student experience and quality of feedback offered by the inevitably large teaching team. \nReflecting on optimal unit design across a range of unit sizes from 200 to 600 students\, Annika considers the key threshold numbers which necessitate redesign. She recommends some practical templates for implementing units on different scales\, while making the most of the university’s existing physical and digital resources. \nJoining instructions will be sent out via email ahead of the event. \n*registration closes at 11am\, 30th March \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/show-tell-and-talk-teaching-and-assessing-large-groups/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220425T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220425T153000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220201T111859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T084837Z UID:11118-1650895200-1650900600@bilt.online SUMMARY:Research supervision at Bristol - online workshop DESCRIPTION:Register on Develop via single sign-on \nThis workshop is open to new\, experienced and aspiring research supervisors and will provide an opportunity to explore key themes in research supervision at Bristol. As a workshop participant you will: \n\nExplore what good supervisors need to know at Bristol\nIdentify your personal approach appropriate to your context\nReflect upon examples of best practice in research supervision\n\nThis workshop will be facilitated by the Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching (BILT). The workshop will be hosted online on Blackboard Collaborate and will run three times: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday 25thApril\, 14:00 to 15:30 \n\n\n\n\nThursday 28thApril\, 10:00 to 11:30 \n\n\n\n\nMonday 13thJune\, 14:00 to 15:30\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease book your place via Develop\, joining instructions and pre-session activities will be provided ahead of the workshop. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/research-supervision-at-bristol-online-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Research-Surpervisor-Development-self-enrol-image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220330T134310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220330T134310Z UID:11730-1651053600-1651075200@bilt.online SUMMARY:Student Research Festival DESCRIPTION:**This event is taking place on Zoom – participants will be emailed a link in the week leading up to the event**\n\n\nThe Student Research Festival returns in 2022! Showcasing the best student-created research developed over the past year\, it is due to take place digitally on the 27th April between 10am and 4pm. \nThis year promises to be bigger and better than ever\, featuring presentations\, posters and other multimedia from students across the sciences\, humanities and arts. Throughout the day\, BILT will be running multiple Zoom streams from which you can choose to tune in to a variety of talks and discussions and engage with those presenting their research. \nAttendance is free and open to all students at the University of Bristol\, but please book your ticket to ensure we can get the Zoom links and full timetable out to you. We’ll update with a complete timetable closer to the event. \n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/student-research-festival/ CATEGORIES:Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MicrosoftTeams-image-7.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220427T120000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220324T140034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220324T140223Z UID:11700-1651057200-1651060800@bilt.online SUMMARY:Making feedback work: Workshop DESCRIPTION:Register here \nRegistration is open until 9am 27/04/2022 \nTaking place in person in Wills Memorial Building room 1.5 \nThis workshop will introduce a practical theoretical framework (Halliday\, 1994) that enables deeper understanding of what is going on in our students’ writing assignments (such as reports\, essays\, case studies\, etc.). \nThe introduction of the framework will be followed by its application to students’ writing\, as well as our feedback practices. \nWhat to bring\nIf you can\, please bring a sample of your students’ writing that you wish to analyse (incl. marking criteria). \nIf you can\, please bring your laptop. \nSession plan\n\nMeaning and purpose: Introduction to the framework.\nDeconstructing a text: Student writing analysis in action\nConstructing a text: Theory-informed feedback production\nPeer review.\nReflection & Feedback\n\nSession details\n\nThis session is relevant to all involved in feedback on students’ writing assignments such as report\, essay\, case study\, etc.\nThis session has been created in response to the recent NSS and in support of the Baseline Principles developed by the University\,\nDue to the interactive and face to face nature of this session\, the workshop will NOT be recorded.\n\nLooking forward to seeing you there\, \nJo Kukuczka (SFHEA) \nCALDBILT Associate \nReferences\nHalliday\, M.A.K. (1994). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Edward Arnold \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/making-feedback-work-workshop/ LOCATION:Wills Memorial Building\, room 1.5 (on the 1st floor across from the Great Hall)\, BS8 1RL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220511T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220511T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220127T153849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T123730Z UID:11098-1652274000-1652277600@bilt.online SUMMARY:Assessment Literacy DESCRIPTION:Register here \nIn this online workshop Dr Rebecca Pike and Dr Rose Murray from the School of Biological Sciences will explore how improvements in assessment literacy (for both staff and students) were realised through a series of co-creation initiatives involving student partners. \nThe workshop will outline these initiatives\, what worked well\, how their impact was evaluated and how the initiatives could be usefully applied across different Schools. \nThe three initiatives include: \n\nThe Assessment & Feedback Portfolio (AFP): The AFP is a collection of tools available to students in Blackboard which contains clear information about assessments\, resources to help them improve their academic and transferable skills\, and a tool that allows students to consolidate their feedback for themselves and identify the skills they are demonstrating well or need to improve.\nThe Feedback Cafe: A fortnightly drop-in opportunity for students to ask questions about upcoming assessments or to discuss their feedback. The Cafe is run by a mix of academic staff\, study skills advisors\, and student skills advocates.\nFeedback Engagement Workshops: interactive workshops were run for students in each year of our UG programme which showed students how to engage meaningfully with their feedback and how to use the AFP.\n\nJoining instructions will be sent out via email ahead of the event. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/show-tell-and-talk-assessment-literacy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220522 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220406T150009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220406T150310Z UID:11789-1652745600-1653177599@bilt.online SUMMARY:Discussing assessment for inclusion: Slow Reading Circle with a Twist DESCRIPTION:Register here\nRegistration closes at 12pm on Monday 16th May 2022 \nAre you interested in collaborative reading and discussing assessment for inclusion? \nIf so\, join us online for this asynchronous reading circle with a twist. \nWhat is assessment for inclusion and why does it matter in academia? Are we doing it at Bristol? If so\, to what extent? And\, so what? \nThis reading circle invites colleagues across the University to discuss those (and other) questions around assessment for inclusion. \nTo support inclusion\, this reading circle takes the ‘slow’ approach by spreading it over four days. Each day will begin with a prompt to guide your reading/discussion activities for the day. \nAll you need to do is access MS Teams and commit to approx. 20 to 45 minutes daily for this\, at any time of the day\, over the four days. \nTo maximise the effectiveness of the reading circle\, the asynchronous discussion will include a twist in the form of the academic reading circle format (Seburn\, 2015)\, where participants will be invited to explore the text (Nieminen\, 2022) from different critical perspectives\, and then discuss the text with those perspectives in mind. For example\, you might be asked to contextualise the text by investigating the background of the authors and topic\, or you might be tasked with connecting the text to other texts/concepts around assessment for inclusion. \nSlow Reading Circle schedule\nTuesday 17th May – Friday 20th May 2022 on MS Teams \nDay 1: READ: Read the allocated text on assessment for inclusion \nDay 2: FOCUS: Check your role allocation & prepare for the discussion \nDay 3: DISCUSS: Discuss the text \nDay 4: INTERACT: Return to the discussion and comment on at least two posts by others \nSession details\nThe session is open to everyone who is interested in critically reading and discussing a text on assessment for inclusion with colleagues across Faculties. \nJoining details\nJoining instruction will be sent out via email ahead of the Slow Reading Circle with a Twist. \nLooking forward to seeing you there\,Jo Kukuczka (SFHEA) \nCentre for Academic Language and Development (CALD) & BILT Associate \nReferences\nNieminen\, J.H. (2022). Assessment for Inclusion: rethinking inclusive assessment in higher education\, Teaching in Higher Education\, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2021.2021395 \nSeburn\, T. (2015). Academic Reading Circles. The Round \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/discussing-assessment-for-inclusion-slow-reading-circle-with-a-twist/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220609T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220609T143000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20211202T154155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T125514Z UID:10646-1654779600-1654785000@bilt.online SUMMARY:Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis - Seminar two: Conceptualising decolonisation as praxis DESCRIPTION:A BILT/CBH/UNESCO Global Chair/Bristol Conversations in Education Seminar series. \nRegister here \nThe aim of this online seminar is to set out our initial understanding of decolonisation as praxis. We will return to reconsider this understanding in the conclusion. The seminar will run from 1 – 2:30pm (last 30 mins is for discussion). \nThis online seminar is an opportunity to collaboratively interrogate the meaning of decolonisation as praxis. Reflecting the discussion on the meaning of decolonisation in the upcoming volume\, Decolonising Education: From Theory to Praxis\, the seminar will engage with the analysis by supporting discussion on: \nGlobal and contemporary themes in the decolonising debate\, as it has manifested in different geographical and temporal locations. \nThe typology of decolonising\, including framing decolonising education in relation to a genealogy of anti-colonial and postcolonial thinking about colonialism\, and education’s role as a site of struggle and resistance in the colonial project. \nDecolonisation as praxis in education\, drawing from critical pedagogy and its focus on the reciprocal and dialectical relationship between theory and practice\, while remaining very much situated in specific contexts and structures of power. \nThe seminar and subsequent chapter will seek to advance framing decolonisation as an epistemic intervention that seeks to challenge the unspoken assumptions which we currently practice with respect to the question of knowledge. For example\, to what extent do our extant intellectual practices remain rooted in the coloniality of power?  What does it mean to ‘decentre’ the colonial epistemology such that it becomes merely one epistemic tradition amongst many that we platform in our teaching and learning. \nThe conversation will also provide an opportunity to reflect on the mainstreaming of decolonising discourse and its increasing use as a metaphor\, its conflation with diversification and the occulting of conversations around structures of power and violence. \nJoining the seminar \nYou will be sent the joining link close to the date\, the seminar will run from 1 – 2:30pm (last 30 mins is for discussion) \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/decolonising-education-from-theory-to-praxis-seminar-two-conceptualising-decolonisation-as-praxis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Decolonising-seminar-.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220613T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220613T153000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220414T084145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T084718Z UID:11820-1655128800-1655134200@bilt.online SUMMARY:Research supervision at Bristol – online workshop DESCRIPTION:Register here via Single sign-on\nThis workshop is open to new\, experienced and aspiring research supervisors and will provide an opportunity to explore key themes in research supervision at Bristol. As a workshop participant you will: \n\nExplore what good supervisors need to know at Bristol\nIdentify your personal approach appropriate to your context\nReflect upon examples of best practice in research supervision\n\nThis workshop will be facilitated by the Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching (BILT). The workshop will be hosted online on Blackboard Collaborate and will run three times: \n\n\n\n\n\nMonday 25thApril\, 14:00 to 15:30 \n\n\n\n\nThursday 28thApril\, 10:00 to 11:30 \n\n\n\n\nMonday 13thJune\, 14:00 to 15:30\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease book your place via Develop\, joining instructions and pre-session activities will be provided ahead of the workshop. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/research-supervision-at-bristol-online-workshop-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Research-Surpervisor-Development-self-enrol-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220615T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220615T143000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220516T100022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T100057Z UID:12699-1655298000-1655303400@bilt.online SUMMARY:Dialogic Feedback DESCRIPTION:Register on Develop via single sign-on \nThis online workshop will showcase examples of approaches to dialogic feedback and will include contributions from staff from across the University. \nAhead of the workshop session attendees are asked to consider the following questions: \nWhy do we care whether our students are engaged? What difference does it make – to their learning\, to us\, to them? And will they only be engaged when we are? \nAre you hesitant about using screencast feedback in your teaching? If so\, what advice\, support\, or persuasion do you need to get you started? \nContributors include: \nDr Lloyd Fletcher (School of Management) – Encouraging Conversations: screencasts at the heart of dialogic feedback\nThe overall purpose of this workshop is to encourage you to use screencast feedback as part of your teaching. To do this\, I’ll offer an evidence-based argument for its benefits\, along with some practical guidance on how you can begin implementing it to enhance your students’ learning. \nResearch has shown that to be effective\, feedback to students should be ‘dialogic’\, i.e.\, it should be integral to an ongoing ‘learning conversation’ with their teachers. A dialogic approach engages students more deeply in their learning\, making it more likely that they will be both willing and able to actually improve their work in the short and long term. Research has also found that recorded feedback – as opposed to traditional written forms – can be dialogic. With the widespread availability of digital tools\, screencast feedback in particular has shown the potential to be a powerful enabler of dialogic feedback. This technique produces a video recording of the student’s work on screen while the teacher talks through their critique of it. \nIn this workshop\, I will:\n(1) provide some brief theoretical grounding for the benefits of dialogic screencast feedback;\n(2) share the results of my own empirical study of its use at Bristol as a way to illustrate the benefits and engage your interest in its potential;\n(3) suggest some ‘quick start’ ideas for how you can begin using screencast in your own teaching. (A more detailed ‘how to guide’ provides a more extensive resource for those interested.) If there is sufficient interest from participants\, then follow-up asynchronous learning activities and coaching (via screencast!) will be available to support your experimentation and developing practice with dialogic screencast. \nDr Christophe Fricker (School of Modern Languages) – Too close for comfort\, or too distant for learning?\nWhen you propose a new unit\, you have to specify how your students\, “personally\,” will be different “as a result of the unit.” In a recent University-wide survey\, students said that in a mental health crisis they like to turn to academics. And wouldn’t you say that many of your favourite teaching experiences involve a special “connection” with students\, around a specific topic of discussion? \nAll these issues point to the value of relationships\, and the difficulty of establishing them in a professional context. Recent research clearly shows that our students will be more inclined to learn when they are able to establish a “resonant” relationship with their instructor\, their peers\, and their subject. Learning will be both more satisfying and more effective if everyone – and everything – involved in the learning process is allowed to “speak” and “resonate.” \nResonance Pedagogy has emerged as a rigorous\, systematic\, theoretically sound and practice-focused approach to building relationships in the classroom\, focusing primarily on dialogue and ongoing feedback and responses. The workshop will present some of the key premises of Resonance Pedagogy\, discuss examples of classroom situations\, and then ask to what extent we can be expected to build resonant relationships\, in view of our commitment to “critical distance” our role in assessment. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/12699/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220622T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220622T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220610T102100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220610T102100Z UID:13074-1655902800-1655906400@bilt.online SUMMARY:Students experiences of online assessment DESCRIPTION:Register on develop via single sign-on \nThis online workshop will explore students experiences of online assessment and includes contributions from both staff and students from across different areas of the University including: \nDr Alicia Gonzalez-Buelga (Mechanical Engineering) \nAlicia is the Exams Officer for Mechanical Engineering. The Department had to move all exams to be online due to covid and we decided to use blackboard test to run the assessments. In this presentation/workshop I will talk through some challenges and advantages of these assessments\, the structure and type of question we chose to minimise collusion and collaboration\, I will share the feedback received from students and academics and proposed some improvements for the future. \nEllen Graves (BILT Student Fellow on the topic of Blended Learning and Online Community) \nEllen’s BILT Student Fellow project has focused on the areas of accessibility and wellbeing\, and students experiences of blended learning and online community. Through this Ellen has explored ways of building more inclusive assessment into the curriculum through alternatives forms of assessment\, authentic assessment\, and tailored wellbeing support. Ellen will provide insights into students’ experiences of assessment and make recommendations for the future based on student feedback. \nStudent Digital Champions representatives. \nWorking to channel the student voice\, Student Digital Champions work with the Digital Education Office and student populations to find examples of excellent student engagement and ways to foster feelings of community and motivation with learning online. In this presentation they will explore the best ways in which students can prepare for online assessments and provide feedback on their own experiences. \nRepresentatives from the Digital Education Office will be available on chat to answer any questions. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/students-experiences-of-online-assessment/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220628T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220628T161000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125815 CREATED:20220422T095406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220526T155722Z UID:11830-1656410400-1656432600@bilt.online SUMMARY:The Compassionate Conference – transforming learning through pedagogies of care DESCRIPTION:Staff Click here to Register on Develop via Single sign-on \nStudents Click here to Register \nHopeful\, affective\, and compassionate approaches to learning\, teaching and assessment offer opportunities for transformational educational experiences for our students and for ourselves (Freire 1992; hooks 2003; Patience 2008; Gilbert et al 2017). These approaches place relationship building and care for others at the centre and highlight the role of teachers in recognising and addressing institutional and classroom practices that disadvantage students (Hao 2011). \nThus\, these approaches seek to benefit all but critically recognise the importance of compassionate pedagogies for those whose experiences and voices are already marginalised by common teaching\, learning and assessment methods in Higher Education. Perhaps more than ever before\, the pandemic has foregrounded the value of relationships\, the importance of wellbeing\, and has highlighted a range of challenges for many of our staff and students. \nThe online conference will explore how in difficult times we can take hopeful and compassionate approaches to teaching and assessment for transformational learning\, both in person and on-line. \nConference schedule\n10 am to 11 am Morning Keynote \n\n‘Making change for good: using assessment and feedback to foster engagement and effective learning’ with Professor Sally Brown and Professor Kay Sambell.\n\n11:30 am to 12:30 pm Parallel sessions \n\nTeaching that cares and challenges\nCaring for future generations – engaging students with sustainable futures\n\n12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Lunch \n1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Parallel sessions \n\nDecolonising the curriculum – from theory to practice\nWellbeing in learning and assessment\n\n3 pm to 4 pm Parallel sessions \n\nCompassionate assessment and feedback\nNurturing student agency\n\n4 pm  to 4:10pm plenary with Tansy Jessop and Ros O’Leary \nFull conference details and abstracts\nVisit the conference page for full session details and keynote speaker bios. https://bilt.online/the-compassionate-conference/ \nJoining instructions\nZoom links will be provided a few working days before the conference. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/the-compassionate-conference-transforming-learning-through-pedagogies-of-care/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/The-compassionate-conference.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220706T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220706T143000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220704T094253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220704T094652Z UID:13235-1657112400-1657117800@bilt.online SUMMARY:Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis - Decolonising the curriculum\, pedagogy\, and assessment DESCRIPTION:Register here (closes at 11am on 06/07/22) \nTaking place on Zoom\, 1pm to 2pm (2pm to 2:30pm discussion) \nBuilding on the theoretical insights developed in the previous seminars in this series\, this seminar considers the specific role of decolonising the curriculum within the broader aims of decolonisation and epistemic justice. It will focus on what it means in practical terms to decolonise the curriculum and the implications for assessment and pedagogy. \nThe seminar will focus on a number of specific disciplinary areas and consider the following questions: \n\nHow can we can develop critical awareness amongst our students of coloniality through our teaching and assessment practices?\nHow can we embed understanding of the debt that Western knowledge owes to other cultures/ civilisations?\nHow can we retell the relationship between the disciplines and the development of colonialism?\nHow can we relate how and what we teach to ongoing relations of coloniality?\n\nSpeakers: \n\nDr Pankhuri Agarwal School of Sociology\, Politics and International Studies\nProf Alvin Birdi APVC – Education Innovation and Enhancement\, School of Economics\n Prof Steve Eichhorn Department of Aerospace Engineering\, School of Chemistry\nLara Lalemi (PhD) School of Chemistry\nSelim Tudgey (PhD) Department of Aerospace Engineering\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/decolonising-education-from-theory-to-praxis-decolonising-the-curriculum-pedagogy-and-assessment/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Decolonising-seminar-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220718T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220718T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220610T100554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T155441Z UID:13068-1658145600-1658149200@bilt.online SUMMARY:Student centred framework for assessing programme's Employability and Academic Skills (EAS) DESCRIPTION:Register on Develop via single sign-on \nStudents join the university to develop their academic knowledge and gain a variety of skills and attributes to enhance their career prospects. \nThe Bristol Skills Framework represents the key skills and attributes that the University supports its graduates to develop during their study for postgraduate or undergraduate degree. This ‘top down’ strategy approach to skills development is admirable for the identification and classification of graduates’ generic skills but is struggling to distinguish skills required for graduates within a specific programme. While\, degree programmes adopt skills and attributes framework\, the key focus is primarily on the development of programme specifications that set out intended learning outcomes. \nAbout the workshop\nTaking place on Zoom\, in this workshop an interactive tool for Employability and Academic Skills (EAS) will be demonstrated by Senior Lecturer Dr Hadi Abulrub (Mechanical Engineering). \nThe EAS tool was developed for Engineering with Management postgraduate programme at the Faculty of Engineering which aims to translate the University’s skills framework (along with programme attributes outcomes) into a programme-specific skills matrix. We will also consider ways to integrate the tool into the students learning journey and engage them in self-assessment and reflection on their own development to better prepare them for their future career. \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/student-centred-framework-for-assessing-programmes-employability-and-academic-skills-eas/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Show-tell-and-talk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220721T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220721T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220704T125438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220705T080641Z UID:13204-1658404800-1658408400@bilt.online SUMMARY:Dr Adam Rutherford - Race\, genes and scientific racism: the history and legacy of the invention of race. DESCRIPTION:Register here (Open to University of Bristol staff and students only\, registration closes at 11am 21/07/2022) \nAbout this event:\nThis talk by Dr Adam Rutherford has been arranged by the Decolonising STEMM group. \nContemporary concepts of race have shallow historical roots\, invented as they were during the European Age of Enlightenment\, exploration and plunder. From the 17th century\, philosophers\, scientists and writers concocted taxonomies of our species\, sometimes based on crude traits like pigmentation and bone morphology\, and often just made up. \nScience\, and notably the new science of genetics did a good job of dismantling these racial categories in the 20th century\, and showing that while race is very real because we perceive it\, the folk taxonomies that everyone understands and uses have little basis in biology. However\, in recent years\, new techniques in genetics\, sometimes poorly deployed\, misunderstood or misrepresented\, have given succour to those who wish to reinforce traditional racial categories\, alongside common attempts to understand common observations such as in sporting success and cognitive abilities. \nJoining the event:\nThis event will take place on Zoom\, the joining link will be sent out a few days before the event. \nSpeaker bio:\nDr Adam Rutherford: Writer\, Geneticist and Broadcaster \nAdam’s latest book Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics was published in February 2022. This follows on from the hugely successful How To Argue With A Racist first published in February 2020 which was a Sunday Times Best Seller. His other recent books include The Book of Humans: The Story of How We Became Us and A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived. Adam’s first book\, Creation (Penguin 2014)\, was about the origin of life on Earth\, and the future of life in the era of genetic engineering\, synthetic biology and spider-goats. Creation was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2014. \nAdam’s background is in genetics and evolution. He did a PhD at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond St Hospital\, studying the role of genes involved in the development of the eye. He worked at the science journal Nature\, during which time he launched and presented the award-winning Nature Podcast\, and produced and directed many short films\, including a music video tribute to the retiring Space Shuttle. \nHe lectures extensively at UCL\, where he has an Honorary Fellowship\, and in public all around the world\, including prestigious events such as the Douglas Adam’s Memorial Lecture\, the British Humanist Association’s Darwin Day Lecture\, The BFI\, the Hay Festival\, and the Cheltenham Literary and Science Festivals. He co-authored a study on the effects of video games on adolescents and violence in 2016. \n      \nPhoto credit of Dr Adam Rutherford: Alde Eamonn McCabe \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/dr-adam-rutherford-race-genes-and-scientific-racism-the-history-and-legacy-of-the-invention-of-race/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220910 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220907T142246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T081622Z UID:13828-1662422400-1662767999@bilt.online SUMMARY:Senior Tutor Induction DESCRIPTION:Register on DEVELOP via single sign-on \nThis Course aims to support academic staff as they take on the role of senior tutor in their school and provide a space to share experiences of personal tutoring. We hope that during this course you will encounter some inspiring ideas for how you might take forward the provision of personal tutoring in your school as well as receiving advise and guidance from experienced senior tutors. \nThis induction will lay the foundations for you to begin the role of senior tutor and help you scope any further training or development you might need. By the end\, you will have reflected on the role’s responsibilities and looked at the processes and resources that will help you fulfil it. You will also have started to think about\, and possibly plan towards\, enhancing personal tutoring provision in your school and considered the practical steps you should take beyond this induction. \nDuring the course\, we will be using a range of different online platforms so that you can gain an experience of them as a learner and reflect on how they could be used within your own tutorial practice. \nWhat will this induction cover?\nDuring this induction you will be looking at: \n\nThe role of senior tutor\, both its expectations and its limits\, and the processes and resources that will help you fulfil the role.\nWays you can support students in your school\, particularly those with complex needs\, and provide guidance to personal tutors to help them fulfil their role.\nHow you can evaluate tutorial personal tutoring and take a leading role in enhancing it in your school\nApproaches to handling student information confidentially and how this relates to effective record-keeping in your school’s tutorial provision.\n\nHow will this course be run?\nA programme of three online workshops\, over three days\, plus some asynchronous activities. We recommend that participants attend all three workshops but asynchronous versions of the live workshops will be available if this is not possible \n\n6 Sept\, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm\n7 Sept\, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm\n9 Sept\, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm\n\nEach session involves a live workshop (of about an hour and a half each) and some asynchronous activities. Each session will require approximately 2 hours of work in total. \nGet in touch\nIf you have any questions please contact the team at create-asd@bristol.ac.uk \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/senior-tutor-induction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/senior-tutor-induction.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221108 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220714T130650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T114734Z UID:13303-1662940800-1667865599@bilt.online SUMMARY:Introduction to HE Teaching at Bristol (multiple dates) DESCRIPTION:The synchronous dates in September have now passed\, the purely asynchronous activities for all sessions will be released the week commencing 3rd October 2022. The course dates for January have been released. \nThis online course has been designed for those new to teaching/and or supporting learning including:  \n\nTeaching support roles – for example demonstrators\, graduate teachers and associate teachers \nResearch staff (pathway 2) with some teaching responsibilities \nTeaching staff (pathway 1 or 3) new to teaching at Bristol waiting to join the PGCAP or the CREATE HEA Fellowship Scheme \n\n All research staff and PGRs who teach are required to engage in appropriate training to support them in their teaching: this training course fills this requirement and replaces the Starting to Teach programme.  \nSign up for the course here \n Course aims  \nThis short online course is scheduled across 3 days for 90-minutes per day (30-minutes independent learning activities + 60-minute live or asynchronous session).  \nThe aim of the course is to provide you with the skills and knowledge to plan learning and teaching for flexible and blended delivery.  In the course you will:     \n\nExplore current thinking about engaging and interactive learning    \nExamine principles of inclusive teaching \nEngage with good practice in marking and giving feedback \n\n\nExperience how different technologies can support different types of learning and teaching     \nApply principles of good practice to your teaching and your context \n\nCourse information\nThis year we are able to offer a variety of different ways to engage with the course and attendance at sessions will monitored through the Blackboard platform.    \nTimetable for the session (Days 1\, 2 and 3 must be completed in chronological order): \nDay 1: Active and Interactive Teaching   \nDay 2: Planning Active and Inclusive Sessions\nDay 3: Marking and Giving Feedback \nHow to enrol   \nPlease enrol on the course through this Sign-Up Form. We will then be in contact via email nearer the time with more information.  \nFAQ\nFor teaching support staff: will I get paid?   \nAll hourly paid staff will get paid to engage with the course. You can claim up to 4.5 hours. Claim alongside your teaching hours; any queries direct to your line manager/MyERP signee.  As this is an online course\, we will use Blackboard engagement statistics to verify your engagement and on completion you will receive a certificate.  \nWhat if I have already engaged with the University’s Digital Design course or Blended Learning and Teaching course?   \nThis course draws from these events but has new and specifically designed material suitable as an introduction to teaching.  You don’t need to attend Introduction to HE Teaching at Bristol if you have already attended Digital Design of Blended Learning and Teaching but are welcome to attend if you wish to refresh your skills and would benefit from further input.  \nContact us\nIf you have any questions please contact the team at create-asd@bristol.ac.uk \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/introduction-to-he-teaching-at-bristol-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Intro.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220913T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220913T123000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220719T133037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T133037Z UID:13349-1663066800-1663072200@bilt.online SUMMARY:Personal Tutoring online workshop DESCRIPTION:Register on Develop via single sign-on \n\n\n\nThis workshop is available to all academic and professional services staff new to personal tutoring and those wishing to refresh their skills. \nOnce you have enrolled\, you will be added to the course Blackboard page where you will find all the resources\, along with the pre-sessional tasks. \nThis one and a half hour online workshop hosted on Blackboard Collaborate by the CREATE team aims to support you in: \n\nrelating the University of Bristol policy on academic personal tutoring to your own practice\nlocating different forms of student support provided by the university\nevaluating strategies for supporting students’ personal and academic development\n\nIf you are not able to make either of the live workshops\, you can complete an asynchronous resource that will help you work towards the same learning outcomes. \n\n\n\n\nFurther information:\n\nThere are several pre-sessional tasks on Blackboard that should be completed to get the most out of the workshop. These tasks should take no more than an hour to complete.\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/personal-tutoring-online-workshop-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Copy-of-senior-tutor-induction.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220817T082010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T140308Z UID:13519-1663840800-1663862400@bilt.online SUMMARY:Bristol Futures Festival DESCRIPTION:In Welcome Week 2022 we are hosting the university’s first Bristol Futures Festival. The festival is designed to introduce first year students to various aspects of Bristol Futures including the interdisciplinary optional units\, the open online courses\, study skills and the Bristol Plus Awards. \nThroughout the day\, students will have the opportunity to speak to staff and student representatives from the Optional Units and have the chance to sample some of the innovative and exciting work that students produce on the units through the online student showcase. Attendees can learn how to get involved in the Bristol Futures offer and explore how Bristol Futures can connect them to a diverse community across the university. \nThere will be a variety of fantastic performances such as spoken word poetry\, music\, and dance on the day as well as a variety of activities for students to get involved in and opportunities for them to create their own keepsake artwork. \nStudents can also grab one of our specially curated goodie bags which are made up of thoughtful\, sustainable gifts that align with the sentiments of Bristol Futures. \nFind us at the Welcome Village in Royal Fort Gardens on Thursday 22nd September 10am-4pm. This event is not ticketed\, please just drop-in.  \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/bristol-futures-festival/ LOCATION:Royal Fort Gardens\, Bristol\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BF-festival-Event-page-image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220930T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220930T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220826T134256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220930T115018Z UID:13656-1664496000-1664557200@bilt.online SUMMARY:Call for Contributions - Research Supervisor Symposium 2022  DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome contributions from all PGR supervisors across the University of Bristol\, including well-established supervisors and those who are new to supervising postgraduate research. Application link at the bottom of the page\, deadline Friday 30th September 2022. \nThe Symposium offers a safe and inclusive space for University of Bristol PGR supervisors to share best practices and pedagogies\, and to explore their experiences of supervising PGR students. Presentations will be grouped around two interlinked core themes: supervising international students and developing PGR research communities. \nFormats for presentations may include:    \n\nposter presentations  \nlightning presentations (up to 5 minutes)  \nshort presentations (up to 10 minutes) \n\nSymposium details\nTaking place on Tuesday 13th December 2022\, 9.00 to 12.00pm at the Wills Memorial Building\, event registration will be widely advertised in advance. \nKey themes\nHow can we best support our growing communities of students\, given the diversity of their backgrounds and prior experience? \nHow might we learn from each other what the challenges might be\, and how we might best address these? \nThese are the key themes of our 2022 Research Supervisor Symposium.  We know that engaging in a postgraduate research (PGR) degree can be an immensely rewarding and life changing experience for many students\, an experience which results in profound professional and personal development and transformation. Yet it has also been recognised that for some\, PGR study can be an isolating and lonely experience in which many students face mental health and wellbeing challenges.    \nOur PGR communities are becoming increasingly diverse with significant numbers of home students from underprivileged backgrounds and international PGR students joining each year. It is important to recognise that our international PGR students face particular challenges in their postgraduate research degree experiences\, and the marginalising nature of power relationships hidden in higher education can result in feelings of alienation and otherness.   \nResearch has found that the relationship between PGR students and their supervisor(s) and the impact of social working environments and research cultures has considerable influence on student experiences of the research degree and on their outcomes. At the Research Supervisor Symposium we invite colleagues to explore their experiences\, and ask: \n\nHow do we best support our international students and uncover and address issues of isolation and alienation? \nHow do we understand the challenges our home and international students face and how can we best overcome them? \nHow do we develop inclusive and engaging PGR research communities and build cohort identities that seek to support student wellbeing and promote positive degree outcomes?  \n\nHow to apply\nPlease complete the Expression of Interest form (opens in Microsoft Forms) to submit a brief summary of your idea/ presentation by Friday 30th September 2022. \nDecisions on the programme will be made by Friday 28th October 2022. \nIf you have any questions\, please email bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk.    \n  \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/call-for-contributions-research-supervisor-symposium-2022/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Research-symposium-Event-page-image-size.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221003T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221003T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220927T095521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T095944Z UID:14135-1664820000-1664823600@bilt.online SUMMARY:Mathematics Education and Language Diversity: From Language-as-Problem to Language-as-Resource DESCRIPTION:Register for the free event here \n\n\n\n\nYou are invited to join this this public talk by the Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng\, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town\, South Africa\, hosted by the International Research Partnerships team at the University of Bristol. \nAbout Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng\nProfessor Phakeng holds a PhD in Mathematics Education from the University of the Witwatersrand and is a highly regarded B1 National Research Foundation-rated scientist with over 80 research papers and five edited volumes published. She has been invited to deliver over 40 keynote/plenary talks at international conferences\, and as a visiting professor in universities around the world. She has won numerous awards for her research and community work\, including the Order of the Baobab (Silver) conferred on her by the President of South Africa in April 2016. In August 2014 CEO magazine named her the most influential woman academic in Africa; in August 2016 she was awarded the prestigious Businesswoman of the Year Award in the education category; and in 2020 she was included in Forbes’ inaugural list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Africa. She also received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Bristol in 2019. \nThroughout her illustrious career she has broken new ground as the first woman in a range of prestigious positions\, including being elected as the first woman President of the Convocation of the University of the Witwatersrand\, leading the Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa (AMESA) as its first woman National President\, and being the first black South African researcher to be appointed to co-chair a study commissioned by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction. \nProfessor Phakeng began her term of office as Vice-Chancellor of UCT in July 2018. Previously she had been serving as Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation at UCT since January 2017. As part of her Professorship she has been engaging with a range of scholars at the University of Bristol. \nIf you would like to learn more about Professor Phakeng you can read a more detailed biography on the UoB website. \nEvent details\nTaking place in the Reception room\, Wills Memorial Building Queen’s road Bristol BS8 1QE. \nAll are welcome to the event\, a drinks reception will follow the talk. \nEvent organisers\nThis event is organised by the International Research Partnerships Office\, part of Research Development at the University of Bristol. The Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professorship (BIVPs) is a year-long appointment during which Professor Phakeng has been engaging with our academic community and building institutional partnerships. \nEvent photography\nPlease be aware that the organisers plan to take photographs during the event\, which we will share online (including our Twitter feed\, website and/or blog). If you are uncomfortable with this\, please notify a member of the team on the day and we will endeavour to try and avoid including you in any photographs. Due to the nature of the event we cannot guarantee you won’t be in any images\, but we will try and avoid taking photos where you are clearly visible. \n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/mathematics-education-and-language-diversity-from-language-as-problem-to-language-as-resource/ LOCATION:Reception Room\, Wills Memorial Building\, Queens Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1RL\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Public-lecture-poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221005T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221005T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T125816 CREATED:20220825T135815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T135815Z UID:13645-1664985600-1664989200@bilt.online SUMMARY:Online workshop: National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) DESCRIPTION:Register here \nThis online workshop is intended for any member of staff wishing to apply for the the National Teaching Fellowship (NFT) scheme\, either this year or in the future. \nIt will be led by Associate PVC (Innovation and Enhancement) Alvin Birdi and NFT awardees Ros O’Leary and James Norman. \nThe workshop will provide an opportunity to gain advice and information about the NFTS and guidance on completing the required Expression of Interest (EOI) form\, including: \n\nAn overview of the scheme\, the assessment criteria\, selection process and 2023 timeline\nAdvice and top tips for completing your EOI\nExamples of quality EOIs\nPersonal accounts from NFT awardees on their application experience\n\nPlease register in advance for this workshop. You will be sent a Teams invite and you will be granted access to useful templates and guidance. \nIf you have any questions ahead of this workshop please contact bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk \nShare this:\n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n Like this:Like Loading... URL:https://bilt.online/event/online-workshop-national-teaching-fellowship-scheme-ntfs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bilt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NTF-event-page-image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching":MAILTO:bilt-info@bristol.ac.uk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR