Global and civic engagement – case studies

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Read the full series School: Biological Sciences  Program: Biology   Units: Ecology (2ndYear), Conservation Biology (2ndYear), Final Year Project (BSc and MSci)  How is sustainability included in these units? How did you decide what was appropriate?  In Ecology, I took over an existing unit and reframed ...
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Read the full series School: Interdisciplinary (based in Geography)   Unit name: Sustainable Development   What is the unit and what does it cover?   It’s an interdisciplinary open unit which takes a challenge-focussed approach to teaching the UN’s SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). The main body of the ...
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Read the full series Programme: Civil Engineering How is sustainability included in it? Most of the design work in the programme is iterative rather than transformative, with sustainability teaching emerging organically from the content. We don't have a sustainability stream or pathway or teaching group ...
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A case study describing collaboration, pedagogy and design of the Sustainable Development optional unit, an interdisciplinary blended learning 20cp unit taken by up to 300 students a year. ...
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A short video interview with Prof. Alvin Birdi and Prof. Kate Whittington about assessment integrity and design. ...
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Students in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies have the opportunity to work with a real NGO on a business planning activity.  The units have been developed and supported with the support of the Engaged Learning team.  You can find more about engaged learning on ...
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Introducing the new Sustainability Department Champion role. ...
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Case study reflecting on a first year unit focused on developing employability skills for Accounting and Finance students ...
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Case study reflecting on a first year unit involving real-world research for second year Geographical Sciences students. ...
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Case study reflecting on Bristol Law Clinic, enabling law students to engage with the 'law in action' . ...
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Case study reflecting on a masters unit focused on developing employability and sustainability skills for marketing students ...
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Case study reflecting on a second year unit focused on developing employability skills for Computer Science students. ...
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Case study reflecting on a second year unit focused on developing employability skills for Anthropology & Archaeology students ...
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Podcast - Student Fellow Rhona speaks to Madhu Krishnan, Professor of African, World and Comparative Literatures in the Department of English. ...
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Podcast - Student Fellows Rhona Wilkinson and Sama Zou’bi talk with Leon Tikly, Professor in Education and UNESCO Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education. ...
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This case study shares an approach to 'authentic' learning using an example from a unit I direct for first-year Innovation students at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (the Centre). My teaching approach is participatory, student-led, and grounded in principles of inclusion, civic engagement, and ...
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Podcast - BILT Student Fellow Rhona Wilkinson talks with Jini Agbu, the President of the AfroLit Society. ...
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This case study explores the journey that staff and students have undertaken at the University of Bristol Medical School (BRMS) towards creating a decolonised and diverse medical curriculum, culminating in the formal recognition of a partnership between medical school staff and the BAME Medical Student ...
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Podcast - Student Fellow Rhona Wilkinson talks with with Lauren Hutfield, a final year Politics and International Relations student. ...
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The interview series seeks to recognise and celebrate the amazing work of so many at our University in challenging structural inequality and colonialised imaginations and realities within systems of knowledge. ...
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This case study looks at the experience of 50 second year Physical Geographers on the Research Methods unit who went out in teams to work with local park groups looking at soil and water quality questions. ...
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The creation of a free online course on Future Learn ‘Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship’ that will be part of the Bristol Futures portfolio. ...
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Video interview discussing decolonisation with Alvin Birdi Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Education Innovation and Enhancement) More content can be found on the BILT video site ...
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Video case study on how research-led teaching can be delivered online. ...
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The University of Bristol has pledged to make the city a better place1. Our research institutes are leading the charge to action this2, but how can we connect our research to our teaching? How can we support our students to consider the relevance and applicability ...
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