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December 12, 2022 -
Dr Andy Wakefield
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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December 12, 2022 -
Professor Chris Priest
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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December 12, 2022 -
Professor James Norman
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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May 3, 2022 -
Dr Aisling Tierney
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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May 3, 2022 -
BILT
A short video interview with Prof. Alvin Birdi and Prof. Kate Whittington about assessment integrity and design.
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December 15, 2021 -
Hannah Tweddell
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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November 24, 2021 -
Carlos Shanka Boissy Diaz
Introducing the new Sustainability Department Champion role.
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November 17, 2021 -
Carlos Shanka Boissy Diaz
A post on Sustainable Development.
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August 18, 2021 -
Prof. Stuart Cooper and Kathleen Kruiniger
Case study reflecting on a first year unit focused on developing employability skills for Accounting and Finance students
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August 12, 2021 -
Hannah Tweddell and Rachel Flecker
Case study reflecting on a first year unit involving real-world research for second year Geographical Sciences students.
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August 12, 2021 -
John Peake and Omar Madhloom
Case study reflecting on Bristol Law Clinic, enabling law students to engage with the 'law in action' .
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August 12, 2021 -
Angela Parry Lowther and Karl Anton
Case study reflecting on a masters unit focused on developing employability and sustainability skills for marketing students
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August 12, 2021 -
Dr Simon Lock and Hannah Tweddell
Case study reflecting on a second year unit focused on developing employability skills for Computer Science students.
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August 12, 2021 -
Tamar Hodos and Amy Haines
Case study reflecting on a second year unit focused on developing employability skills for Anthropology & Archaeology students
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July 22, 2021 -
Student Fellow
Podcast - Student Fellow Rhona speaks to Madhu Krishnan, Professor of African, World and Comparative Literatures in the Department of English.
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June 23, 2021 -
Rhona Wilkinson & Sama Zou'bi
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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June 9, 2021 -
Dr Keir Williams
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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May 24, 2021 -
Student Fellow
Podcast - BILT Student Fellow Rhona Wilkinson talks with Jini Agbu, the President of the AfroLit Society.
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May 12, 2021 -
Samya Sarfaraz and Joseph Hartland
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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April 9, 2021 -
Student Fellow
Podcast - Student Fellow Rhona Wilkinson talks with with Lauren Hutfield, a final year Politics and International Relations student.
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April 8, 2021 -
Student Fellow
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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December 10, 2020 -
Hannah Tweddell
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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December 7, 2020 -
Professor Bridget Anderson and Emma Newcombe
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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June 11, 2020 -
Emilie Poletto-Lawson
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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May 7, 2020 -
Dr James Freeman
Video case study on how research-led teaching can be delivered online.
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October 16, 2019 -
Dr Aisling Tierney
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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