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BILT Annual Conference Blog Series Our first blog in the series looked at ‘Communities of Practice’, where we explored the different kinds of practice that can contribute to shaping community ...
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Where do students go to learn about ChatGPT? TikTok has the answers. Its search functionality and algorithms drive traffic where traffic wants to go, into the depths of user-driven interest ...
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Attribution Dr Sarah Allsop, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education (SFHEA), Bristol Medical School. Medical academic, with 10 years’ teaching and leadership experience in medical and anatomy education, and a background as ...
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Over the past two years, the three Biomedical Sciences Schools have been working to decolonise and diversify the curriculum. This has involved working in partnership with students to review our ...
In this blog, three colleagues share their tips for enabling student engagement. The approaches were developed during the pandemic and have been updated as we have moved back to face-to-face ...
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Decolonising the curriculum, and our institution as a whole, is an essential part of the University of Bristol's civic responsibility. It is an ongoing process of learning and unlearning which ...
BILT Annual Conference, 12th July 2023 Final call for contributions - deadline 6th March 2023 There are a few days left to sign up to contribute to our annual BILT ...
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Radical Engineering Press I’m going to be honest with you. This is less a blog about book writing, and more a holding post. Over the course of the last week ...
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At the Dental School we have been working closely with students to understand what Decolonising and Inclusion mean for us. Our research received funding from the Policy Support Fund and ...
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My focus is on inclusion. For many years, in several academic contexts in the Netherlands and most recently in the UK, I have done a lot of thinking about the ...
In this issue find out more about BILT's Annual Conference and find out how you can take part and engage with the theme - Building community and belonging in a ...
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The BILT Annual Conference for 2023 is centred on the theme of 'Building community and belonging in a challenging and changing world'. One of the phrases that is sometimes heard ...
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In the run up to BILT’s Annual Conference, we’ll be sharing a monthly blog related to our conference theme: building community and belonging in a challenging and changing world.   Over ...
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"The traditional college essay is dead," were the words of Stephen Marche[1] about how the traditional/conventional teaching methods will be “disrupted from the ground up” by ChatGPT. As Marche (and ...
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Implementing the Patchwork Text Many of our programmes in the university use written assignments for summative assessments, and students are required to demonstrate reflective learning and critical engagement within their ...
Since our last BILT Briefing, International Day of Education has been celebrated. Dr Aisling Tierney shared her reflections and thoughts about why education matters. Share why it matters to you ...
BILT Annual Conference 2023: Building community and belonging in a challenging and changing world
Register for this year’s BILT conference Please ensure you click the correct link below* FULL DAY MORNING ONLY AFTERNOON ONLY Students, please register on Eventbrite *Tea/coffee will be available at the ...
This week, AdvanceHE released a report on how they are updating their professional standards framework, the UKPSF. The framework covers all areas of values and competencies that are essential for ...
Education development project 21/22 Bristol Veterinary School launched the BVSc Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme (AGEP) in September 2019. This programme is a condensed, 4-year veterinary degree for science graduates featuring ...
The Faculty Employability Team consult and advise academics in embedding employability into their curriculum through activities such as authentic learning.  The Team have been busy working with academic colleagues developing ...
According to a study by HEPI, brilliant facts about positive economic impact have little sway and are largely distrusted by government officials. Instead, compelling stories have an edge when it ...
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As BILT associates, we’ve spent the last year or so thinking about how we can help students with a diverse range of needs transition into university life. While others in ...
Re writing a book in a week I love writing books. The days sat in a coffee shop, my email turned off, my headphones on, my finger dancing over the ...
Find out about our Education Development Projects taking place in 2022-23. To view as a PDF please download the document by clicking on the download arrow. ...