I didn’t finish Uni quite how I thought I would (to put it mildly). Ignoring, for now, the slightly terrifying world I’ll be graduating into (which is something I’m getting quite good at), one big … Continue reading
Tag: feedback
Evaluating your teaching practice
Evaluation isn’t one thing to everyone. It takes place at different points in the curriculum and can be valued in many ways. In this blog I provide an overview of good practice for evaluating your … Continue reading
Feedback in an authentic context
So, I will be honest, I have been dwelling on this blog idea for a while now, and the reason I haven’t written it is because I was stuck. I was struggling to come up … Continue reading
Humans of Bristol University: Emily, Maya, and Tom.
Spotlight on ‘Voicing Vulnerability’
It’s lunchtime on Woodland Road. The autumn skylight floods in through the bay window at the Multifaith Chaplaincy. The meeting space is bustling with a few members of staff and dozens … Continue reading
The Office: Episode 6
‘All kinds of feedback’
A few months ago, I was sat in a conference when I got an email from one of the heads of department asking me if I was around. Without thinking, I … Continue reading
Why I am Making a Zine about Assessment
Zoe Backhouse is a BILT Student Fellow and fourth-year Liberal Arts student.

Zine [definition]: some sort of publication, usually mass-produced by photocopying (in some cases scanned, put on the net, or copied via fax) on … Continue reading
The LeapForward Project
Dr Sheena Warman was the lead academic on her project, ‘LeapForward’, for which she was awarded a Catalyst Fund from BILT for 2017/18. The project summary and conclusions can be found below – if you … Continue reading
Building Confident Engaged Researchers Through Active Partnership and Problem Based Learning
A Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Dr Chris Kent and Dr Jess Fielding for the academic year 2017/18 – you can find a summary of the project they undertook with their grant below. If … Continue reading
An interview with… Chris Rust
We spoke to Chris Rust, Professor Emeritus of Oxford Brookes University and author of ‘Assessment Literacy: The Foundation for Improving Student Learning’ and numerous other publications on assessment and pedagogy. Chris was BILT’s first visiting … Continue reading
An interview with… Naomi Winstone
This interview is with Naomi Winstone, who presented an excellent seminar on maximising the impact of feedback in March 2018. Naomi has helped to implement a new feedback system in Surrey and has had huge … Continue reading