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Humans of Bristol University

Humans of Bristol University: Hazel McShane

June 10, 2020January 21, 2021 Marnie Woodmead

Hazel McShane is a final year Physics and Innovation student and co-founder of SATIS, the female urinal. We caught up over Zoom on an outrageously sunny day to talk about the possible benefits of lockdown, … Continue reading

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Humans of Bristol University

Best of Bristol: Keir Williams

February 26, 2020January 21, 2021 Marnie Woodmead

Keir and I met in a design studio in the Centre for Innovation. Throughout the interview, staff and students alike would come in to fetch or print things and everyone knew each other, giving the … Continue reading

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Humans of Bristol University

Humans of Bristol University: Dave Jarman

November 8, 2019December 2, 2020 BILT

Spotlight on ‘Voicing Vulnerabilities’

Dave Jarman is a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at the multi-award-winning Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Dave greets me at the Centre which sits high on the Clifton hilltops in the … Continue reading

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Teaching Stories

How to succeed at failing

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 BILT

The academic team from the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CFIE) ran an interactive seminar at the International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC) annual conference in Oxford in September 2019. The subject was central to our … Continue reading

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Engaged Learning 101

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 BILT

During our smooth, buffer-free Skype call, Senior Lecturer in Design Thinking Ann Padley and I chatted about the fresh take the Innovation course at Bristol has undertaken. The 4-year integrated master’s programme collaborates with 14 … Continue reading

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Is There Any Link Between Design Thinking and Essays?

February 20, 2019 BILT

The following post was written by James Norman, a BILT Fellow and Senior Teaching Fellow in Civil Engineering. 

It’s strange how a number of unconnected events can form an idea in your mind.

This weekend … Continue reading

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