Emerging Engineers
So before we go any further, a serious health warning, if you are the sort of person who feels the need to reach for the sick bucket whenever you hear self-congratulation then you … Continue reading
Tag: rethinking spaces
A BILT Project: Evaluating a clinical skills lab as an active learning space: sharing best practice and identifying areas for improvement
A 2018/19 Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Alison Catterall, Rachel Christopher, Sam Brown, Sarah Baillie, the Clinical Skills Lab Team from Bristol Vet School.
The Clinical Skills Lab (CSL) at Bristol Vet School provides … Continue reading
The Office: Episode 5
Authentic Learning
So, this week I want to talk about Authentic Learning. Hopefully you had a chance to look at the paper I mentioned by Marilyn M. Lombardi on ‘Authentic Learning for the 21st Century: … Continue reading
The Office: Episode 4
‘Space… ‘
At some point in Spring 2018 I went for an interview to be a BILT Fellow in Assessment and Feedback. All went well and I was offered a two-year Fellowship. But on reflection, … Continue reading
Urban Spaces. Civic University.
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 … Continue reading
An American Indian Holocaust?
Sam Hitchmough, Director of Teaching and Senior Lecturer in American Indian History
Historians of any field constantly grapple with a thorny mass of official histories and unofficial/vernacular histories, histories that are constructed, invented, exaggerated or … Continue reading
An interview with… Lisa Howarth
Lisa Howarth is a BILT Student Fellow, working on the theme ‘Making the Most of our Teaching Spaces’ at the University of Bristol. As she comes to the end of her fellowship, she reflects on … Continue reading
Teaching Space as a Teaching Lab
The following post was written by James Norman, a BILT Fellow and programme director for Civil Engineering.
Today I continue my physical journey into the research of space as I embark on my third road … Continue reading
Insights from attending UWE’s Festival of Learning for an afternoon
The following post was written by Emilie Poletto-Lawson, a BILT Fellow and Educational Developer in Academic Staff Development.
The Academic Practice Directorate at the University of the West of England (UWE) is the equivalent of … Continue reading
Three visits, three takeaways
The following post was written by James Norman, a senior lecturer in Civil Engineering and a BILT Fellow.
Over the last three weeks we have visited three different universities who have recently (last ten years) … Continue reading