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Do we already know the best way to deal with Generative AI? If you’ve given a lecture in the last 30 years, you’ll have lived this moment:  A tutor asks ...
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Members of the BILT and CEP team had the opportunity to attend the recent Advance HE Assessment and Feedback Symposium, entitled: ‘Shaping the Learning Experience: Innovations in Assessment & Feedback’.  ...
Looking ahead at the possibilities of innovative teaching at Bristol, I draw on conversations with Resonance pedagogy practitioners.   I wouldn’t start from here. This might work elsewhere but we do ...
Educators across institutions say it’s reassuring to put your teaching practice into words. What is it about sharing that helps us gain confidence?  I’ve spoken with teaching staff across a ...
Last month we sent in revision 4 of the book. The final manuscript. With no further reviews. It was with a huge sigh of relief and a great sense of ...
Hi everyone! My Chinese name is 王令懿 (pronounced as Wang Ling-yi), but usually my friends call me Ivory, which is a bit easier if you have trouble remembering names (like me). I ...
Students and staff are here to work together. Resonant learning relationships will involve both. Let us not put their “experiences” in different silos.   Resonant learning experiences involve both students and ...
Those who know most about climate change have the biggest carbon footprint. What does sustainability education have to look like in order to be effective?   For academics, the news are ...
Measurable results in predefined categories versus out-of-the-box approaches along non-standard routes – faultlines in universities are often hierarchical, but there is a way out.   “Students love it because it’s different!” ...
You will never teach the same class in two different rooms, says Greek philosopher Heraclitus (sort of). The flow will be so different. So here’s a few things we can ...
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In my previous blog I explained how metaphors offer a way of making that which is unfamiliar or hard to understand appear more familiar and knowable. In this blog, I’d ...
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Our family recently returned from holidays, and on the outward and returning flight my three year old daughter was fascinated by the safety sheet she found in the seat pocket. ...
To many of us in Modern Languages, literature seems almost made for teaching. Here’s why.   People outside the Arts are sometimes disdainful of subjects that never seem to arrive at ...
“I look forward to marking essays,” says Dietmar Wetzel. Those of us who’ve been here a while will know that discussions about marking can feel like a tug of war. ...
Ready to innovate, an enthusiastic teacher was met with silence and confusion by his students. Here’s how sociologist Dietmar Wetzel responded.   ...
If we’re serious about research-led teaching, we need to tell our students what we don’t – yet – know. Enter teaching-led research!  ...
I’ve heard a colleague describe their students as ‘wilted parsley.’ If we want to get the juices flowing again, we have to find out what our students are actually interested ...
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In 2019, I became the unit director in Economic Principles, a compulsory unit for first year undergraduate students in Accounting and Finance. Even though students are highly-skilled and the entry ...
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Why do you teach? The answer may lie in your philosophy of teaching. More specifically, the overarching values and beliefs which guide you as an educator. I believe that an ...
Highlights from the UK Service Learning and Community Engaged Learning Network webinar, 8 March 2023. In this blogpost, Hannah Cowell shares inspiring stories from the UK SL/CEL Network Webinar hosted ...
A surprising number of business and management students struggle with writing coherent essays. In today's blogpost, Professor Will Harvey (University of Bristol Management School) provides practical advice on creating an ...
Happy December. This is the last post of the year. It was supposed to be the last post in the series, but as you know, if you’ve been following this ...
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We are delighted to confirm UMCRDT have been selected to represent the University in the Advance HE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) scheme. Find out more about their work. ...
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We are delighted to announce Dr Francesco Fornetti was recently nominated by the University to apply for the Advance HE National Teaching Fellowship. My passion for electronics and technology started ...