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Humans of Bristol University

Humans of Bristol University: Rose Murray

February 12, 2020December 2, 2020 Toby Roberts

Dr Rose Murray is an Associate Director of Learning and Teaching and a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences. We sat down in Rose’s office in the Life Sciences Building, the home of … Continue reading

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Humans of Bristol University: Billie Gavurin

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Emily Kinder

Billie Gavurin is in her third year of studying for a PhD in English and History. Billie is on a Teaching Scholarship and has been at Bristol since her undergraduate degree in English and Classics. I met up with her to … Continue reading

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Teaching Stories

When Problems Create Solutions: A Problem-Based Approach to Teaching

October 8, 2019January 18, 2021 Dr Aisling Tierney

 

Problem based learning (PBL) is an approach to teaching that supports creative and complex problem-solving. It seeks to address open-ended problems and real-world scenarios that researchers and industry encounter in professional practice. The higher … Continue reading

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Teaching Stories

Five Things to Try in your Teaching Next Year

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 BILT

We sent round bookmarks to academic staff outlining five new things they could try in their teaching – this post includes more detail about those things and where you can get support to try them. … Continue reading

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Teaching Stories

‘Snow’ days and the death of lecturing…

August 13, 2019August 11, 2020 BILT

The following post was written by Alison Blaxter, a BILT Associate and Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Vet School.

It’s August and bright sunshine but time for reviewing my teaching year.  I was remembering the … Continue reading

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The A-Ha Moment

December 7, 2018December 4, 2018 BILT

The following blog was written by James Norman, a Senior Lecturer in Engineering and a BILT Fellow. 

I am sure we have all been there, it’s the Monday before the start of term and as … Continue reading

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Meet the BILT Fellows: Zoe Palmer

September 14, 2018September 13, 2018 BILT

We asked our Fellows to write us a short blog about their background and what they are doing as part of their BILT Fellowship. The following blog is from Zoe Palmer, who has been a … Continue reading

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Just over a week left to apply for our 4 x Student Just over a week left to apply for our 4 x Student Fellow positions organised around the individual themes of - building inclusive online communities, students as researchers, assessment and feedback, and decolonisation. Find out more details on the UoB MyCareers site.
Calling all Bristol Students!! We are delighted to Calling all Bristol Students!! We are delighted to confirm that we have 4 Student Fellow positions available - search for opportunities on MyCareers to find out more. This year's project themes include: building inclusive online communities, students as researchers, assessment and feedback, and decolonisation.
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The University is delighted to offer an online Science of Happiness course starting on Wednesday 13th May, 11am.

This 4-week course comprises of weekly, hour long live-streamed lectures, remote group coaching via the Science of Happiness app and periodic happiness surveys. The course explores themes such as dealing with adversity, meditation, sleep and achieving your goals. To find out more and sign-up to this course please complete the online enrolment form here by close of play on Friday 8th May.
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