Monthly Archives: July 2016

Lord Stern’s REF Review- the outcome

Thanks to Emma Banbury-Whitton; apologies for cross posting The outcome of Lord Stern’s independent review of the REF has been published. You can view the report here. The recommendations from the report are as follows. 1.       All research active staff should be returned in the REF (and allocated to a unit of assessment). 2.       Outputs should be… Read more » about Lord Stern’s REF Review- the outcome

Using the AV equipment in the new Fusion Building – 27 Jul 16

The Fusion Building has been a significant investment for BU and the design, functionality and features can be used in different learning scenarios to deliver innovative teaching and learning. A crucial part of this is the Audio Visual equipment that has been installed throughout the building. The most up to date systems have been used… Read more » about Using the AV equipment in the new Fusion Building – 27 Jul 16

Partnerships of Widening Participation: Students’ Unions

As part of our Fair Access Research we’ve been doing some filming with SUBU. Our video clips will form part of a resource we are developing to help others find ways to build and sustain partnerships with Students’ Unions for widening participation. Working with Educational Technologist Chris O’Reilly we’ve been compiling useful resources and tips. We interviewed our new full-time officers – President, Daniel… Read more » about Partnerships of Widening Participation: Students’ Unions

On audio-recorders…or introducing ‘Tales from the field’

In this post, Jacqueline Priego introduces the new blog feature ‘Tales from the field’. One of the main thrusts of CEL is driving pedagogic research, leading up to the next REF submission in Unit of Assessment 25. As part of this effort, I started working here as a research fellow a year ago. In this… Read more » about On audio-recorders…or introducing ‘Tales from the field’

‘The scholarship of learning, teaching and organizing in higher education’

Colleagues, A fantastic resource!   We’ve put together a virtual special issue, guest edited by Paul Ashwin and Didi Griffioen, consisting of a selection of articles related to ‘The scholarship of learning, teaching and organizing in higher education’ which is the central theme of the Higher Education Conference 2016.   Articles include:   The use… Read more » about ‘The scholarship of learning, teaching and organizing in higher education’

Peter Bryants’ team win technology award

Colleagues, some of you will remember Pete’s amazing keynote for us at CELebrate 2016. ==== LSE has been awarded with the Campus Technology Teaching and Innovation Award (see pg30) for their innovative work on the Constitution UK project which ran in early 2015. Constitution UK was a collaborative project that aimed to crowdsource and hack the UK constitution within… Read more » about Peter Bryants’ team win technology award

A visit to the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Cape Town

I was fortunate yesterday to be able to spend a morning in the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CILT – with a soft C as in CEL) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). UCT is one of Africa’s premier universities with a global reputation.  UCT have some 27,000 students so are 50%… Read more » about A visit to the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Cape Town

Competition winners announced for embedding sustainable development within the curriculum at BU

The role of universities in contributing to a sustainable future has been quite clear since Agenda 21 – our shared prosperity is at risk if we do not find more sustainable ways of living and working. Universities have an important role to play through research, developing a greener campus, in the community and through the… Read more » about Competition winners announced for embedding sustainable development within the curriculum at BU