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Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
This week saw the pre-publication of ‘Core principles to reduce current variations that exist in grading of midwifery practice in the United Kingdom’ in Nurse Education in Practice [1]. This educational paper is co-authored by five senior midwifery lecturers across the South of England, including BU’s Dr. Susan Way in the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal… Read more » about New publication on student grading in midwifery
BU has new PowerPoint templates for presentations, these can be found here: I:\M&C\Public\BU Branding\PowerPoint templates The logos and fonts have been updated. The logo can be downloaded from: I:\M&C\Public\BU Branding\_GUIDELINES & LOGOS\Logos internal use only BU’s official fonts are Bitter for headings and PT Sans for body text. You can find the guide for BU’s branding at: 6726… Read more » about Updated Powerpoint template
Dear all, We are happy to announce this first TREFF call for proposals, TREFF (German word) – meeting point / coming together (thanks to Stephen Jukes!) Please note this call is not open to staff in FMC, since a specific call to that faculty has already been distributed. One TREFF project will be funded in FMC… Read more » about Small grants available from UoA25 for an action research intervention TEF/REF
Apolgies for cross posting – this event for social scientists as well as STEM academics… Dear LDHEN, If your Learning Development provision includes skills support in mathematics and statistics, please bring this free event to the attention of your relevant colleagues. Mathematics and Statistics Support in the Age of “Big Data” Monday 13th March 2017,… Read more » about free workshop: Mathematics and Statistics Support in the Age of “Big Data”
The Chair for the Office for Students (OfS) has been confirmed as Sir Michael Barber, Wonkhe profile his career here. Recruitment for the OfS Chief Executive is underway. Higher Education and Research Bill– amendments are being submitted for the House of Lords report stage. One focusses on students and academic staff at HE providers stating… Read more » about HE policy update w/e 10th February 2017
The effective use of Learning Analytics (LA) has been identified by Jisc as a priority for HEIs and there are many case studies of its successful use. The data from LA can be used at the institution, faculty, department and unit levels to help make informed decisions which can lead to improved student satisfaction, retention… Read more » about Interested in Learning Analytics?
Systematic Reviews: making sense of research This Research Approach paper, developed by the Fair Access Research project (FAR) team at BU and Liverpool University in conjunction with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA), outlines how to undertake a systematic review of widening participation research. Undertaking a systematic review enables researchers to explore a wide range… Read more » about Widening Participation Research. Systematic Reviews: making sense of research
Zuzanna discusses BU’s new virtual learning environment. All in 61 seconds.
The annual Service Excellence conference is being held on 20 April 2017. Book your free tickets here. The past years’ conferences have been fantastic and this year is shaping up to be even more awesome. Whether you are academic staff or professional services, there is lots on offer at the Service Excellence conference.
After the success of last year’s CELebrate event, we are planning to hold another conference this year, this time a one day event. We are working to develop an engaging and thought-provoking day of demonstrations, workshops, presentations, posters and key-note speakers. We are still working on the detail but, in the interim, please blank out… Read more » about CELebrate 2017 – hold the date: Tuesday 13th June
