I am delighted to announce that Anne Davey, Faculty Librarian for the Faculty of Management has just been accredited as BU’s first Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA for short!) from the professional services via the TeachBU route. Anne was commended for her outstanding application, that was interesting, reflective, well-constructed, met all the criteria and was “a joy to read”…. Read more » about BU’s first Senior Fellow of the HEA from the professional services
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Outstanding final year undergraduate students received co-creation awards from the University
This year’s student-led co-creation awards were handed out to 15 outstanding students from different faculties of BU. The event took place on the 5th of December 2017 in the presence of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim MacIntyre-Bhatty who handed out the prizes and certificates, the Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning Professor Debbie… Read more » about Outstanding final year undergraduate students received co-creation awards from the University
Time to re-assess your digital skills for 2017-18
The first digital skills self assessment (DSSA) was launched in February 2016 and was completed by over 500 respondents. The DSSA served a dual purpose; staff were able to assess their levels of confidence against the technology enhanced learning (TEL) tools at use in BU and also against the wider range of digital skills that… Read more » about Time to re-assess your digital skills for 2017-18
How to become a CEL blogger
We strongly encourage BU staff to share their learning and teaching research and experiences by posting on the CEL blog. This is a good opportunity to publicise your work, raise your profile and to connect with others in your field. For those members of staff wanting to do this, please contact Heidi Singleton. Heidi will… Read more » about How to become a CEL blogger
Applying for HEA Fellowship – Writing Retreat
Professor Rick Stafford (Faculty of Science & Technology) will be hosting a TeachBU Writing Retreat on Wednesday, 6th December, between 13.30 – 16.30 on Talbot Campus. This session provides the perfect opportunity for some dedicated time to focus on your HEA Fellowship application – whether you need to start writing it, it’s a work in… Read more » about Applying for HEA Fellowship – Writing Retreat
HE policy update for the w/e 1st December 2017
The KEF is coming On 1st December, HEFCE launched a consultation on the new Knowledge Exchange Framework – the KEF – which was announced earlier in the Autumn by the Jo Johnson – as the “third leg” of the HE stool*. Putting aside the rather unflattering stool analogy, we prefer to think of this as… Read more » about HE policy update for the w/e 1st December 2017
Faculty iVLE Sessions for Prep Activity
Faculty iVLE Sessions to discuss PREP activity Date Time Location Faculty 13th February 2018 3pm-5pm Talbot Campus FMC 6th March 2018 12pm-2pm Lansdowne Campus HSS 6th March 2018 2pm-4pm Lansdowne Campus FOM 1st May 2018 2pm-4pm Talbot Campus SciTech *Rooms to be confirmed: please check OD website **Colleagues can drop in to another session if… Read more » about Faculty iVLE Sessions for Prep Activity
Online teaching resource introducing longitudinal studies and data to non-experts
An interesting set of resources- please do explore and write us a blog-post…. ============= Closer has launched a new online teaching resource introducing longitudinal studies and data to non-experts. The Learning Hub is primarily aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, and those who teach them but it should be equally valuable to those working in… Read more » about Online teaching resource introducing longitudinal studies and data to non-experts
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