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Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
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
if you haven’t joined in an open conversation, here is your opportunity… and the conversation will be curated… ==== Norman Jackson and Chrissi Nerantzi are running another free, open online #creativeHE conversation next week 4-8th Dec – please join the conversation – please pass the invitation on to others who may be interested? CREATIVITY IN… Read more » about Norman Jackson and Chrissi Nerantzi: faciliating a free, open online #creativeHE conversation next week 4-8th Dec
Posted on behalf of CEL Learning and Teaching Fellow Dr Karen Thompson. Well done Karen, this is a fantastic achievement! Last night I attended the annual Awards Ceremony of the Chartered Body for the Project Profession, the Association for Project Management. TV icon and renowned editor John Pienaar was our host for the evening. … Read more » about BU Academic’s Success Acknowledged by Chartered Professional Body for Project Management at Awards Night
We are delighted to let you know that the second issue of the International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP) is available from https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsap/issue/view/318 The journal, which is hosted by McMaster University Library Press, is co-edited by students and staff/ faculty from Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US. In Issue 2 you will find… Read more » about International Journal for Students as Partners: read, contribute, share…
We’ve had an amazing attendance at our drop-in sessions for this year’s student-led co-creation funding scheme. If you’ve missed any, we have one more session coming up on Friday Nov. 10th from 9:00-10:30am in PG30a. The co-creation project is one of the flagships of the University and funds student-led, collaborative projects delivering co-created outputs… Read more » about The last drop-in session for this year’s student-led co-creation funding
November marks the end of a month-long recruitment process for 10 enthusiastic students to co-create a Carnival University which will be showcased at Carnival Expo in May 2018. During the recruitment process applicants submitted a CV, were interviewed and produced a short statement about their motivations to join Carnival U. The selected candidates under the… Read more » about BU’s Carnival U Welcomes the Class of 2017/18
Dear colleagues, We are currently running drop-in sessions to provide interested final year undergraduate students and academics with relevant information about this year’s student-led co-creation funding. We have the following schedules coming up: Date & Time Venue 01st Nov. 2:30 – 4:30pm PG30a Poole House, Talbot 07th Nov. 11:30 – 1pm BOHO lounge, Bournemouth House 08th… Read more » about Reminder: Drop-in sessions for the student-led co-creation funding
Recently I had the pleasure of being involved in an inquiry-based learning event hosted by the Project Management team from BU’s Leadership, Strategy and Organisation (LSO) department. It consisted of a one-day ‘hackathon’ in which students were issued a project challenge to develop a stakeholder engagement strategy for Green Cottage RDA, a local charity. Hackathons… Read more » about The BU One-day Project Challenge: An LSO Inquiry-based Learning Event
The Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL), in collaboration with the student union (SUBU), is pleased to launch the next round of calls for the student-led co-creation funding. The co-creation funding project is one of the flagships of the University and funds student-led, collaborative projects delivering co-created outputs between a student and an academic. Whether that’s… Read more » about Launch of the student-led co-creation funding
My timer is set for 10 minutes and I am now sitting comfortably ready to write this update on experiences of using the ‘Pomodoro Technique’. It’s not surprising that colleagues tell me that needing to find more time is a key challenge and I hear this quite regularly in my travels as Head of Service Excellence… Read more » about Taking back control of your time – 10 minutes at a time.
