Events and workshops

Assessment for Learning: Education Excellence workshop

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FLIE’s Principal Lecturer Anne Quinney delivered an Education Excellence workshop on Assessment for Learning. The workshop focussed on the 6 dimensions of Sambell’s model (below) and provided opportunities to discover how to use these in unit design and in designing assessment. Sambell’s model underpins the BU Assessment Design policy (6c) and the BU Generic Assessment… Read more » about Assessment for Learning: Education Excellence workshop

Updated resources on FLIEflix

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The FLIEflix portal signposts you to a range of help and guidance offered by FLIE using a boxset format which brings together our online support under recognisable themes. It’s a resource you can return to time and time again and we’ve recently added some updates. Education Enhancement Workshop resources You’ll now find a summary of… Read more » about Updated resources on FLIEflix

Education Enhancement Workshop Series – March

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Registrations are open for FLIE’s upcoming Education Enhancement Workshops. You can register for the March events via the Brighspace Staff Resources page. The March calendar is also available for download To see the content from some of our previous workshops head over to FLIEFlix. Looking forward to seeing you there! FLIE Team

Workshop – Microaggressions: A Risk For Everyone

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Congratulations to the BU Department of Design and Engineering for being awarded the ATHENA SWAN bronze award. One of the developmental workshops is open to BU staff. A workshop organised by Dr Roya Haratian and Professor Philip Sewell Date:  Wed 19th of Jan 2022, 12:00 -13:00 Workshop Place: Online – MS Teams: Access Link Workshop Topic: Microaggressions: A… Read more » about Workshop – Microaggressions: A Risk For Everyone

Teaching Large Cohorts – Education Enhancement Workshop Summary

Many lecturers at BU teach classes with 60-120+ students. These are large cohorts! In the last workshop on this topic, it was clear that the specificity of discipline/field and teaching context are critical. The workshop in January draws on case studies and will make space for audience experience and group thinking. As I said in… Read more » about Teaching Large Cohorts – Education Enhancement Workshop Summary

Education Enhancement Workshop Series – February

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February is around the corner, and with it come new instalments of the Education Enhancement Workshop Series. Some events will be hosted by FLIE and you can find all the details and register on our Eventbrite page. Others will be hosted by the Doctoral College and you can enquire here for more details. All events… Read more » about Education Enhancement Workshop Series – February

Reflections on the 13th Postgraduate Research Conference

The recent postgraduate research conference, organised by the Doctoral College, offered a perfect opportunity to present my albeit early work, having just completed a systematic review prior to engaging in data collection and analysis in the second year of my PhD. Any opportunity to share/talk about our work is always valuable, encouraging discussion and questions… Read more » about Reflections on the 13th Postgraduate Research Conference

FLIE Education Enhancement Workshop Series 2022

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The new year is looking busy for the FLIE team. We have prepared a series of workshops following comments from you and themes from our student feedback that are focused on Enhancing your Education practice in order to further develop your pedagogical expertise. The workshops will be provided and facilitated by FLIE with some guest… Read more » about FLIE Education Enhancement Workshop Series 2022

Brightspace workshops and drop-ins area – new look

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Our staff resources page on Brightspace has changed! The Schedule is now divided between Workshops and Drop-ins. The workshop tab has an orange button that will take you to our revamped Eventbrite page where you can see the upcoming events organised by FLIE. If you click on each event you will be taken to the… Read more » about Brightspace workshops and drop-ins area – new look