HE Students

Free spaces/ Active Learning Conference with masterclasses on team based learning: teams thinking about changing practice very welcome.

Posted . Filed under conference call, CPD, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, HE Students.

Dear BU colleagues Please see below – Anglia Ruskin are developing significant expertise and a reputation for active learning approaches; Prof Mike Sharples is an expert of MOOCs and mobile learning. ==== Anglia Ruskin University is running an Active Learning Conference on 12 September 2017 at our Cambridge Campus with pre-conference masterclasses on 11 September…. Read more » about Free spaces/ Active Learning Conference with masterclasses on team based learning: teams thinking about changing practice very welcome.

HE Policy Update w/e 23rd June 2017

Posted . Filed under employability, EU, Fair access, HE Students, Policy, Student, TEF, Widening participation.

Two items have dominated this week – the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament, and the TEF results. Queen’s Speech The Queen’s Speech sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the session of parliament. In a rare departure this year the parliamentary legislative session is planned to last for two years, instead of… Read more » about HE Policy Update w/e 23rd June 2017

PGCert Open for business (again)!!

Posted . Filed under HE Students, HEA, News, PGCert.

Two months ago we reached capacity for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education Practice (PGCert) starting next year!! The PGCert enables those teaching and supporting learning in a post-compulsory education environment to develop all areas of academic practice, including teaching and learning support, assessment, curriculum development, educational research, learning technologies and academic leadership. This year’s 40… Read more » about PGCert Open for business (again)!!

HE policy update w/e 16th June 2017

Posted . Filed under employability, Equality and Diversity, EU, Fair access, HE Students, News, Policy, Student, TEF, Widening participation.

New Parliament – On Monday we sent out a special edition policy update to keep you current on the political arrangements as the new government is formed. If you missed it you can read it here. Locally, all the incumbents were re-elected, meaning the whole of Dorset continues to be represented by Conservatives. A breakdown… Read more » about HE policy update w/e 16th June 2017

FMC Guest Seminars – Student engagement, dynamic teaching and researcher development: 29 and 30th June

Posted . Filed under Assessment and feedback, Curriculum design, HE Students, Innovation, Research.

Apologies for cross posting, wanted to make the BU community aware that this workshops available to all BU staff – please do come along to a session FMC Guest Seminars – Researcher Development   Faculty of Media and Commination is excited to be receiving a visit from Dr. John Willison from the University of Adelaide…. Read more » about FMC Guest Seminars – Student engagement, dynamic teaching and researcher development: 29 and 30th June

FAR Think Piece One: All of us put other people first

Posted . Filed under CEL Staff, Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creative Methods, Creativity, Equality and Diversity, Fair access, HE Students, News, Research, Student, UofA25, Visual thinking, Widening participation.

A series of short, reflective pieces about widening participation projects is being published from within the Fair Access Research (FAR) initiative, which aim to share ideas and experiences on widening participation projects from across the university, to provoke thought and to inspire. Think Piece One is written by Dr Jacqueline Priego, postdoctoral research fellow in CEL, about a co-production… Read more » about FAR Think Piece One: All of us put other people first

My voice, my story: the lived experience of being a non-traditional student at university

Posted . Filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Equality and Diversity, Fair access, Festival of Social Science, HE Students, Policy, Research, Student, UofA25, Widening participation.

The Fair Access Research (FAR) team have been working with students to explore what it means to be a non-traditional student at university through the student voice, using photovoice, a participatory photographic and story technique. The undergraduates involved in the research, who were from widening participation (WP) backgrounds, became research co-creators. They took photographs to represent their experiences… Read more » about My voice, my story: the lived experience of being a non-traditional student at university

HE policy update w/e 19th May 2017

Posted . Filed under EU, Fair access, HE Students, News, Policy, Widening participation.

A focus on manifestos this week, but some other interesting things first: Data protection within data analytics – The Information Commissioner has opened a formal investigation to assess the potential risk to data protection when using data analytics for political purposes. It will consider the practices deployed during the UK’s EU Referendum campaign and potentially… Read more » about HE policy update w/e 19th May 2017

HE policy update w/e 12th May 2017

Posted . Filed under Erasmus, EU, Fair access, HE Students, News, Policy, REF2021, Student, TEF, Widening participation.

Higher Education and Research Act 2017 – the final text has now been published online and in a pdf version. The next step will be implementation of the many changes in the Act, which cannot move on substantially until after the election – and of course in the unlikely event of a Labour victory, implementation… Read more » about HE policy update w/e 12th May 2017

HE policy update w/e 5th May

Posted . Filed under EU, HE Students, News, Policy, Widening participation.

General Election The Prime Minister, Theresa May, used her dissolution speech to focus on the challenge of Brexit in the face of hard lining from Brussels.  The release dates of the parties’ manifestos have not been officially announced, however they are expected: Conservatives – during week commencing 8 May Labour – Monday 15 May Lib… Read more » about HE policy update w/e 5th May