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)!!
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Introducing Heidi Singleton, our new PhD student on Immersive Worlds, Augmented reality and Tools for Learning Innovation
The CEL team have awarded one of the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s PhD scholarships at Bournemouth University, with the project “Immersive worlds, AR & tools for learning innovation: an empirical investigation in the UK HE context”. Debbie Holley, Jacqueline Priego and Liz Falconer comprise the supervisory team at CEL. This new project seeks to elucidate the connections between immersive worlds, augmented reality and… Read more » about Introducing Heidi Singleton, our new PhD student on Immersive Worlds, Augmented reality and Tools for Learning Innovation
29/30th June – workshops on dynamic teaching, enagaging students and research development from expert visiting scholar..see below
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. John… Read more » about 29/30th June – workshops on dynamic teaching, enagaging students and research development from expert visiting scholar..see below
A Virtual Summer Solstice
Today is the midsummer solstice, a time of much celebration at ancient sites up and down the British Isles; and so it is at virtual ancient sites too! For the past 18 months I’ve been working on a 3D virtual simulation of Avebury Henge in Wiltshire, the biggest known stone circle in Europe and… Read more » about A Virtual Summer Solstice
Brightspace shines a light on BU
Bournemouth University’s reputation as a centre of educational excellence and its integrated use of new learning technologies have been recently highlighted in media headlines, as news of BU’s adoption of Brightspace spreads in publications both at home and abroad. Online magazines such as the UK’s authoritative source for industry topics, Silicon, and publications as far-reaching… Read more » about Brightspace shines a light on BU
Leading HEA Fellowship Consultant to visit BU
A leading consultant from the Higher Education Academy (HEA) is visiting BU on Tuesday 20th June to meet with colleagues who are interested in applying for Fellowship of the HEA, specifically the levels of Senior Fellow and Principal Fellow. The session will share information and the support available to assist you in developing an application… Read more » about Leading HEA Fellowship Consultant to visit BU
HE policy update w/e 16th June 2017
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
Brightspace training update – 14 Jun 17
This week sees the end of the first tranche of Brightspace training. In the period since 8th May, a team of 17 people has run 55 training sessions in Brightspace primarily for academic staff but also for administrative staff. In addition, a number of familiarisation sessions have been run for professional services staff. Staff completing… Read more » about Brightspace training update – 14 Jun 17
Call for Chapters, Leading Change Together in Global Higher Education
Leading Change Together in Global Higher Education Editors: Cristina Devecchi, Northampton University and Jacqueline Potter, Keele University. The Higher Education sector has seen major changes around the world. From the rise of new universities to the increase in student numbers, universities have had to respond and adapt to top-down national policy and to more external… Read more » about Call for Chapters, Leading Change Together in Global Higher Education
Transforming learning through student research
Dear colleagues, a new article “Transforming learning through student research” has just been published and you may find it useful. Here is an excerpt from it: “Given the huge potential for research of all types to enhance learning outcomes, higher education can benefit from integrating student research activities into curricula at all levels across all domains…. Read more » about Transforming learning through student research
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