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Interactive Employability Workshop – 5th October in PG30a 13:00 – 14:30 Placement Experience and Learning Motivations in HE

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Dr James Gavin from the Department of Sport and Physical Activity will be delivering an interactive CEL workshop on Wednesday 5th October in PG30a at 13:00. Dr Gavin’s research suggests motivation is critical for academic learning and achievement, and particularly student engagement in the first year at university. Based upon his recent paper, this workshop… Read more » about Interactive Employability Workshop – 5th October in PG30a 13:00 – 14:30 Placement Experience and Learning Motivations in HE

Find out about our new Fusion Building presentation equipment – drop in sessions for interested staff 7th October

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Colleagues, Whther you are scheduled to teach in the new Fusion building or just want to find out more about using the technology in there for open days, seminars or events you may be running in future, these drop-in sessions are for you! Please come along and find out more! AV Tutorial sessions in FB1… Read more » about Find out about our new Fusion Building presentation equipment – drop in sessions for interested staff 7th October

Cross-Cultural Communication Conference 2017

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Many apologies for cross posting but this may be of interest to some colleagues: Over the past few years the Faculty of Media and Communication has been working with Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s top HEI. We are co-organising the Cross cultural Communication Conference to be hosted in Bangkok Jan 2017.  It would be great if a number… Read more » about Cross-Cultural Communication Conference 2017

Translating evidence into policy: LSE Research

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Jo Ingold and Mark Monaghan at LSE have researched the complex relationship between evidence and policy development. The authors seek to move the conversation about evidence-based policymaking towards a more nuanced understand that sees policy development “as fluid, dynamic and continually re-constituting, rather than a linear or rational ‘transfer’ process”. What emerges from their research is an… Read more » about Translating evidence into policy: LSE Research

New for 2016/17, the Global Talent Programme (GTP)

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The GTP is about helping students to develop and evidence the attributes they need to succeed in today’s global workplace. ‌‌The GTP brings together BU’s central extra-curricular employability offer under one banner subsuming the Student Development Award and Post-Graduate Development Award. On this page you will find out a bit more about the programme, what… Read more » about New for 2016/17, the Global Talent Programme (GTP)

Schedule of CEL’s ‘iInnovate’ workshops in semester 1

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With a new building and a new semester, it is a great opportunity to reflect on our teaching practice. CEL is supporting staff across the university to ‘try something different‘ this year to enhance their teaching and professional practice.  One of the initiatives within this campaign is a BU-wide scheme called ‘iInnovate‘ where academic staff… Read more » about Schedule of CEL’s ‘iInnovate’ workshops in semester 1

The virtual classroom trial

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For the last few weeks we have be trialling a virtual classroom environment which uses software provided by Blackboard.  The application is called Collaborate. Collaborate allows you to create virtual, online spaces to which you can invite up to 100 students and colleagues and share video, audio, documents (PDFs, images and PowerPoints) and a whiteboard. … Read more » about The virtual classroom trial

MyBU deadlines in September – academic staff please note

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Preparing myBU for the start of term myBU is now ready for academics to prepare their 16/17 myBU units. Note that unit content will not be automatically rolled over from 15/16. The entire contents of a unit can be copied over in a few simple steps using the instructions below.   15/16 unit content will stay… Read more » about MyBU deadlines in September – academic staff please note

‘Students who bounce back’: Photo exhibition

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From 12 September, the Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) is holding a photo exhibition in Poole House, next to the Cash Office. This exhibition is part of the ‘Students who bounce back’ project, a study funded by Bournemouth University’s Fair Access Agreement Management Group. The study is being conducted by researchers at CEL, in… Read more » about ‘Students who bounce back’: Photo exhibition