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Last night’s co-creation award presentations

Last night on the 5th floor of the Student Centre, Deputy Vice Chancellor Professor Tim MacIntyre-Bhatty and Head of CEL, Professor Gail Thomas hosted an awards evening for student winners of the co-creation competition. Of the 15 winners who all received a certificate and cheque for £500 to further their research, 14 were able to… Read more » about Last night’s co-creation award presentations

Student Development Award

Sonya Harvey works for the Careers and Employability Department and heads the Student development Award here at BU. Sonya’s role is to support our students in achieving the BU Student Development Award that recognises the transferrable skills students develop from their experiences while involved in extra-curricular activities. The Award enables them to create a high profile e-portfolio… Read more » about Student Development Award

Student Development Award – Reflective element

The BU Student Development Award – Graduate Attributes: Reflective Writing Students on the Award commit themselves to developing a range of employability skills that enable them to demonstrate workplace experience to potential employers. Through their involvement in a choice of over 100 extra-curricular activities, including volunteering, ambassador and mentoring roles, languages, professional development, media skills,… Read more » about Student Development Award – Reflective element

Student Development Award – stand out from the crowd

The BU Student Development Award – stand out from the crowd Our Award supports students from all levels and all Schools in developing a range of employability skills that enable them to demonstrate workplace experience to potential employers. Students have the opportunity to achieve recognition in over 100 extra-curricular activities including Representation, Clubs & Societies… Read more » about Student Development Award – stand out from the crowd

National Careers Week – 7th -11th March 2016

Next week is National Careers Week and our Careers teams have organised for a number of BU graduates to come onto campus to talk about their experience post BU. This is an excellent opportunity to network with a variety of grads all working in different organisations including Red Bull, Lovelove Films and the Football Foundation…. Read more » about National Careers Week – 7th -11th March 2016

CELebrate 2016 – an overview of the speakers and topics

We are exited that this year’s CELebrate Conference is coming soon.  The CELebrate 2016 runs between 13th and 15th April 2016. You will soon be able to book on individual presentations or, alternatively, you are welcome to join us on the day.  The booking system will be set up shortly. Here is an early look… Read more » about CELebrate 2016 – an overview of the speakers and topics

Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes up for grabs

apologies for cross posting Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes up for grabs Are you an undergraduate student completing your dissertation in the academic year 2015/16?  Do you want your research to be read by other researchers, users of data and practitioners? The UK Data Service will be awarding three prizes for theses that demonstrate flair and originality… Read more » about Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes up for grabs

Undergraduate research conference – SURE BU – tomorrow 2nd March

Our annual undergraduate research conference – SURE BU – is returning for its second year on 2 March on Talbot Campus. We’ve had some fantastic submissions, which show how our students are getting involved in research, improving their skills and developing new knowledge. SURE BU is an excellent way to celebrate research being undertaken by… Read more » about Undergraduate research conference – SURE BU – tomorrow 2nd March

5 Different Things to Do With Panopto

Panopto is mainly known as a Lecture Capture system, but it has many features that make it useful for a range of Technology Enhanced Learning activities. Here are just a few of the possibilities.   1 – Linking Fieldwork to Learning and Teaching Videos can be created on mobile devices and uploaded directly to units… Read more » about 5 Different Things to Do With Panopto