Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence

Facilitating with Lego©, using strength based methods, Susanne Clarke

Posted May 17, 2018 by susanne & filed under News.

Curie Scott and Susanne Clarke recently ran a facilitation workshop for CEL and Service Excellence. We needed a group who were open to new ideas, brimming with curiosity and a love of trying something new. In short people who make learning fun and effective. That is what we got, a group of wonderful people who embraced using… Read more » about Facilitating with Lego©, using strength based methods, Susanne Clarke

New Education publication: Nursing and midwifery students’ perceptions of spirituality

Posted May 14, 2018 by Jenny Hall & filed under News.

A new paper has been published in the international journal, Nurse Education Today, including Dr Jenny Hall, educator in CEL and member of the Centre for Qualitative Research, in an international team of researchers. Titled Nursing and midwifery students’ perceptions of spirituality, spiritual care, and spiritual care competency: a prospective, longitudinal, correlational European study, the… Read more » about New Education publication: Nursing and midwifery students’ perceptions of spirituality

HE policy update for the w/e 11th May 2018

Posted May 11, 2018 by jforster & filed under Digital skills, Education, employability, Equality and Diversity, EU, Fair access, Funding Stream, HE Students, Innovation, News, Policy, Postgraduate student, Research, Student, Teaching and Learning, Widening participation.

Fees and funding Loans and parental contributions – The implication of the means-tested maintenance loan is that parents will make up the difference for those not receiving the full loan (ie if parental income is over £25,000)– parents are not always expecting or planning for this and sometimes parents are unable in practice to make up… Read more » about HE policy update for the w/e 11th May 2018

HE policy update for the w/e 4th May 2018

Posted May 4, 2018 by jforster & filed under Digital skills, Education, employability, EU, Fair access, HE Students, Innovation, News, Policy, Public Engagement, Student, Teaching and Learning, TEL, Widening participation.

A bumper policy update for you packed full of political changes and arguments, and BU gets a mention in the House of Commons. Enjoy the sunny bank holiday weekend! Political News Amber Rudd resigned on Sunday. Replacing her are Penny Mordaunt and Sajid Javid. Penny Mordaunt (Secretary of State for International Development) will replace her… Read more » about HE policy update for the w/e 4th May 2018

Augmented and Virtual Reality, Light or Dark?

Posted May 4, 2018 by David Hunt & filed under News.

There has been a lot of hype and excitement about the potential benefits of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in education (hands up, I’m guilty), but the overall engagement has been extremely slow and inconsistent. This is in contrast to Industry which has been quick to recognise the potential opportunities offered and is… Read more » about Augmented and Virtual Reality, Light or Dark?

TOMORROW: LAST iVLE Workshop (PREP Activity)

Posted April 30, 2018 by aluce & filed under News.

This year’s PREP activity across all Faculties is called iVLE. It is an opportunity for you to share best practice on your use of the VLE: MyBU or Brightspace and how this contributes to the student experience. The areas of education practice that comprise iVLE include but are not limited to: Content of units, ie learning… Read more » about TOMORROW: LAST iVLE Workshop (PREP Activity)

HE policy update for the w/e 27th April 2018

Posted April 27, 2018 by jforster & filed under Creativity, Digital skills, Education, employability, Fair access, Funding Stream, HE Students, Innovation, News, Policy, Research, Student, Widening participation.

HE review deadline approaches – the latest on fees and funding Thank you to the staff and students who responded to the HE review survey that we ran before and after Easter, we are preparing our response and will use the data from the survey to inform it. We asked respondents for their top 3… Read more » about HE policy update for the w/e 27th April 2018

MyCareerHub at the BU Service Excellence Conference

Posted April 26, 2018 by David Fevyer & filed under employability, HE Students, News, service excellence, Student.

The BU Careers & Employability Service showcased their recently updated MyCareerHub system at the BU Service Excellence Conference with the opportunity, for those who took part in a MyCareerHub activity, to win a bottle of Prosecco. A total of 49 staff from across the university took part in the activity and the lucky winner was… Read more » about MyCareerHub at the BU Service Excellence Conference

BBC put today’s school pupils through an old tech challenge

Posted April 26, 2018 by Mike Mallia & filed under News.

Young people can no longer tell the time using the big hand and the little hand, and some schools are even replacing standard clocks with digital ones in exam halls, according to some teachers. We asked School Reporters from Catmose College, Rutland, what they thought – and we added a few extra questions to test whether they could recognise other… Read more » about BBC put today’s school pupils through an old tech challenge

Registration open for 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME)

Posted April 26, 2018 by Curie Scott & filed under Creative Methods, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, HE Students, News, Research, Teaching and Learning.

I’m the organising committee for the 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME). Yes, isn’t amazing that this is even a ‘thing’. This two day event is on 5-7 September 2018 in Oxford. This is a rigorous academic meeting and welcomes educators and researchers across disciplines such as design, maths,… Read more » about Registration open for 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME)