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Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Recently I had the pleasure of being involved in an inquiry-based learning event hosted by the Project Management team from BU’s Leadership, Strategy and Organisation (LSO) department. It consisted of a one-day ‘hackathon’ in which students were issued a project challenge to develop a stakeholder engagement strategy for Green Cottage RDA, a local charity. Hackathons… Read more » about The BU One-day Project Challenge: An LSO Inquiry-based Learning Event
The Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL), in collaboration with the student union (SUBU), is pleased to launch the next round of calls for the student-led co-creation funding. The co-creation funding project is one of the flagships of the University and funds student-led, collaborative projects delivering co-created outputs between a student and an academic. Whether that’s… Read more » about Launch of the student-led co-creation funding
In 2012, I was asked to trial this relatively new programme, ‘Turnitin’ for online assessment handling in what was then the Media School. I was a luddite at the time, convinced that students submitting essays online just wasn’t for me; I liked to write all over the essays—how could I possibly do that online? And… Read more » about Why I love Audio Feedback!
Library and Learning Support have developed a new Study Skills guide to enhance access to the extensive Study Skills Workshop Programme that we deliver to support students. Linking to existing study skills guidance in myBU and Brightspace the guide makes choosing and booking a workshop even easier. It will be particularly useful for Programme Leaders… Read more » about LLS Study Skills Workshop Programme
The Department of Education have been very busy preparing many, many pages of consultation for us – and then have downplayed it by talking about freedom of speech (and not much else). BU’s TEF result is in the press. And universities generated £95 billion of gross output in the economy in 2014-15 OfS Regulation –… Read more » about HE policy update for the w/c 20th October 2017
Want to turn your education into a force for good? Want to do a dissertation with ethical value? Or simply struggling to think of a dissertation topic? Well, take a look at NUS’ dissertations for good. BU has signed up to an NUS initiative called Dissertations for Good (DfG) which connects students with external organisations who then… Read more » about SDG Accord and Dissertations for Good- Sign up Now!
A workshop on Saturday 11th November will be held at BU as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. This interactive session will explore how schools, universities and those supporting young people in care can work together to encourage and help more Care Leavers progress into Higher Education. It will showcase recent research into… Read more » about Supporting care leavers into higher education: What works?
We all need a little help from time-to-time when it comes to using technology in the classroom. With that in mind, I’ll be running TEL drop-in sessions to support YOU with your technology needs, whether it’s learning how to use a particular programme such as Padlet, or if you’re just looking for new ideas on… Read more » about TEL Drop-In Sessions, coming soon to a campus near YOU!
Professor Debbie Holley, Head of CEL and Jane Forster, Policy Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor will be hosting HE Policy Briefings throughout the 2017-18 academic year, with dates already confirmed for November and December 2017. Monthly sessions will update staff interested in the rapidly changing UK HE landscape with the latest policy developments and share details… Read more » about TEF and subject level TEF Policy
Global staff mobility – including training, teaching, research or networking – brings huge value to BU and our students, whilst offering invaluable personal career experience. We are pleased to announce that staff, both academic and professional support, can apply for funds to support these activities through Erasmus+ and Santander, under the Global Staff Mobility scheme…. Read more » about Funds now available to support Global Staff Mobility
