When colleagues describe a tired classroom, they tend to … Continue reading...
At the end of a seminar session we sometimes feel underwhelmed: … Continue reading...
Living between the worlds of student and staff, Postgraduate Research students (PGRs) are an important part of the research ecosystem. To be successful they must make an original contribution to knowledge whilst navigating their own identity as an emerging researcher.… Continue reading...
Case study submitted by Dr Stephanie Pellegrin in Biochemistry.
The mandatory Year 3 Research Project Unit in the School of Biochemistry (BIOC30003) is an opportunity for students to develop their skills as independent thinkers and researchers. This summative … Continue reading...
Back in the Autumn term of 2019 I ran a unit on Timber Engineering. Rather than give lectures I decided to make the unit more authentic by inviting students to come and work for my pretend engineering practice Just Timber. … Continue reading...
Full title: Together from the start – assessing the long-term impacts of community in an undergraduate cohort following a residential field course
This year, at the University of Bristol Business School, I organised a series of career development seminars titled ‘The Third Way’, aimed specifically at colleagues on a teaching and learning pathway (P3) contract. The intention behind this seminar series was … Continue reading...
A case study completed by Becky Selwyn as part of a 2022/23 Education Development Project.
Staff interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning in the Faculty of Engineering can become members of the Engineering Education Research Group … Continue reading...
A case study by Becky Selwyn produced as part of a Education Development Project 2022/23.
Engineering by Investigation is a 20-credit ‘lab unit’, delivered to 500-600 1st year undergraduate engineering students per year. The unit learning outcomes … Continue reading...
What does it mean to experience the aesthetic? How is that experience accumulated? How does it feel? And how does knowledge of what came before help us to understand a particular aesthetic? These are some of the questions driving the … Continue reading...
