In the crisp sunshine of a Saturday morning, I walked to Whiteladies BTP to have a coffee with John Gilbert, fifth year medical student and former Faculty Rep for Health Sciences. John pioneered the establishment of the University-wide Student Mental … Continue reading...
Category: An interview with…
Dr. James Norman
James Norman is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering and an Academic Fellow for BILT. I caught up with James on the 10th of May to talk about his path into academia, his passion for teaching and engineering, and student … Continue reading...
An interview with… Bruce Macfarlane
Bruce Macfarlane is Head of the School of Education and author of ‘Freedom to Learn at University’. He delivered a BILT Education Excellence Seminar in May 2019 that can be watched here.
What motivated you to write Freedom to … Continue reading...
An interview with… Alex Forsythe
Dr Alex Forsythe has been an educator and psychologist since 2003 and among her various accomplishments, she is Senior Lecturer at University of Liverpool, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Head of Professional Certification … Continue reading...
Damien McManus
Check out our next of the Humans of Bristol University, this time in video form! Today, we shine a light on Damien McManus: Subject Librarian for English and Modern Languages, and track his journey into Librarianship.
Phoebe Graham BILT Student … Continue reading...
Dr. David Bernhard
This interview was carried out by Corrie Macleod, a Student Fellow.
Dr. David Bernhard is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Bristol. He was born and raised in Switzerland and worked as a software developer before … Continue reading...
Dr. Emma Robinson
This interview was carried out by Corrie Macleod, a Student Fellow.
Dr. Emma Robinson first came to Bristol as an undergraduate student in 1992 and has stayed at the university ever since! She is a professor of Pharmacology at Bristol … Continue reading...
Dr Bex Lyons
Dr Bex Lyons is a Teaching Associate in English and Personal Development. She is a late medievalist with research interests in book and reading history, particularly female owners and readers of Arthurian literature in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century England. Her BoB … Continue reading...
Dr. Thomas Jordan
This Interview was carried out by Corrie Macleod, a Student Fellow.
Thomas Jordan is a Lecturer in Mathematics. His BoB Lecture ‘How Can Mathematics Improve Your Baking?’ will examine how a complex dynamical systems theory could be applied to our … Continue reading...
Dr. Mark Schenk
This interview was carried out by Corrie Macleod, a Student Fellow.
Dr. Mark Schenk is a Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering. His research area focuses on the application of origami in science. His BoB lecture ‘Folding the Future: How Origami is … Continue reading...