The Bristol Futures Festival 2022 

Welcome Week 2022 featured the launch of the first Bristol Futures Festival. It introduced first year students to the unique Bristol educational offer; championing themes of enterprise and innovation, sustainability, and global citizenship. During the festival students learned how they … Continue reading...

Queer friendly Classrooms: Calling people out.

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When a student says or does something that is offensive, it is important to talk to them about it. We know that this is a difficult task, as so many different situations call for different responses, … Continue reading...

Queer-Friendly Classrooms: Your Queer Student Is Not Your Queer Teacher

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Queer students are in higher education to learn just as much as non-queer students are. When attending a class, most queer students want to feel a part of the class cohort, rather than a teacher to … Continue reading...

Queer-friendly classrooms: Queer thought is not alternative thought

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Oftentimes, queer thought or theory -when included in the curriculum- is collapsed into a week or two of a unit. Calls to ‘queer’ the curriculum come in partnership with calls to ‘decolonize’ it; a practice being … Continue reading...

UN Climate Change Conference: Education for the Future with Dr. Deborah Morrison 

It’s a sunny day in Bonn, Germany, where national delegations, international agencies, NGOs, and other climate-related groups have come together. I found myself immersed in a sea of high-level climate change negotiations, events, and experts at the UN Climate Change … Continue reading...

Defining Pedagogic Priorities: A Review of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Festival

Last month I was invited to attend the Biological Sciences Curriculum Festival with other three student representatives. The main purpose of this was to connect developments in the School with the Bristol Futures Framework curriculum enhancement process. Co-delivered by BILT … Continue reading...