This is a manifesto for higher education UK classrooms, for higher education teachers, by higher education queer students. When we say ‘higher education,’ we mean universities, colleges and the like, however much covered in this manifesto can be considered for … Continue reading...
Category: Student Voice
Are student researchers ethical?
The third edition of the Student Research Journal is in the works! The University of Bristol has many students that put out insightful research, and of course, with research, comes concerns over ethics. I interviewed three … Continue reading...
No excuse not to embed Sustainable Development in the Curriculum: The Sustainability Champions are here!
They are finally here. In partnership with the Students’ Union, we have spent over a year creating hype and slowly introducing the roles of Sustainability Champions at the University of Bristol.
As I explained in my previous blog, these … Continue reading...
Transformational Learning Hackathon December 2021
Hackathons are events in which participants are asked a question, or given a problem, and have a limited amount of time to find a solution. Most commonly used in engineering disciplines, participants are put into groups and work together to … Continue reading...
Rethinking blended spaces
With the move towards blended learning, it can sometimes feel like we’ve been living in a virtual world over the past two years, our heads jammed with thoughts about online and digital spaces. Many of us have been asking the … Continue reading...
Oops, I forgot to get informed consent (Part One)
It might seem obvious that people participating in research must agree to participate. This is what we call ‘informed consent’, where a participant is told of all the potential risks and benefits of participating, what being … Continue reading...
Boosting sustainability at Uni: the new Sustainability Champions
During the times of lockdown and quarantines, my curiosity and free time brought me to attend SOS-UK’s webinar on decolonizing the curriculum. Among talks from representatives at different universities and students’ unions was the President of the UWE student union. An apparent game-changer role that they … Continue reading...
The Price of Support
Poverty, Mental Health, and the Financial Barriers Students Face
As both a student fellow focussing on the experiences of disabled students and a final year disabled student myself, I often feel as if I am trial running a system for … Continue reading...
Education for Sustainable Development: “The process of creating curriculum structures and subject-relevant content to support sustainable development”
Today’s world is suffering from severe crises. As a young person, I feel deeply concerned about what the future will bring. The most vulnerable and unprivileged are already suffering from a lack of food, access to water, or energy. We … Continue reading...
A short takeaway from the Decolonizing reading group
On 10 November, a highly interdisciplinary group of lecturers, students, and BILT staff convened to discuss a recent literature review undertaken by Shahjahan and colleagues, ‘“Decolonizing” Curriculum and Pedagogy: A Comparative Review Across Disciplines and Global Higher Education Contexts’ (2021). … Continue reading...