I began University hopeful, if cautious. After a trying year in which the chronic health condition, which I have suffered from since I was twelve, forced me to study entirely from home, I had made my offer and was enthusiastic … Continue reading...
Category: Student Voice
Unethical Research Kills : the importance of ethics in any research
Before ethics was recognised as an essential part of scientific research, researchers ran amok trying to find correlations and causations, paying no mind to the impact their research had on participants or society. Some researchers even … Continue reading...
‘Blended Learning’ what does it all even mean?
A guide to all those new and confusing terms in teaching and learning.
From ‘lockdown’ to ‘PPE’ to ‘furlough’, the pandemic has brought with it A LOT of new words, once seen as niche jargon or just completely unknown, now … Continue reading...
Practical methods of decoloniality in mathematics pedagogy
The perspectives in the blog have been gathered from recent research into the topic of decoloniality and mathematics education. The focus of these articles is not exclusively on higher education, so not everything mentioned in them will be directly relevant … Continue reading...
Meet the Student Fellows… Dan Anthony
Hey, I’m Dan, one of six new student fellows this year working with BILT. My main focus will be improving student research experiences and opportunities, especially for undergraduate students who can often feel restricted from engaging in wider academic life … Continue reading...
Meet the Student Fellows… Adriel Miles
Hello, thanks for reading! My name is Adriel, and I’m thrilled to be researching ‘Decolonizing the curriculum’ with BILT over this academic year!
Decolonization, and specifically decolonizing the university has been a growing passion of mine. My first two degrees … Continue reading...
Meet the Student Fellows… Tasha Suresh
Hello 🙂
I’m Tasha! I am very excited to start this journey at BILT, with the role of “Students as Co-Creators and Researchers”. Currently, I am in the second year of my Psychology undergraduate degree. When I’m not trying to … Continue reading...
Meet the Student Fellows… Carlos Shanka Boissy Diaz
¡Hola! I’m Carlos, one of this year’s Student Fellows at BILT. I will aim at embedding Sustainable Development in the UoB’s curriculum this year, which is quite a big task.
I am super passionate about the concept of sustainability, and … Continue reading...
Meet the Student Fellows… Ellen Graves
Hi! My name is Ellen, and I am one of six new Student Fellows this year. I will be focusing on the theme of blended learning and online community, and I am excited to bring some of my ideas and … Continue reading...
Meet the Student Fellows… Kai Charles
Hey all,
I’m Kai, a Student Fellow working on a project centering the voices and experiences of disabled students. As both a person living at the convergence of disability and marginalisation and a third year maths and philosophy student at … Continue reading...