Work-Life Balance
So this is the penultimate episode of The Office! As we draw towards the seasons finale I want to examine a hot topic – work/life balance. And I want to look at it from two perspectives – the … Continue reading...
Category: Teaching Stories
Supporting graduate learners: Optimising the physical and digital environment for case-based learning in veterinary education
A Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Emma Love for 2018/19 for a project looking into support for graduates on the Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme (AGEP), specifically looking at the impact physical and digital space had on learning.
The group, … Continue reading...
Reflections from the Employability Exchange
Have you ever attended an event and just thought ‘I wish more people were here to hear this’? That is exactly how I felt all afternoon whilst attending the second Employability Exchange event on Wednesday afternoon.
I didn’t know much … Continue reading...
Tales from a ‘School Trip’ to Langford
Last week, two of our student fellows, Marnie & Toby, went for a ‘school trip’ to Langford to visit the Clinical Skills Lab with Alison Catterall, and to meet with Chloe Anderson and Lindsey Gould. Chloe and Lindsey have developed … Continue reading...
The Office: Episode 9
Emerging Engineers
So before we go any further, a serious health warning, if you are the sort of person who feels the need to reach for the sick bucket whenever you hear self-congratulation then you may prefer to skip this … Continue reading...
A BILT Project: Evaluating a clinical skills lab as an active learning space: sharing best practice and identifying areas for improvement
A 2018/19 Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Alison Catterall, Rachel Christopher, Sam Brown, Sarah Baillie, the Clinical Skills Lab Team from Bristol Vet School.
The Clinical Skills Lab (CSL) at Bristol Vet School provides a student-centred learning space that … Continue reading...
An (a)typical day in The Office
Amy Palmer, Toby Roberts and Marnie Woodmeade all visited James Norman’s ‘The Office’ project and have shared their experiences below.
Amy’s reflection:
I’d been looking forward to visiting James’ ‘Just Timber’ office since before the concept had even come … Continue reading...
The Office: Episode 8
‘A reading week special’
Depending on when you are reading this it is either reading week, or it is the Friday before reading week. Either way happy reading week*.
Now I don’t know what your plans are for reading week … Continue reading...
Supporting Teaching Assistants
For some students, their teaching assistants are the biggest source of contact time at University. They co-run our labs, co-deliver field schools, lead reading groups and deliver workshops. We depend on them to offset assessment workloads and even cover administrative … Continue reading...
The Office: Episode 7
‘Funding’
This week in my blog I would like to talk about funding. How have I funded my office project? Now, before we go any further, I would like to be honest; I have very little experience in funding. I … Continue reading...