How to succeed at failing

The academic team from the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CFIE) ran an interactive seminar at the International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC) annual conference in Oxford in September 2019. The subject was central to our core mission of enabling innovative … Continue reading...

Strategic Students and Question Spotting

The following piece was written by Helen Heath, a BILT Fellow, Reader in Physics and (soon to be!) University Education Director (Quality).

Why do we think that students being strategic in their learning is a bad thing? Is this an … Continue reading...

How do I make my assessment inclusive?

Emilie Poletto-Lawson is a BILT fellow (based in Academic Staff Development), working on the BILT theme of inclusive assessment. July 2019

What struck me, the more I read about inclusive assessment, was that what I was looking at was “simply” … Continue reading...

The LeapForward Project

Professor Sheena Warman was the lead academic on her project, ‘LeapForward’, for which she was awarded a Catalyst Fund from BILT for 2017/18. The project summary and conclusions can be found below – if you would like to view the Continue reading...

Developing a guide to support the use of video in undergraduate assessment

A Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Dr Emily Bell, Dr Rose Murray and Dr Andy Wakefield for the academic year 2017/18 – you can find a summary of the project they undertook with their grant below. If you would Continue reading...

Student research conference on manufacturing processes.

A Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Dr Aydin Nassehi for the academic year 2017/18.

As part of the 2018 Festival of Learning and Teaching Dr Aydin Nassehi presented his project.

A student research conference as a formative and summative … Continue reading...

Building confidence and engaged researchers through active partnership and problem-based learning

A PowerPoint showing the re-design of materials and session to include weekly tests and problem based active group work.… Continue reading...

e-marking as a tool for teachers and learners: evaluation of a GradeMark trial

Author: Andy Wakefield

School/ Centre: School of Biological Sciences

Provision of timely, detailed feedback is important for student learning (1), yet can be challenging to achieve in practice. Technology may hold the solution, say Dr Andy Wakefield.

The tech bitContinue reading...