Meet the National Teaching Fellowship nominees – Professor Paul Wyatt

Paul is a Professorial Teaching Fellow and Senior Academic Developer in the School of Chemistry and was recently nominated by the University to apply for the Advance HE, National Teaching Fellowship scheme in 2021.

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Supporting Students as Researchers: flipped teaching

I began university like many other students, with little knowledge of what research is or the processes behind it. Yet, almost three years later, I graduated having conducted my own independent research project. This was a huge milestone in my … Continue reading...

Active, Collaborative Students as Researchers

Toby and Emily design a form of assessment

We recently published our first issue of the BILT Undergraduate Research Journal and the fantastic engagement from students got us Student Fellows thinking: how can we bring this level of enthusiasm and … Continue reading...

A concise guide to filmmaking: for students & teachers

This resource is hosted on the School of Biological Sciences webpages view the guide, you will also be able to download the guide as a PDF.

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Putting the ‘Ex’ in Exams?

I didn’t finish Uni quite how I thought I would (to put it mildly). Ignoring, for now, the slightly terrifying world I’ll be graduating into (which is something I’m getting quite good at), one big change was in the way … Continue reading...

Online exam strategy sessions

Video case study exploring exam strategy sessions for final year students.

Video case study exploring exam strategy sessions for final year students.

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Mammal Skulls and Dentition – Sinking our Teeth into Going Digital

This short video case study provides guidance on moving practical/lab based sessions online.

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Podcasts as Assessment

Looking at the use of podcasts as a form of assessment, the resource includes a practical guide to creating podcasts with links to tutorials and suggested equipment. Full article: Learner-generated podcasts: an authentic and enjoyable assessment for students working in Continue reading...

The Office: authentic learning in civil engineering (full series)

Find out how James Norman created his own ‘company’, complete with its own office space in order to teach his Timber Engineering unit. Students worked on real briefs and projects as ’employees’ throughout this authentic and unique learning experience.

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