The University are hosting a series of Industry Masterclasses, inviting top speakers to share insights on how academics can collaborate with industry partners. The sessions are mostly relevant to research staff, but some interesting ideas relating to the curriculum … Continue reading...
Tag: pedagogy
Playing games with learning
From cards, to gaming consoles and table-top family classics, gaming is something I’ve always loved. My favourite genre is the RPG, role-playing game, where you can select an avatar and journey through fantastical worlds in heroic fashion. Puzzles get my brain fired up with frustration and … Continue reading...
Employability in your curriculum – what’s already there?
In our first blog post in this Employability in the Curriculum series., we introduced you to the concept of employability in the curriculum and why it especially matters now. If you missed it, take a minute to read here… Continue reading...
Employability in the curriculum – why does it matter?
Employability in the Curriculum series.
Many of us in the Careers Service have been participating in BILT’s fantastic Digital Design course over the past few weeks – and we’ve been inspired by all the innovative ideas and practice being developed … Continue reading...
The Office: Episode 3
What the flip is flipped teaching?
I love lecturing. It’s awesome. I get that nervous excitement beforehand, like an actor or musician about to perform – it fires up my imagination – I think of new ways to say … Continue reading...
When Problems Create Solutions: A Problem-Based Approach to Teaching
Problem based learning (PBL) is an approach to teaching that supports creative and complex problem-solving. It seeks to address open-ended problems and real-world scenarios that researchers and industry encounter in professional practice. The higher education sector has employed PBL … Continue reading...
Five Things to Try in your Teaching Next Year
We sent round bookmarks to academic staff outlining five new things they could try in their teaching – this post includes more detail about those things and where you can get support to try them.
1. Get Moving – Spend … Continue reading...
‘Snow’ days and the death of lecturing…
The following post was written by Alison Blaxter, a BILT Associate and Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Vet School.
It’s August and bright sunshine but time for reviewing my teaching year. I was remembering the ‘snow days’ we have had … Continue reading...
Teaching Space as a Teaching Lab
The following post was written by James Norman, a BILT Fellow and programme director for Civil Engineering.
Today I continue my physical journey into the research of space as I embark on my third road trip of the year. I … Continue reading...
No lecture theatres? No problem!
The following post was written by Amy Palmer, BILT Digital Resources Officer.
In 2012, the University of Northampton decided to embark on a challenge that would set them apart from all other UK universities.
Six years later their new, £330 … Continue reading...