Back in Welcome Week, we invited students to make a wish for their Bristol Futures by tying a ribbon onto a tree and filling in an online form (with a chance to win £100). We received over 150 responses from … Continue reading...
Tag: student experience
Bones Fused Wrong
This Zine was created by BILT Student Fellow Kai Charles, working on the project ‘Experiences of Disabled Students’.
High costs to learners
As costs are rising across every facet of life, I wanted to take a moment to consider how this is affecting our students and how we can address the issue with compassion.
It’s well known how poverty affects learners at … Continue reading...
Student-run success story: The Anatomy Club
Three years ago, veterinary anatomy lecturer Julie Dickson applied for a Discretionary Seedcorn Funding to kick off a student-run Anatomy Club in the Vet School. A student committee was set up, a bank account was created and then the pandemic … Continue reading...
Transformational Learning Hackathon December 2021
Hackathons are events in which participants are asked a question, or given a problem, and have a limited amount of time to find a solution. Most commonly used in engineering disciplines, participants are put into groups and work together to … Continue reading...
BILT Hackathon: transforming understandings of the student experience
Last week, I got the chance to take part in BILT’s annual Hackathon, which focused on students’ blended learning experience. For better or worse, this new way of learning is something all students have had to adapt to very quickly, so … Continue reading...
Teaching Beyond the Firewall
Bristol is fortunate enough to have a large population of international students, many of whom come from mainland China. Given the new form of online teaching, this presents some significant challenges in terms of the firewall. Platforms such as Skype, … Continue reading...
A PASSion for Active Learning
With Christmas over, I’ve been looking over my timetable to see what the next teaching block has in store for me, and there’s now a conspicuous absence on a Tuesday afternoon. Until now, I’ve spent my time after lunch on … Continue reading...
Getting started with Experiential Learning
Who doesn’t like an adventure, a dive into the unknown, an unexpected challenge and the possibility of transforming who you are and how you think about the world? That’s what experiential learning can offer students by inviting them to learn … Continue reading...
Gamifying Histology
From an initial interest in creating a histology game and some rough drawings on the back of playing cards, Frankie Macmillan and Zoe Palmer have created a fun and exciting way to teach a subject that students find hard … Continue reading...