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...

Rethinking blended spaces

With the move towards blended learning, it can sometimes feel like we’ve been living in a virtual world over the past two years, our heads jammed with thoughts about online and digital spaces. Many of us have been asking the … Continue reading...

Oops, I forgot to get informed consent (Part One)

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It might seem obvious that people participating in research must agree to participate. This is what we call ‘informed consent’, where a participant is told of all the potential risks and benefits of participating, what being … Continue reading...

A short takeaway from the Decolonizing reading group

On 10 November, a highly interdisciplinary group of lecturers, students, and BILT staff convened to discuss a recent literature review undertaken by Shahjahan and colleagues, ‘“Decolonizing” Curriculum and Pedagogy: A Comparative Review Across Disciplines and Global Higher Education Contexts’ (2021). … Continue reading...

Unethical Research Kills : the importance of ethics in any research

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Before ethics was recognised as an essential part of scientific research, researchers ran amok trying to find correlations and causations, paying no mind to the impact their research had on participants or society. Some researchers even … Continue reading...

‘Blended Learning’ what does it all even mean?

A guide to all those new and confusing terms in teaching and learning.

From ‘lockdown’ to ‘PPE’ to ‘furlough’, the pandemic has brought with it A LOT of new words, once seen as niche jargon or just completely unknown, now … Continue reading...

Meet the Student Fellows… Dan Anthony

Hey, I’m Dan, one of six new student fellows this year working with BILT. My main focus will be improving student research experiences and opportunities, especially for undergraduate students who can often feel restricted from engaging in wider academic life … Continue reading...

Meet the Student Fellows… Adriel Miles

Hello, thanks for reading! My name is Adriel, and I’m thrilled to be researching ‘Decolonizing the curriculum’ with BILT over this academic year!

Decolonization, and specifically decolonizing the university has been a growing passion of mine. My first two degrees … Continue reading...