Our work and who we are
BILT aims to promote good teaching, inspire educational innovation, and support curriculum enhancement at the University of Bristol through a range of activities and initiatives.
About us
BILT launched in 2017 and started by:
- providing opportunities for funding for education development projects
- working with students each year around key themes
- developing our BILT blog, podcast and video channels.
Our priorities
Encouraging the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching is a key priority for BILT. In 2020 BILT expanded, taking on core staff development activities for those who teach and developing a repository of case studies.
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Scholarship of Learning and Teaching
BILT encourages evidence-informed practice, and the dissemination of ideas and research.
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Staff development
BILT offers a range of learning and teaching development and resources to support all staff who teach or support learning.
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Case studies
BILT hosts a bank of case-studies on a wide range of themes from Decolonisation to Digital Learning.
BILT’s core team is small, consisting of approximately 8 FTE staff. We focus our work on key themes which change each year to reflect current areas of interest for the higher education sector. For 2023/24 our themes are:
- International student experience
- Designing for all – inclusive assessment
- Designing for all – AI and assessment
- Designing for all – Group assessment
- Pedagogic research culture
BILT also works closely with the Curriculum Enhancement Programme.
Events
Each year we organise events to celebrate excellence in teaching and to provide students with a space to demonstrate their skills and knowledge. There will be ad-hoc activities throughout the year, but our core activities are:
We also provide support for national teaching awards such as the National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) and Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) schemes.
BILT Blog
Blog posts, case studies, podcasts and events listing
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