Business Education Research and Scholarship Network

A research network committed to developing innovation and establishing best practice in Business School education, across all its disciplines.

News and forthcoming events

Thinking of writing a textbook?

We are happy to announce a new e-workshop on Writing and Publishing textbooks with Dr Sotiris Lalaounis, Associate Professor in Brand and Design Management. This lunchtime pre-Christmas webinar is part of the Business Education Research and Scholarship Network. During the webinar Sotiris will share his experiences in writing two textbooks (published by Routledge). There will then be an opportunity to discuss your own idea(s) for a textbook and note down some action points.

Date: Monday 9th December 1-2pm
Place: MS Teams

This seminar is open to all colleagues in the Business School. To register, please send an email to business-school-research@bristol.ac.uk.

Any other questions regarding the webinar – please feel free to get in touch with Rushana Khusainova (r.khusainova@bristol.ac.uk) or Marios Kremantzis (marios.kremantzis@bristol.ac.uk) or Claire Spencer (Claire.Spencer@bristol.ac.uk)

GenAI 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Generative AI in Education

This workshop is designed for colleagues with little or no experience with Generative AI (GenAI). It offers a valuable opportunity to learn the basics, build confidence in using GenAI tools, and better understand how students might engage with this technology.

Date: Wednesday 29th January 2-3pm
Place: MS Teams

The workshop will cover the following:

How genAI works: a beginner-friendly explanation
How are students using it
Practice: three simple, hands-on activities for beginners
Using AI as an education design assistant

The workshop will be delivered by Marios Kremantzis, Lecturer in Business Analytics, Rushana Khusainova, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Daniel Wilson, Digital Education Manager.

This event is part of BERS, a research network committed to developing innovation and establishing best practice in Business School education, across all its disciplines.

This seminar is open to all colleagues in the Business School. To register, please send an email to business-school-research@bristol.ac.uk.

Business Education Research and Scholarship Network (BERS) welcomes both active and aspiring pedagogic researchers and those interested in scholarship of teaching and learning. We provide a facilitation network to connect those with similar interests across business school disciplines and support for development at all stages of the research and scholarship process: from inception to delivery.

Whilst we welcome any pedagogic or scholarship of teaching and learning activity, we have two primary themes:

1. Artificial Intelligence for Business Education

We are all, as educators, feeling the impact of AI on our practice. At the moment the focus is on detection and prevention of unauthorized use in assessments by students. However, the agenda is rapidly moving on to embracing AI within teaching, learning and assessment and reflecting on how we need to change content, structure and delivery of education to achieve an offering that extracts maximum value for all Business School disciplines from the developing technological environment.

2. Developing Excellence in New Forms of Education Delivery

The Business School’s strategy involves developing new forms of education. The form of educational offering is also evolving because of technology or university or sector aspirations for teaching and learning. This includes: