BILT Annual Conference
BILT holds an annual conference, the theme changes each year and we invite internal and external guests to contribute.
- Student-centred, by design - 2026For this year's conference, we're returning to The Victoria Rooms, following the success of last year's event. The conference will take place on Wednesday 1st July. More details will be added to the event page as we move closer to the date. The call for contributions is now open - please see event page for full details.
- Education for a changing world - 20252025's BILT conference took place on Wednesday 25 June in Victoria Rooms. A record number of attendees requiring a larger venue. A packed day of workshops, presentations, stalls posters and videos was bookended with two excellent keynote presentations.
- Voice and Choice – Student Agency, Empowerment and Co-creation - 2024Our 2024 conference took place on Wednesday 10 July in the Merchant Venturer’s Building, and was titled Voice and Choice – Student Agency, Empowerment and Co-creation. View the presentations and videos of the keynote speeches in the link below.
- Building community and belonging in a challenging and changing world - 2023In 2023 we held our first in-person conference, exploring the role of community and belonging in creating what bell hooks calls “the best climate for learning”. It examined various themes such as inclusivity, interdisciplinarity, embedded authentic pedagogies, connection with the environment and with local and global communities. It took place on 12 July 2023.
- The Compassionate Conference: transforming learning through pedagogies of care - 2022Our 2022 conference took place online on 28 June and explored how in difficult times we can take hopeful and compassionate approaches to teaching and assessment for transformational learning, both in person and on-line. All the session recordings are available on the BILT blog, click the tile link to visit the conference's blog page.
- The Connected Conference - 2021This conference took place on 14 July 2021 on Zoom and explored how different connections have been established and nurtured, both in-person and online, and how we can take this forward into next year for both new and returning students. We focused on: Connecting with tutees, Connecting with the city, Connecting to the curriculum and Connecting with cohorts. You can access all the resources and recordings by following the title link.
- Tales from the Digital Classroom: Teaching in Uncertain Times - 2020This was the first BILT conference to take place virtually and was held on Blackboard on 4 July 2020. The aim of the conference was to: Share stories and experiences of online teaching in order to: reflect, inspire, learn together, encourage experimentation, harness uncertainty and learn from mistakes. You can access all the resources and recordings on Blackboard by following the title link.