Israel and Gaza: supporting staff and students7 November 2023Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the horrific loss of life and suffering in Israel and Gaza. The impact of these distressing and terrifying events is being felt across the world, and by our own international community.
AI Targeting High-End Jobs: 4-Year Global Study Calls for Concerted Societal Action To Achieve Sustainable AI Transition1 November 2023In this article: AI innovation in major hubs tends to fragment professional roles, emphasising cost-cutting at the expense of middle-class aspirations; automation, standardisation, and redistribution redefine the nature of professional tasks; human-centric strategies exist to use AI technologies to elevate lower and middle-skilled jobs to unlock greater value.
Professor Arathi Sriprakash joins FOBZU delegation to Palestine18 July 2023Professor Arathi Sriprakash from the School of Education was selected for the Fellowship of the inaugural Palestine Academic Links Seminar (PALS) which enables scholars in law, education, politics, literary studies, Arab studies and documentary film making to meet with Palestinian academics, students and civil society organisations to foster academic research links and collaborations.
Sea Creature Installation seeks a name: cast your vote by 31 July 2023!10 July 2023On 28 June 2023 staff and students from Archway School and All Saint's Academy in Gloucestershire crafted a sea creature, now installed in the School of Education foyer. Now it’s your turn to take part in the project by deciding what we should call the creature.
Cast your vote by 31 July 2023!
Five Bristol academics awarded funding to work with Catapult Centres via Researcher in Residence scheme31 May 2023Five Bristol academics have recently won funding from the national Research in Residence (RiR) funding competition which funds academics to work on an innovation project in partnership with the Catapult Network.
Six of the 42 applications in the last RiR funding call were from staff at Bristol. Of these, five have been awarded funding, each with a project budget of circa £50,000. The University’s high success rate has been partly attributed to Bristol’s strong innovation ecosystem.
Studying a PGCE in RE at the School of Education
11 May 2023Our PGCE programmes for secondary teaching here at the University of Bristol are rated 'Outstanding' in the most recent Ofsted review. Our students are guided and supported to become high-quality professional qualified teachers, opening up a wealth of career possibilities.
Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing15 March 2023'Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing' is the new book by Dr Lucy Kelly, School of Education, and was born from her research project on teacher and student wellbeing. The book is a research-informed guide to a structured, multimodal, playful, and creative approach to reflective practice through diary-keeping. This process of reflective practice identifies small changes that can be adopted to address wellbeing needs and rebalance work and life. A useful and increasingly necessary tool in the current educator wellbeing crisis.
School of Education Climate Justice Challenge 2023
19 January 2023Are you worried about climate change and climate justice but felt it wasn't possible for one person to do anything about it? Have you wanted to work out how your daily lives, studies, or work in the School of Education could help create a more sustainable and fairer world?