Staff experiences

Author: Dr Rob Wortham - Back in December, our MSc students studying Robotics Software competed in the first MSc Robot Challenge. On the face of it, the challenge was very simple: Drive a small wheeled ‘ROSbot’ robot from one end...

I’ve been working at the University for over 6 years, and just over a year ago I started in a new role as Technical Manager in the Faculty of Engineering and Design following the retirement of Graham Mott. When I...

Early July, Prof. Davide Mattia and his research group, Serena Casanova, Abouther Al-Shimmery, Dr. Jing Ji and Dr. Saeed Mazinani, attended Euromembrane 2018 conference in Valencia, Spain. Euromembrane, organised by the European Membrane Society (EMS), is one of the most...

The Change Agents’ Network is a network of staff and students who work ‘in partnership to support curriculum enhancement and innovation’. It is supported by Jisc. This year’s annual conference took place in Winchester. The theme was ‘Partnerships in an...

A couple of weeks ago on the 21st March, the Equality and Diversity team held an annual Joint Equality Forum along with members of Bath Spa University. I went along with a few colleagues to see what all the hype...

What’s the idea and who is this Moodle page for? Back in 2017 while working on the Staff Induction Moodle course, it was found that there was a LOT of variation when it came to how inductions were carried out across...

This time last year, I was just about to start studying with a rival university I can't possibly mention...  Oh ok, go on then!  I was about to start a 30 credit unit in Website Technologies with the Open University. ...

Recently I chatted to Iain Forster-Smith about his experience as Director of Administration in the Faculty of Engineering and Design.  I asked Iain to describe his role in one sentence and his response was: "making sure we are providing the...

Mental Health Awareness Week A couple of weeks ago it was Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental health is finally being considered as something we should all take notice of in ourselves, those we care about and work with. Not so...