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Contact CETL

Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton, Bedfordshire
LU1 3JU

E: bridges.cetl@beds.ac.uk
T: +44(0)1582 743063

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CETL photo gallery

Flux Intra-University Competition

Flux - Group of people

36 students were selected from open invitation and applications from across the University, and have been prepped and primed during January and February to develop skills such as those that are sought at Flux, including business awareness, decision-making, team effectiveness, communication and presentation skills.

21 students have stayed the course and competed in a Flux internal competition that CETL has organised in-house on 9 March 2010. View the Flux photos

CETL Student Network Conference

Group of students presenting at the Plymouth conference

This conference with the theme, ‘Staff-Student Collaborations: Partnerships within CETLs’, held on 16 – 17 June 2008 at the University of Plymouth, brought together around 80 students, various CETLs, NUS and HEA staff members. Ina Maslejova, CETL Communications Officer and Edita Markute, CETL Student Liaison Officer from Bridges CETL attended a two-day programme of workshops that helped each CETL to disseminate its work and highlight activities being carried out to enrich student engagement into PDP. View the CETL Student Network Conference photos

B:Fest, Luton Arts Festival

Three dancers performing

The School of Media, Art and Design hosted an exciting, visual and participatory Arts Festival in Luton in May and June 2008. For four weeks the town was turned into a vibrant performance and exhibition space. Highlights particularly enjoyed by Luton audiences were the Lutopia exhibition by Ben Hodson, an Evening of Poetry at Waterstones, Hip hop HeART by University dancers, Creative Futures showcasing creative sector opportunities, photographic Fake Modern, graduate film screenings, Under the Mask Gamer Conference and The Fifth Wall play by the award winning University of Bedfordshire Alumni theatre company ‘Up Stage’. View some of the B:Fest photos

CETL Open Day

CETL open day

Bridges CETL hosted an Open Day event on 8 February 2008. Through marketplace displays, CETL funded projects were presented and discussed with members of staff and students from the University View the CETL Open Day photos

CETL Student Conference in Warwick

Students in workshop

On 10 and 12 December 2007, 50 students from around the UK attended the second national CETL Student Network event organised by a committee of student volunteers. The event was held at the Reinvention Centre and the Capital Centre, the University of Warwick's two CETLs, and was open to all students working in any way with CETLs or other linked learning and teaching projects.

The event was designed to encourage networking and to celebrate the achievements of students working with CETLs, focusing on the benefits of student engagement for students, CETLs and institutions View the Student Conference in Warwick photos

SEEC – Bridges Event

People in workshop

On 24 October 2007 Bridges CETL collaborated with SEEC to host an interactive PDP event in its creative space.

The agenda consisted of seminars and creative tasks showcasing the variety of activities that the University offers in the practice of Personal Development Planning and e-portfolios View the SEEC - Bridges Event photos

CETL CRe8 Away Days

Worshop participants looking at whiteboard

CRe8 Away Days are designed to bring colleagues from within the subject departments together and discuss their teaching practice View the CETL CRe8 Away Days photos

Bridges CETL Learning Spaces

Training session in progress

The Bridges CETL Learning space is a professional working environment and comprises three different spaces - C-space (Creative space), F-space (Formal space), S-space (Social space). Each space accommodates up to 25 staff, students or visitors and has been designed for flexibility. A range of technologies capture the learning. Explore the spaces and equipment  - view photos of the  Learning Spaces

CETL People

Happy female member of staff

Bridges CETL has established a Core Team of staff including a CETL Director, Associate Director, two Research Fellows, a Communications Officer, Administrators and a Work Placement Student. It has also appointed a team of CETL Fellows and CETL Associate Fellows, drawn form across the University, to work on various projects View the photo gallery to get to know us

Research on Cultural Aspects of PDP

Students in discussion

Maja Jankowska is a Research Fellow and a PhD student working with CETL. Her research is on the topic of personal development in different cultural contexts. To explore her work with students -  view the PDP workshop photos