How reliable are Student Evaluations of Teaching?
For many years, universities have asked students to complete evaluations of teaching and other aspects of educational provision; since 2005 the UK government has conducted the National Student Survey to collect information from all students in UK Higher Education Institutions and the results are published annually.
… COVID-19 Pandemic: One year on from the UK’s first lockdown
It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since the UK entered its first coronavirus lockdown on 23 March 2020. At the time, the future felt bleak and our path out of the pandemic uncertain.
… The Budget Statement, 2021
The United Kingdom is spending an unprecedented 407 Billion GBP on mitigating the devastating effect of the pandemic and accelerating recovery by stimulating job creation, investment and purchasing power. The bulk of the financing is planned to come from a progressive increase in corporate taxes which is a highly debated policy issue in academic circles.
… The Brexit deal: What do the experts say?
Staff at the University of Bristol’s School of Economics give their views on the UK’s new trade agreement with the EU. Where does the expert consensus lie? Undergraduate student, Ethan Lester summarises the results.
… Economics at Bristol: Ee Mun’s experience
Ee Mun graduated with a BSc in Economics and Finance. She discusses her experience of her studies and reasons for choosing to study at Bristol, the support she received as an international student, and how it helped establish her career.
… Bristol Talks Economics: Jonathan Haskel, Bristol alumnus
Bristol Talks Economics continued in December, welcoming Professor Jonathan Haskel. University of Bristol alumnus, Jonathan is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School and Director of the Doctoral Programme at the School.
… Bristol Festival of Economics Student Review – ‘Ask an Economist’ with Malindi Myers
Ask an Economist: Bank of England Monetary Policy Report with Malindi Myers, presented at Bristol Festival of Economics in November, review by undergraduate student Ben Pimley.
Malindi Myers, as the South West Agent of the Bank of England, is one of the best-placed experts to talk about the real impact Covid-19 is having on the UK economy.…
Bristol Festival of Economics Student Review – Ha-Joon Chang asks ‘What next after globalisation?’
This November saw the return of the annual Bristol Festival of Economics by Festival of Ideas. Undergraduate student Ben Pimley provides a review of Economist Ha-Joon Chang’s talk, ‘What Next After Globalisation?’
Ha-Joon Chang may be a household name to many young economists given that he wrote the Personal Statement staple ’23 Things They Don’t Teach You About Capitalism’, but as an academic economist at Cambridge University he is particularly interested in the role of the state in economic policy.…
Staff at the University of Bristol’s School of Economics grapple with COVID-19 related economic questions. Where does the expert consensus lie? Find out in the third blog of the ‘ask the expert’ series from undergraduate student, Ethan Lester.