Learn something new in 20 minutes: <scp>B</scp>ite <scp>S</scp>ize sessions to support research and teaching

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">S</jats:styled-content>chool of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">H</jats:styled-content>ealth and <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">R</jats:styled-content>elated <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">R</jats:styled-content>esearch (Sc<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">HARR</jats:styled-content>) at The <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">U</jats:styled-content>niversity of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">S</jats:styled-content>heffield run an innovative series of informal 20‐minute <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">B</jats:styled-content>ite <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">S</jats:styled-content>ize sessions to help staff and students teach, research, collaborate and communicate more effectively. The sessions have two clear strands: one focused on teaching and the other on research. The remit is not to teach people how to use something in their work or study, but to let them know why they should use it and how they can employ it. By introducing participants to the possibilities and how they can apply ideas and technologies in their work and study in an enthusiastic manner, it is possible to send them away with at least the intention to explore and experiment. The evidence shows that this organic approach is working – staff and students are starting to use many of the tools that <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">B</jats:styled-content>ite <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">S</jats:styled-content>ize has covered. Any kind of widespread change within organisations can be hard to deliver, but by bringing champions on your side and delivering sessions in a convenient, informal and timely manner; good practice and ideas can spread naturally.</jats:p><jats:p>H.S.</jats:p>