Claire Potter is a Senior Lecturer and the course convenor of the BSc / BA Product Design degrees, teaching on and leading on a variety of modules. In this case study, Claire describes how module and course design help develop…
Yearly Archives: 2023
Mapping the circular economy: A flexible mapping project for Product Design students.
Tagged with: curriculum design, Education for sustainable development, Employability, Flexible assessment, Presentations
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Campus rhythms: exploring synaesthesia through drumming
After obtaining a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and English Literature from The Open University in 2019, David Russell joined Sussex Writes in 2020 while completing his MA in English: Literature, Culture and Theory. He is now in the second year…
Tagged with: active learning, interdisciplinarity, outreach, school engagement, Sussex Writes, widening participation
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Posted in Blog
Building learning communities through formative group work
Dr Zahid Pranjol, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences and Deputy Head of School for Life Sciences, explains how a formative project-based learning (PBL) group work assessment helps develop his Foundation, first and second year students’ belonging and team work skills. …
Tagged with: active learning, Employability, engaging students, formative assessment, group work, project-based learning
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Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
Playful Learning with escape rooms
In this case study, Dr Katie Piatt, Head of Educational Enhancement and co-Chair of the Playful Learning Association, talks about how she developed an escape room for the University Pasts and Futures conference as a fun way to introduce students…
Tagged with: active learning, Connection, engaging students, open pedagogy, playful learning, problem solving
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Posted in Case Studies
Using digital tools to support inclusive practice
In this case study, Tab Betts, Lecturer in Higher Education Pedagogy at Sussex and National Teaching Fellow, explains how community introductions on Padlet support inclusive practice in his classroom. What I did In order to set up an inclusive approach…
Tagged with: belonging, inclusion, inclusion and diversity, interactive learning, online communities, wellbeing
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Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
“It gave me a sense of ownership”: Reflections on the participatory design of a Business Law and Practice module – Part 2
Jeanette Ashton and Kieran Durcan Jeanette Ashton is a Senior Lecturer in Law (Education and Scholarship) and a non-practising solicitor, having joined the University of Sussex after 8 years at Brighton University. She convenes and teaches on the LLB programme…
Authentic learning through Legal Document Pack Exercises (LDPE)
In this case study, Dr Jo Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, talks about how she introduced ‘Legal Document Pack Exercises’ (LDPE) as a form of authentic learning and assessment on a core law module. What I did Students in…
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Raising awareness of symbolic violence
Biography Kevin Masters is a Lecturer in Strategy and Marketing at the University of Sussex Business School, where he convenes and teaches a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and online modules. Kevin studied at the CIPFA Education and Training Centre in…
Tagged with: belonging, decolonising the curriculum, disruptive pedagogies, Pedagogies of care, wellbeing
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Posted in Blog
Using Buddycheck for peer evaluation
In this case study, Dr Alison Bailey, Senior Lecturer in Management, shares her experience of using Buddycheck for peer evaluation. What I did I am the module convenor for the Introduction to Business and Management module which runs in Year…
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