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…
Monthly Archives: December 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
Posted in Blog
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
Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
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
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies