Mirela Barbu is a Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, who joined the Business School in 2019 following the completion of her PhD in Economic Geography at the University of Sussex in 2013. Transitioning from teaching geography to engaging with…
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Authentic assessment through collaboration: teaching management consulting in partnership with our university’s commercial services
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, authentic assessment, collaboration, skills development
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Enhancing student engagement in large group teaching: A collaborative approach to improving learning outcomes
Alex Stuart-Kelly is an Education and Scholarship (E&S) lecturer in the department of Neuroscience at Sussex (since 2022). Prior to this, his PhD and short post-doctoral research focussed on understanding the role of the major Alzheimer’s risk gene variant APOE4…
Tagged with: active learning, collaboration, large group teaching, student feedback
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Oral assessment (viva) as an AI-proof assessment tool
Dr Louise Newnham, a teaching focussed Senior Lecturer in Genome Stability in the School of Life Sciences, shares insights from her experience of using, since 2018/19, an oral exam (viva) as part of the assessment for a 30 credit masters…
Tagged with: assessment, feedback, oracy in the curriculum, oral assessment, viva, vivas
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Episode 2: Writing for scholarship
The Learning Matters Podcast captures insights into, experiences of, and conversations around education at the University of Sussex. The podcast is hotsed by Prof Wendy Garnham and Dr Heather Taylor. It runs monthly, and each month is centred around a…
Tagged with: scholarship, scholarship of teaching and learning, writing for scholarship
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