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Yearly Archives: 2025

Inclusivity Week | Tuesday 1st April 2025 

Workshops: Decolonising the Curriculum (Tobey Ahamed-Barke), Reasonable Adjustments at Sussex: Policy and Practice led by Graeme Pedlingham and From Bystander to Upstander led by Dr. Özden Melis Uluğ. Across three sessions—on decolonising the curriculum, the evolving Reasonable Adjustments policy, and

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Inclusivity Week | Monday 31st March 2025

Workshops: Reading and Note-Making with AI (Martin Brown) and Designing Inclusive Learning Activities (Brena Collyer de Aguiar & Alice Taylor) The sun was shining on the first day of Inclusivity Week—a fitting backdrop to a day that centred student voice,

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Developing chemistry student employability through assessment design

Mark Bagley is a Professor of Organic Chemistry in the School of Life Sciences. Mark delivers many of the taught modules in Synthetic Organic Chemistry as part of the Chemistry degree programmes offered by the University and leads a vibrant

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Do It Together: History, Culture, Community engagement with the Towner Eastbourne

Introduction On 13th March 2025, final-year History students from the University of Sussex spent a day by the sea visiting the Towner Eastbourne. The day offered students a valuable opportunity to work together and reflect on how the skills and

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Rapid student feedback: A simple method for real-time course improvement

Dr. Gillian Sandstrom is an Associate Professor in the Psychology of Kindness in the School of Psychology. Gillian worked in industry for 10 years as a computer programmer before discovering positive psychology. This led to pursuing a Masters in Psychology

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Peer-Assisted Study Sessions

Dr. Eljee Javier is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in English Language Teaching at the University of Sussex. She is the Course Convenor for the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and works extensively in transnational education and intensive

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Collaborative Note-taking in Formative Feedback

Geoffrey Makstutis is Head of the School of Design at West Dean College, one of the University of Sussex’s partner institutions. He holds degrees in architecture from the University of Michigan and the Architectural Association and a postgraduate qualification in

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Episode 5: Creating an autism-friendly university

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 particular theme. The

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