Yearly Archives: 2025

The Scholarship Journey: Cultivating Scholarship Through Growth and Connection during Scholarship Leave

A woman (Jo Tregenza) with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a black-and-white checkered shirt, standing in front of a light wooden panel background

Jo Tregenza is a Reader in Primary Education at the University of Sussex, and Senior Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in, Primary Education, Teaching English, E-Learning, Lecturing, Teaching and Higher Education. Senior

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Conversations on teaching for community and belonging: Our blog collection

Dr Emily Danvers Conversations around teaching rarely happen beyond formal training opportunities that often take place early on in our careers. After this, and especially during term-time, space for talking  in our busy working lives is often limited. Incidental corridor

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Getting the ‘social’ into Social Sciences: how can we learn from LPS student initiatives to build cross-faculty relationships?

Jeanette Ashton and Fiona Clements

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Episode 11: Attention, Sleep, and Learning

The Learning Matters Podcast captures insights into, experiences of, and conversations around education at the University of Sussex. The podcast is hosted by Prof Wendy Garnham and Dr Heather Taylor. It is recorded monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme.

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Episode 10: Transformative Learning

The Learning Matters Podcast captures insights into, experiences of, and conversations around education at the University of Sussex. The podcast is hosted by Prof Wendy Garnham and Dr Heather Taylor. It is recorded monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme.

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Scholarship Opportunities in Education –Autumn 2025

As the autumn term begins, we’re delighted to welcome students and colleagues back to campus. For those involved in teaching, learning, and academic development, this season brings a wealth of opportunities to engage with educational scholarship—both at the University of

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Sustainability and simulations: Using simulations to engage first-year Business students

Alison Bailey is an Associate Professor in Management at the University of Sussex Business School and is the convenor of the Introduction to Business and Management (IBM) a large core module taken by nearly every first-year business student in their

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Reflections on working for the Office for Students: Conversation with Prof Graeme Pedlingham

Prof Graeme Pedlingham, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Experience, talks to us about his time working for the Office for Students.  Can you tell us a little about your role at the Office for Students?  Around 2022, the Office

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Walk with me: Exploring community, belonging and inclusion through walking interviews

Dr Verona Ni Drisceoil is a Reader in Legal Education and a member of the Education Team, currently leading on Assessment and Gen AI policy, at Sussex Law School. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA),

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Reflections on securing funding and delivering a scholarship project: designing and implementing the dissertation navigator

Reflections from Dr Xiangming Tao (Assistant Professor in Innovation & Project Management) and Josephine Van-Ess (Associate Professor in Management)  Can you briefly outline your project and its aims?  The Dissertation Navigator was designed to support postgraduate taught students through what

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