Workshops: Neurodiversity Affirming Pedagogies (Em Harrison) and Student Co-Creation in the Curriculum (Dr Carli Rowell) The final day of Inclusivity Week brought together two rich sessions focused on the importance of student partnership in shaping inclusive pedagogies. Both initiatives were…
Yearly Archives: 2025
Inclusivity Week | Friday 4th April 2025
Tagged with: co-creation, inclusive teaching, Inclusivity Week, neurodiversity, reasonable adjustments
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Inclusivity Week | Thursday 3rd April 2025
Workshops: Embedding Inclusive and Decolonial Practices in Biosciences Curricula (Professor Zahid Pranjol) and The Co-Creation Approach to Academic Advising (Dr Hadir Elshafie) As Inclusivity Week progressed, Day 4 brought a sharp focus to two essential elements of educational equity: curriculum…
Tagged with: academic advising, co-creation, decolonising the curriculum, inclusive teaching, Inclusivity Week
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Inclusivity Week | Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Workshops: Creating Accessible Digital Documents and Resources: led by Faye Brockwell (Learning Technologist) and Maintaining Attention in Lectures Led by Dr. Sophie Forster (Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience) Creating Accessible Digital Documents and Resources Led by Faye Brockwell With most attendees…
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…
Tagged with: decolonising the curriculum, inclusion, inclusive teaching, Inclusivity Week, reasonable adjustments
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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,…
Tagged with: AI, inclusive teaching, Inclusivity Week, instructional design, student voice, Universal Design for Learning
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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…
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…
Tagged with: building connection, establishing trust, feedback, Lecture Comprehension Checks, student engagement
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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…
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…