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…
Monthly Archives: September 2025
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…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, authentic assessment, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
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…
Posted in Case Studies
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),…
Tagged with: belonging, Education and Scholarship, Inclusive and student-centred, student voice
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
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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Reflections on setting up a higher education network: A Conversation with Tab Betts
Tell us about the process of setting up the Active Learning Network It was quite an organic process that began with a flipped learning workshop I facilitated, one of many, but this particular session had an energy to it. The…
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Reflections on becoming a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA): A Conversation with Dr Lorraine Smith
Applying for Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) can feel like a daunting task. One that often gets pushed aside amid the daily demands of teaching, research and other demands of academic life. Dr Lorraine Smith (Associate Professor…
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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…
Cross-faculty teaching: favour culture vs collaboration
Emily Danvers Across the faculty of social sciences, many of us share research interests, professional expertise and academic knowledge that shape the topics we teach. When we met to collaborate on this project, for example, we found most of us…
Slowing Down the Hamster Wheel: Space to Reflect and Create Communities.
May Nasrawy and Suda Perera Since we’ve been teaching at Sussex, it’s felt like we’ve been in a state of perma-crisis: Strikes, pandemics, financial losses, have all contributed to a sense that we are on the brink of imminent disaster and we need…