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 Sussex and across the sector.

Where to publish

Whether you’re new to educational research or looking to share innovative practice, there are many platforms to consider:

• Learning Matters – Sussex’s own space for reflections and scholarship on teaching and learning. Contribute a case study, blog post, article or take part in our podcast.
• Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) – Serves an international readership interested in all aspects of learning and teaching in higher education.
• Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Captures the rich contexts, experiences, and voices from colleagues across the sector. The journal encourage all types of writing from more traditional educational inquiries, to working-out-loud papers and provocations.
• Teaching and Learning Inquiry – Publishes scholarly works on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in higher education. This includes original research, theory, or commentary and may include empirical and interpretive investigations, theoretical analyses, thought-provoking essays, works about the state of the field, or innovative genres. 
• Practitioner Research in Higher Education – Publishes research and evaluation papers that contribute to the understanding of theory, policy and practice in teaching and supporting learning. 
• RAISE Journal – Publishes contributions dealing with student engagement in Higher Education from a disciplinary or multi-disciplinary perspective.
• Journal of Education, Innovation, Partnership and Change – Welcomes articles, case studies and opinion pieces in written or video format relating to learning, teaching and assessment with the context of students and staff as co-creators and change agents. Our aim is to inspire, educate, amuse, and generally engage its readership.
• SEDA Blog – The SEDA Blog is a chance for higher education professionals and stakeholders, including students, to share ideas, opinions, good practice and reflections that can inform staff development in higher education.

Events to attend

Join us at Sussex on 26th November (13:00–16:00, Bramber House 255) for an interactive event on oracy in higher education. Explore how speaking and listening can be embedded into the curriculum to support inclusion, engagement, and academic integrity. Register via Eventbrite

Beyond Sussex, sector-wide events including registration and calls for contributions:

• Access, Participation and Student Success Conference (UUK, 20 Nov) – A key event bringing together colleagues from across the sector to explore the evolving landscape of student equity and opportunity.
• SHIFT 2026 (Greenwich, 6–7 Jan) – This conference celebrates the role of students as active partners in shaping the future of higher education. By championing co-creation, collaboration, and inclusive practice, we explore how institutions can foster belonging and empower student agency. Proposals. Registration.  
• Compassion, collegiality and communities in higher education: challenging the discourse SRHE International Conference 2025(28 Nov online; 2–4 Dec Nottingham) – The SRHE annual international conference aims to advance the understanding of higher education, support and disseminate research and practice, and provide a platform for the perspectives and knowledge offered by systematic research and scholarship. 
• Assessment and Feedback Symposium 2025– (online 4^th November) -This presenter-led virtual event will provide teaching and support staff from across the sector with a space to exchange and disseminate new and different ways of thinking about assessment and feedback.
• Educational Excellence Symposium 2025– (online 9^th December) – This year’s symposium will bring together educators, academic leaders, professional services, and students to explore what really works in delivering high-quality, inclusive, and impactful education.
• Artificial Intelligence Symposium 2026(online 10^th February) – A presenter-led event to learn, discuss and share latest practices and pedagogies utilising artificial intelligence.
• Employability Symposium 2026 (online 10^th March) – The Employability Symposium 2026 aims to bring together cutting-edge examples of how employability can be embedded at school, faculty/college and/or institutional levels.