In this case study, Sarah Sawyer, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex and former Head of Department, talks about the process, drivers and impacts of introducing a student led consultancy project into a year one, semester one module.…
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Embedding student consultancy projects in first year of Philosophy degrees
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, Assessment and Feedback, authentic assessment, Employability
Posted in Assessment and Feedback, Case Studies, Employability
Posted in Assessment and Feedback, Case Studies, Employability
Scaffolded self-assessment in foundation-year lab reports: Building evaluative judgement one section at a time.
Jon Powell (Assistant Professor in Engineering) Every autumn, around thirty foundation-year students in our department write five laboratory reports in sequence. For years the pattern was the same — a careful Report 1, careful written feedback, a Report 2 that looked almost…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, belonging, Inclusive and student-centred, Sciences
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Posted in Blog
Sign up for the next Teaching and Learning with AI Community of Practice
The next meeting of the University of Sussex ‘AI CoP’ will take place on 8th June, 1-3pm in the Library Teaching Room. This will be a salon-style event designed to provide opportunities to reflect on 25/26 and discuss your ideas,…
Student peer-to-peer teaching via assessed seminar presentations
In this case study, Martin Yeomans, Professor of Experimental Psychology shares his approach to using develop students’ skills and confidence in presenting, while also getting them to teach to, and learn from, their peers via a series of assessed seminar…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, Assessment and Feedback, oracy in the curriculum, Sciences
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Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
Using blog posts to assess critical engagement with theory in psychology
Matthew Easterbrook is a social psychologist interested in social class, socioeconomic status, and inequality. His research aims to use social psychology to increase our understanding of, and ability to reduce, educational, economic, and political inequalities. What I did Since 2014,…
Innovation and best practice: Insights from Life Sciences in 2025
I had the pleasure of joining the Life Sciences in mid-December for their teaching and learning away day (well, it was a morning, but there were biscuits!). I love attending these kinds of events. In my role as an Academic…