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…
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Cross Cultural Conversations about AI in Education (2022-2026): University of Ghana and University of Sussex
by Akweley Ohui Otoo and Kate O’Riordan As part of a reciprocal mentoring project with colleagues at the University of Ghana we have a reflection on cross cultural experiences of AI in education. Introduction Generative AI has a longer history,…
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How can a process approach to assessment help address the impacts of AI?
by Dr Sarah Watson and Kamila Bateman, Academic Developers in Educational Enhancement A process approach in teaching is not a new concept. It was first introduced by Stenhouse in 1975 as an alternative to the product model. It concentrates on…
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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),…
Tagged with: belonging, Education and Scholarship, Inclusive and student-centred, student voice
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Join us on the 26th November to explore the role of oracy in higher education
By turning our attention in a serious way to how we use and think about our voices and ears, we can help students develop their communicative resources as thinkers, listeners, and speaking citizens. (Holmes-Henderson and Wright (2025) Sussex colleagues, join…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, curriculum design, Employability
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Hosting the Heart
Dr. Adhip Rawal, Assistant Professor in Psychology My work as an Assistant Professor in Psychology has focused on relationality and the connection between head and heart. I believe there is consciousness in the heart and this way of embodied knowing…
Inclusivity Week | Friday 4th April 2025
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…
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…
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…