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New Proposals for Digital Pedagogies: Teaching Format

This blog is part of a series on ‘New Proposals for Digital Pedagogies’ that launches the Sussex Digital Pedagogies Toolkit.  This toolkit conceptualises new ways to think through digital teaching and learning, gathering data from members of the University of

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New Proposals for Digital Pedagogies: Student Agency

This blog is part of a series on ‘New Proposals for Digital Pedagogies’ that launches the Sussex Digital Pedagogies Toolkit.  This toolkit conceptualises new ways to think through digital teaching and learning, gathering data from members of the University of

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Insights from the Sussex Education Festival, 2024

In July this year, 90 colleagues from across the University came together to share their experiences and insights into teaching, learning and assessment at Sussex. Over two days, both online and in person, the Education Festival covered a whole range

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New Proposals for Digital Pedagogies: Teacher Practice

This blog is part of a series on ‘New Proposals for Digital Pedagogies’ that launches the Sussex Digital Pedagogies Toolkit.  This toolkit conceptualises new ways to think through digital teaching and learning, gathering data from members of the University of

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Making group work inclusive

Sussex hosts a large group of international students and group work is an excellent way of sharing ideas and experiences from different parts of the world. Successful group work enhances the already rich academic material and facilitates a more holistic

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Clarifying assessment expectations for inclusivity

Different countries have different ways of doing assessments and it makes a lot of difference to have the academic expectations outlined by the convenors at the beginning of the course or module, so that students can approach their studies accordingly.

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Welcoming your students to Sussex

Blog post by Sarah Watson and Simon Overton The following resources were co-created by colleagues from Educational Enhancement and ten non-EU international students at the University of Sussex. Familiarising your students with the University  The students we worked with spoke

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Insights from the Annual Course Reviews

The University of Sussex’s Annual Course Review (ACR) process provides an opportunity for review, reflection and evaluation of the delivery of our teaching and is a key part of the University’s quality assurance and enhancement framework. However, the ACR isn’t

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Sussex Education Festival 2024 Programme

Please join us for the second Sussex Education Festival, an event for anyone involved in delivering education at Sussex. The event will be held over two days. You can attend the Festival in-person (9.30-4pm on 10 July) in the Woodland

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Measuring educational gain through Assurance of Learning (AoL)

Farai is Associate Dean (Education & Students) in the University of Sussex Business School and Professor in the Department of Economics. She has several years’ higher education teaching experience in statistics, development economics and other applied economics topics. She has

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