The culmination of the assessment cycle at the end of what has been a particularly challenging year offers an opportunity (once we have caught our breaths!) to revisit our understanding of how we can best support our students to learn…
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The ‘Law’ Critique and Question Reading and Writing Group: a space to connect ‘with’ rather than ‘for’ students
Guest post by Verona Ní Drisceoil (Senior Lecturer in Law, Sussex Law School) and year 1 students Ayodele Idowu-Bello, Tyrone Logue, Plum Philips, Judith Ohen and Miles Ratcliffe. Verona Ní Drisceoil is a Senior Lecturer in Law (Education and Scholarship) at…
How the pandemic covertly made teaching, learning and assessment more inclusive
Dan is an Academic Developer in Technology Enhanced Learning here at the University of Sussex. Inclusion, accessibility and digital capabilities are his areas of interest. Intro There is little doubt the pandemic has been overwhelmingly challenging for most, but there…
Reflections on different engagement techniques whilst teaching online
Guest post by Seun Osituyo Student engagement is a very useful part of our job as tutors, as it helps us check that learning has taken place (Butcher, Davies and Highton, 2006). But what exactly do I mean by student…
How can we improve module evaluation questionnaires?
by Junko Winch Module Evaluation Questionnaires (MEQs) are an important source of student feedback on teaching and learning. They are also often relied upon as evidence cases for promotion for tutors. However, in their current form they suffer from low…
“The wheels firmly on the bus” Reflections on teaching a new module in the ‘new normal’
by Jeanette Ashton & Paolo Oprandi About the authors Jeanette Ashton is a Lecturer in Law and a non-practising solicitor, having joined the University of Sussex after 8 years at Brighton University. She teaches Contract law, Equity and Trusts and…
Guest Post – How to create connection in challenging times
Jenni Rose, Lecturer, University of Manchester. The main focus of Jenni’s teaching is in auditing, financial reporting and financial statement analysis, as well as on the MBA at the University of Manchester. Much of the strength of her teaching comes…
Three tips for enhancing students’ engagement with feedback
In my many years of experience as an educator I have spent innumerable hours in writing feedback for students’ work. I always thought this was one of the most important elements of my role as a teacher, where I had…