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The Scholarship Journey: Cultivating Scholarship Through Growth and Connection during Scholarship Leave

A woman (Jo Tregenza) with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a black-and-white checkered shirt, standing in front of a light wooden panel background

Jo Tregenza is a Reader in Primary Education at the University of Sussex, and Senior Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in, Primary Education, Teaching English, E-Learning, Lecturing, Teaching and Higher Education. Senior

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Sustainability and simulations: Using simulations to engage first-year Business students

Alison Bailey is an Associate Professor in Management at the University of Sussex Business School and is the convenor of the Introduction to Business and Management (IBM) a large core module taken by nearly every first-year business student in their

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Reflections on working for the Office for Students: Conversation with Prof Graeme Pedlingham

Prof Graeme Pedlingham, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Experience, talks to us about his time working for the Office for Students.  Can you tell us a little about your role at the Office for Students?  Around 2022, the Office

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Reflections on securing funding and delivering a scholarship project: designing and implementing the dissertation navigator

Reflections from Dr Xiangming Tao (Assistant Professor in Innovation & Project Management) and Josephine Van-Ess (Associate Professor in Management)  Can you briefly outline your project and its aims?  The Dissertation Navigator was designed to support postgraduate taught students through what

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Reflections on setting up a higher education network: A Conversation with Tab Betts

Tell us about the process of setting up the Active Learning Network  It was quite an organic process that began with a flipped learning workshop I facilitated, one of many, but this particular session had an energy to it. The

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Reflections on becoming a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA): A Conversation with Dr Lorraine Smith

Applying for Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) can feel like a daunting task. One that often gets pushed aside amid the daily demands of teaching, research and other demands of academic life. Dr Lorraine Smith (Associate Professor

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Building the STEM Ambassador Network for students and staff

Haruko Okamoto is an Education and Scholarship academic in the School of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Science Engineering & Medicine. She has a doctoral degree in Biology (Plant Physiology & Genetics) from Tokyo Metropolitan University and has worked

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Reflections on Curriculum Review in Engineering and Informatics: A Conversation with Dr Luis Ponce Cuspinera

Dr Luis Ponce Cuspinera, Associate Professor in Engineering, offers reflections on his experience of curriculum redesign.   What were the motivations behind a curriculum review in Engineering and Informatics?  There were several. I’d recently returned to Sussex after three years at

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Reflections on Editorial Scholarship: A Conversation with Prof Wendy Garnham

Prof Wendy Garnham, Professor of Psychology and Director of Student Experience for the Foundation Year, shares her experience of editorial scholarship.   Can you tell us a little about your experience co-editing books on teaching and higher education?  I’ve co-edited several

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Bridging distances: How Buddycheck supports global collaboration

Helen Todd is a Learning Technologist within the Educational Enhancement team and works to develop and support the Online Distance Learning courses at the University of Sussex. What I did I first came across Buddycheck through a colleague, and I

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