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…
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Registration now open for the Sussex Education Festival
Register now to attend the fourth Sussex Education Festival. The event will be held on Friday 8 May in the Woodland Rooms at the Student Centre and is for anyone involved in delivering education at Sussex. The Sussex Education Festival provides…
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Episode 12: Talking to Students about Generative AI
The Learning Matters Podcast captures insights into, experiences of, and conversations around education at the University of Sussex. The podcast is hosted by Prof Wendy Garnham and Dr Heather Taylor. It is recorded monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme.…
Conversations on teaching for community and belonging: Our blog collection
Dr Emily Danvers Conversations around teaching rarely happen beyond formal training opportunities that often take place early on in our careers. After this, and especially during term-time, space for talking in our busy working lives is often limited. Incidental corridor…
Getting the ‘social’ into Social Sciences: how can we learn from LPS student initiatives to build cross-faculty relationships?
Jeanette Ashton and Fiona Clements
Scholarship Opportunities in Education –Autumn 2025
As the autumn term begins, we’re delighted to welcome students and colleagues back to campus. For those involved in teaching, learning, and academic development, this season brings a wealth of opportunities to engage with educational scholarship—both at the University of…
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Conversations on teaching for community and belonging: Our blog collection
Dr Emily Danvers Conversations around teaching rarely happen beyond formal training opportunities that often take place early on in our careers. After this, and especially during term-time, space for talking in our busy working lives is often limited. Incidental corridor…
Cross-faculty teaching: favour culture vs collaboration
Emily Danvers Across the faculty of social sciences, many of us share research interests, professional expertise and academic knowledge that shape the topics we teach. When we met to collaborate on this project, for example, we found most of us…
Slowing Down the Hamster Wheel: Space to Reflect and Create Communities.
May Nasrawy and Suda Perera Since we’ve been teaching at Sussex, it’s felt like we’ve been in a state of perma-crisis: Strikes, pandemics, financial losses, have all contributed to a sense that we are on the brink of imminent disaster and we need…
Getting the ‘social’ into Social Sciences: how can we learn from LPS student initiatives to build cross-faculty relationships?
Jeanette Ashton and Fiona Clements The broader context When the new faculty structure at Sussex was first mentioned, discussed further at university-wide forums and School and Department meetings, our reaction was perhaps similar to many others. Whilst ‘indifferent’ might be…