Dr Jason Price Associate Dean (Education and Students) for the Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities. Academic Personal Tutors (APTs) play a vital role in helping students make the most of their degree and wider university experience at Sussex. To…
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Developing student self-assessment, reflection and confidence through progressive assessment design
Jon Powell (Assistant Professor in Engineering) What I did I teach a Foundation Year Engineering module called Mechanics and Properties of Matter, a laboratory-based module that introduces students to experimental work and technical report writing. When I took over the module…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, Cohesive and connected, Inclusive and student-centred
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Students Lead Social Change Campaign
Katherine Kruger (Associate Professor in Community Engagement) What I did In this Level 4 Leading Social Change module students work collaboratively on a real social change campaign and are assessed on their ability to critically analyse and reflect on their…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, Cohesive and connected, community engagement
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Reflections on the Sussex Education Festival 2026
On 8 May, over 100 colleagues from across the university attended the fourth Sussex Education Festival. This year’s festival was our biggest yet- with more applications to present, and more colleagues attending than any previous year. The content of the…
Oral assessments used in Modern Languages
Benoît Guilbaud, Language Pathways Convenor, Associate Professor in French Oral assessment is embedded across Modern Languages teaching at Sussex, spanning eight languages within the 15-credit undergraduate modules offered through both a two and three-year beginners’ pathway and a post A-level pathway.…
Using blog posts to assess critical engagement with theory in psychology
Matthew Easterbrook is a social psychologist interested in social class, socioeconomic status, and inequality. His research aims to use social psychology to increase our understanding of, and ability to reduce, educational, economic, and political inequalities. What I did Since 2014,…
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,…
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…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, Digital and data futures
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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…
Tagged with: Cohesive and connected, curriculum design, Education and Scholarship, Sciences
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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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