Dave Smalley is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology with a focus on educational scholarship. His current teaching portfolio includes coordinating and contributing to a new MSc course in Applied Child Psychology, alongside leading a large final-year undergraduate…
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Designing with purpose: Building a postgraduate course that puts employability first
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, Cohesive and connected, curriculum design, Employability, human flourishing, Inclusive and student-centred, Sciences
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Rapid student feedback: A simple method for real-time course improvement
Dr. Gillian Sandstrom is an Associate Professor in the Psychology of Kindness in the School of Psychology. Gillian worked in industry for 10 years as a computer programmer before discovering positive psychology. This led to pursuing a Masters in Psychology…
Tagged with: belonging, Cohesive and connected, student voice, Teaching and student engagement
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Episode 4: Scholarship for science teaching
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 runs monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme. The…
Tagged with: Cohesive and connected, curriculum design, decolonising the curriculum, Education and Scholarship, Sciences
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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…
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.…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, Inclusive and student-centred, inclusivity
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Pedagogical perspectives on high stakes final examinations
Sam Hemsley, Academic Developer, discusses the pedagogical perspectives on high stakes final examinations: Generative AI has, understandably, led to calls from many academics for a return from online to in-person exams. My role, along with my colleagues in the Educational…
AI and Academic Integrity: Implementing University Guidelines in Assignments
Dr Rona Hart is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Positive Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex and is the Course Leader for The Psychology of Kindness and Wellbeing at Work. What I Did In January…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, Digital and data futures
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Oral assessment as an AI-proof assessment tool
Dr Louise Newnham, a teaching focussed Senior Lecturer in Genome Stability in the School of Life Sciences, shares insights from her experience of using, since 2018/19, an oral exam (viva) as part of the assessment for a 30 credit masters…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, Sciences
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
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…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, curriculum design, Employability, inclusivity, student voice
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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…