I had the pleasure of joining the Life Sciences in mid-December for their teaching and learning away day (well, it was a morning, but there were biscuits!). I love attending these kinds of events. In my role as an Academic…
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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
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
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
Posted in Blog, News
Posted in Blog, News
Designing with purpose: Building a postgraduate course that puts employability first
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…
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
Inclusivity Week | Friday 4th April 2025
Workshops: Neurodiversity Affirming Pedagogies (Em Harrison) and Student Co-Creation in the Curriculum (Dr Carli Rowell) The final day of Inclusivity Week brought together two rich sessions focused on the importance of student partnership in shaping inclusive pedagogies. Both initiatives were…
Peer-Assisted Study Sessions
Dr. Eljee Javier is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in English Language Teaching at the University of Sussex. She is the Course Convenor for the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and works extensively in transnational education and intensive…
Collaborative Note-taking in Formative Feedback
Geoffrey Makstutis is Head of the School of Design at West Dean College, one of the University of Sussex’s partner institutions. He holds degrees in architecture from the University of Michigan and the Architectural Association and a postgraduate qualification in…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
Episode 5: Creating an autism-friendly university
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: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, inclusivity, Sciences, Teaching and student engagement
Posted in Inclusion and Accessibility, Podcast
Posted in Inclusion and Accessibility, Podcast
Empowering student wellbeing through mentorship and mental health awareness
Deema Sonbol is a Lecturer in Strategy and Marketing at the University of Sussex Business School. In June 2021, Deema obtained her PhD in Media and Communication from the University of Warwick, where she also worked as an Associate Tutor…
Tagged with: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, inclusivity, Teaching and student engagement
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Posted in Blog
Creating safe but brave learning communities in teaching
Sensitive topics can be full of triggers. A person who is triggered cannot learn effectively. Hence, it’s important to keep a learning environment respectful so that we don’t trespass on anybody’s boundary of safety. However, controversial and sensitive topics may…
Tagged with: curriculum design, human flourishing, Inclusive and student-centred, inclusivity, Teaching and student engagement
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Posted in Blog