Fiona Clements is an Assistant Professor in LPS and teaches Equity and Trusts and Law of Succession to UG and MA Law students. She is the academic lead for the Wills, Trusts and Estates clinic, offering pro-bono advice to the…
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Building students’ confidence to speak through interactive law teaching
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, human flourishing, oracy in the curriculum, Social Sciences
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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…
Tagged with: Education and Scholarship, Education for sustainable development, human flourishing, Social Sciences
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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…
Tagged with: Education and Scholarship, human flourishing, interdisciplinarity, Social Sciences
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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…
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
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Do It Together: History, Culture, Community engagement with the Towner Eastbourne
Introduction On 13th March 2025, final-year History students from the University of Sussex spent a day by the sea visiting the Towner Eastbourne. The day offered students a valuable opportunity to work together and reflect on how the skills and…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, human flourishing, Teaching and student engagement
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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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Learning through the landscape
By Dr John Parry (Senior Lecturer: Education) and Dr Sarah Watson (Academic Developer) The University of Sussex was founded, both literally and intellectually, on its downland surroundings. Basil Spence, the University architect, wanted the campus to ‘grow out of the…
Fitting in and getting on: exploring the challenges and opportunities of an Education and Scholarship career pathway
by Paven Basuita, Jeanette Ashton & Kieran Durcan Paven Basuita is a Lecturer in Law (Education and Scholarship) and a Non-Practising solicitor. She joined the University of Sussex in 2019 from BPP Law School. Paven runs the Client Interviewing Skills programme…
Practical approaches to teaching life science during the pandemic
Guest post by Lorraine Smith Lorraine Smith is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Life Sciences, and sits within the subject disciplines of biochemistry and biomedicine. Smith’s teaching responsibilities are varied and cover modules spanning foundation through to Masters…