Adnan Fakir is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sussex and is currently the Course Director for BSc Economics. Adnan received his PhD in Economics from the University of Western Australia and MSc in Economics from the…
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Integrating the “human touch” to research papers for students using podcasts
Tagged with: Business, Inclusive and student-centred, oracy in the curriculum, Teaching and student engagement
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Creating community and collaboration in the classroom
Dave Smalley, Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology and winner of a 2023 ‘Inclusive Sussex’ Education Award, explains his approach to encouraging reflection and building a sense of community and supported collaboration in the classroom. What I do My…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, belonging, curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, Sciences, Teaching and student engagement
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Welcoming your students to Sussex
Blog post by Sarah Watson and Simon Overton The following resources were co-created by colleagues from Educational Enhancement and ten non-EU international students at the University of Sussex. Familiarising your students with the University The students we worked with spoke…
Enhancing student engagement in large group teaching: A collaborative approach to improving learning outcomes
Alex Stuart-Kelly is an Education and Scholarship (E&S) lecturer in the department of Neuroscience at Sussex (since 2022). Prior to this, his PhD and short post-doctoral research focussed on understanding the role of the major Alzheimer’s risk gene variant APOE4…
Tagged with: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, Sciences, Teaching and student engagement
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Using video feedback to engage students with marking criteria
Clare Harris, Senior Teaching Fellow in Creativity and Design, and Alexandre Rodrigues, Lecturer in Product Design, explain how they implemented the use of screen recordings to enhance their feedback. Clare has a background in design and extensive experience working in…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Digital and data futures, Inclusive and student-centred, Sciences
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Guessing and Gender Bias in Multiple-Choice Quizzes with Negative Marking
Dr Matteo Madotto, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex Business School.[1] Introduction When designing multiple-choice quizzes (MCQs), an important decision to make is whether or not to apply negative marking to incorrect answers. The main rationale for penalizing wrong answers…
A student led session on reviving curiosity and student engagement
First year student reps, Ismah Irsalina Binti Irwandy and Liv Camacho Wejbrandt, co-developed and delivered a workshop for lecturers at the Engineering and Informatics Teaching and Learning Away Day. Here they explain the part they played in developing the session,…
Tagged with: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, Sciences, student voice
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Behold the Seminars: Reflections on Student Feedback
Maria Hadjimarkou is a Lecturer in Biological Psychology at the University of Sussex School of Psychology. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the SEDA Community of Practice for Transitions. She has several years of…
Tagged with: belonging, curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, inclusivity, Sciences, student voice
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Encouraging attendance and engagement through portfolio assessment
Lynne Murphy is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex. Her research and teaching concerns lexicology, lexical semantics, and pragmatics, and transatlantic Englishes. Twice a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar, she is currently writing a book about small…
Tagged with: Arts and humanities, Assessment and Feedback, belonging, Inclusive and student-centred, Media, Teaching and student engagement
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Strategies for making quantitative assessments more AI resilient
In this case study, Dr Myrna Hennequin, Lecturer in Economics, shares her strategies for making online quantitative assessments more AI resilient. What I did I redesigned the online assessments for the module Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics: Maths (QMBE…
Tagged with: Artificial intelligence (AI), Assessment and Feedback, Inclusive and student-centred
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