Jon Powell (Assistant Professor in Engineering) Every autumn, around thirty foundation-year students in our department write five laboratory reports in sequence. For years the pattern was the same — a careful Report 1, careful written feedback, a Report 2 that looked almost…
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Scaffolded self-assessment in foundation-year lab reports: Building evaluative judgement one section at a time.
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, belonging, Inclusive and student-centred, Sciences
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Student peer-to-peer teaching via assessed seminar presentations
In this case study, Martin Yeomans, Professor of Experimental Psychology shares his approach to using develop students’ skills and confidence in presenting, while also getting them to teach to, and learn from, their peers via a series of assessed seminar…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, Assessment and Feedback, oracy in the curriculum, Sciences
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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,…
Innovation and best practice: Insights from Life Sciences in 2025
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…
Episode 11: Attention, Sleep, and Learning
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 is recorded monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme.…
Episode 10: Transformative Learning
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 is recorded monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme.…
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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Episode 8: Communities of Practice
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 is recorded monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme.…
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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Posted in Case Studies
Episode 7: Gamification
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 is recorded monthly, and each month is centred around a particular theme.…