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…
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Enhancing student engagement in large group teaching: A collaborative approach to improving learning outcomes
Tagged with: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
Posted in Case Studies
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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: Assessment and Feedback, belonging, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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Student engagement is key for inclusive curriculum (re)design
Katerina Psarikidou and Alejandro Luna Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School Katerina Psarikidou is Lecturer in Sustainable Development at the Science Policy Research Unit. She is the University of Sussex Business School PRME Champion, a UN initiative…
Tagged with: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, inclusivity, student voice, Teaching and student engagement
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Using Vevox in the classroom
In this case study, Seun Osituyo, Deputy Director of Student Experience and Director of MSc Accounting and Finance at USBS, explains how she uses Vevox to increase student engagement. What I did One of the tools I have used to…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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“It equals the playing field” : Student reflections on introducing optionality as an accessible and inclusive assessment practice
Dr Jo Wilson Introduction Optionality in assessment has recently come under the spotlight, with the QAA highlighting the need for Higher Education to develop more inclusive, accessible, and flexible assessment choices. In response to this, the University of Manchester recently…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Employability, Flexible assessment, Inclusive and student-centred, inclusivity, Teaching and student engagement
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Campus rhythms: exploring synaesthesia through drumming
After obtaining a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and English Literature from The Open University in 2019, David Russell joined Sussex Writes in 2020 while completing his MA in English: Literature, Culture and Theory. He is now in the second year…
Building learning communities through formative group work
Dr Zahid Pranjol, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences and Deputy Head of School for Life Sciences, explains how a formative project-based learning (PBL) group work assessment helps develop his Foundation, first and second year students’ belonging and team work skills. …
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Cohesive and connected, Employability, Teaching and student engagement
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Playful Learning with escape rooms
In this case study, Dr Katie Piatt, Head of Educational Enhancement and co-Chair of the Playful Learning Association, talks about how she developed an escape room for the University Pasts and Futures conference as a fun way to introduce students…
Tagged with: belonging, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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“It gave me a sense of ownership”: Reflections on the participatory design of a Business Law and Practice module – Part 2
Jeanette Ashton and Kieran Durcan Jeanette Ashton is a Senior Lecturer in Law (Education and Scholarship) and a non-practising solicitor, having joined the University of Sussex after 8 years at Brighton University. She convenes and teaches on the LLB programme…
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Authentic learning through Legal Document Pack Exercises (LDPE)
In this case study, Dr Jo Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, talks about how she introduced ‘Legal Document Pack Exercises’ (LDPE) as a form of authentic learning and assessment on a core law module. What I did Students in…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, authentic assessment, curriculum design, Teaching and student engagement
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