Inclusivity week – 31 March – 4 April 

Talks and workshops are taking place throughout the week highlighting some of the excellent inclusive teaching and assessment practices at Sussex, and there’s still time for you to sign up Review the programme and sign up now.  

The Sussex Education Festival 

The Sussex Education Festival is back for its third year and will be held on Friday 2 May (9.30-3:30pm) in the Woodland Rooms at the Student Centre. 

Registration is now open! We’d like to encourage all colleagues involved in teaching and learning to register to attend. The Festival will consist of a number of different session types from speakers from all faculties. This will include lightning talks, case studies and panel discussions, which are focused around themes such as inclusion and belonging, student engagement, generative AI, embedding employability, group work, and outdoor learning. The full programme will be available shortly. 

We’re excited to celebrate and reflect on all the amazing work that goes in to teaching and learning here at Sussex. We hope to see you there! 

Register your place 

Learning Matters 

Read the latest posts on the Learning Matters blog: 

• Developing chemistry student employability through assessment design 

• Do It Together: History, Culture, Community engagement with the Towner Eastbourne 

• Rapid student feedback: A simple method for real-time course improvement 

• Peer-Assisted Study Sessions 

• Collaborative Note-taking in Formative Feedback 

We welcome all colleagues at the University to write a blog, or an article, present a case study, or to collaborate on a podcast around their teaching and/or around student learning at Sussex. If you would like to contribute or would like to find out more please contact k.r.horne@sussex.ac.uk. 

Gen AI Practical tips for teachers

The popular University of Kent Digitally Enhanced Education webinars last week focused on AI in Assessment – How Universities Are Responding and Innovating. The recordings are now available if you’d like to catch up or share them with colleagues. 

You can also register to join their second webinar following the same theme on Wednesday the 2^nd April, from 14:00–16:30 (BST).  

The Advance HE ‘Let’s Talk About Student Success’ Podcast

Join the Advance HE monthly conversations with higher education’s thought leaders – a space where insights flow as freely as coffee, and where experience meets innovation in supporting student success. 

Participate in a research project  

Take part in a project being conducted by colleagues from a number of UK Universities into personal tutoring and academic advising practices within UK HE. The study consists of a short survey which will take approx. 15 minutes to complete.