February | 2022 | Talking about Teaching

Advance HE Collaborative Development Fund: Future Spaces

The University of Brighton has been awarded £4000 by Advance HE to look at the future of student learning in 2035 and how this will be shaped by immersive digital environments. It is one of 6 institutions awarded funding in the Future Student Experience strand of the highly competitive Collaborative Development Fund stream of work. The university…

STEP lab (Sustainable Technology & Engineering Projects)

Dr Angad Panesar, School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering STEP Lab (Sustainable Technology & Engineering Projects) was created in early 2020, to materialise the ideas formulated during course accreditation to professional bodies (e.g. Institute of Engineering Technology), engagement with HE councils (e.g. Engineering Professors Council) and industrial collaborations (e.g. Annual Skills and Demand – Industry…

Fashion and textiles students developing business plans

AGP691:Design Management and Business Plan Staff involved: Dr Martin Bouette (Module Leader), Mylinh Nygen, Sarah Elwick, Lucy Smith In this final-year module, students write and present a three-year plan. This will be either a Business Plan, or Marketing Plan, supporting new skills development in relation to their degree and career aspirations. This project requires students to research…

Professional Consultancy in Geography and Environment

GY572 Professional Practice is a 20-credit year-long module . In this Q&A Professor Rebecca Elmhirst talks about this compulsory module for students in geography and environmental sciences. This module has been designed to place ‘employability’ in the context of subject-specific research-led learning, delivered partly through student-led / expert-mentored consultancy projects and through extensive alumni and employer engagement. …

Engaging applied sciences students with the world of marketing.

“Students [will be] given opportunities to experiment and fail as well as succeed, so that they can develop resilience (now the most sought-after skill cited by employers), adaptability, independent thinking and creative problem solving.” Curriculum Design Framework – Brighton 2025 Work placements and internships are often seen as a good way to develop student employability. However, work-integrated…

‘Nudging’ students to do a work placement

Research by Julie Fowlie and Clare Forder, School of Business and Law How can a student better enhance their employability than by doing a work-placement during their degree? While the data indicate more positive outcomes for students who do a work placement over those who do not, recent trends actually indicate a decrease in students…