Talking about Teaching

Online Resources for Module Leaders

Module leaders are a group of staff who have not traditionally been targeted for staff development. As their role becomes increasingly complex they are in need of some extra support to fully understand their role, both leading their module and as part of a course or courses. In response, the Learning and Teaching Hub has…

Employability in higher education: what it is – what it is not

Employability as a concept, if not an actual term has been long been a key concern for higher education. Questions around what employability means, what it does not mean and whose responsibility it is to ensure that our students have ‘employability’ are questions which we should always be asking. Student employability is a key priority…

The Inclusive Practice Partnerships Scheme

The Inclusive Practice Partnership (IPP) Scheme is a five-year funded programme where students work in partnership with academic staff in their School and the Learning and Teaching Hub. As a key part of both the University of Brighton’s Race Equality Charter Action Plan and Access and Participation Plan, the Scheme reviews the representation of racial,…

Changing Mindsets

hanging Mindsets: Reducing stereotype threat, implicit bias, and barriers to students in transition In 2019 colleagues in the Learning and Teaching Hub completed a national Office for Students funded catalyst project Changing Mindsets, a student and staff workshop-based intervention intended to build a growth mindset: the belief that ability develops through effort and by embracing…

Race equity posters from Bhavik Patel

In response to his own experiences Professor Bhavik Patel has created and curated a set of poster resources exploring how Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority academics and students are challenged in their work and studies. These are available on his dedicated blog site.

Kyla Ellis-Sloan’s presentation check-list

Kyla Ellis-Sloan in School of Applied Social Sciences has created this check list to share with students which is particularly useful for giving online presentations. “As you come up to poster presentation day, take a look at the handy check list below to make sure you are ready to submit. Have you chosen an inequality?…

Online Resources for Module Leaders

Employability in higher education: what it is – what it is not

The Inclusive Practice Partnerships Scheme

Changing Mindsets

Race equity posters from Bhavik Patel

Kyla Ellis-Sloan’s presentation check-list

Paul Levy’s Teaching Blog

Hybrid Learning – Ioannis Pantelidis’ 5D Approach

School of Art DEL Blog

Personal Academic Tutoring