Politics Pedagogy Cluster (PPC)

About

The Politics Pedagogy Cluster (PPC) was formed in Autumn 2025 to establish a permanent home for the unit’s innovative work in teaching and learning across our undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate programs.

The PPC’s aim is to establish a collaborative and critically reflective research cluster that advances the pedagogy of Politics, supporting inclusive, innovative and evidence-informed teaching through partnership, professional development, scholarship and research.

Cluster activities

Offering a unique, supportive and regular communal space for discussion about our teaching practices, the PPC meets regularly throughout the teaching year, covering a range of topics pertinent to teaching politics in the contemporary landscape, including:

• Introducing, refining and expanding our module offerings based on student feedback, and colleague advice and support
• Reading groups on the latest innovations in the pedagogy of politics and the politics of pedagogy
• Taking a leading role in the work on decolonising and diversifying the curriculum
• The role and ethics of AI in the classroom and assessments
• Guest speakers from across the School, University and wider Politics teaching community in the UK, and
• Open forums for colleagues to discuss the successes and difficulties of teaching in the current political and higher education environment

Staff

The co-convenors of this cluster are:

Megan Armstrong (Lecturer in International Politics)

Richard Dodgson (Lecturer in International Politics)

Skyler Hawkins (Lecturer in the Politics of Race and Ethnicity)

For more information on our Cluster, including expressing interest in possible collaborations, presentations to the Cluster membership and all other comments, please contact the convenors.