Pedagogy, Practice and Scholarship Index

The group’s outputs reflect the diverse range of themes, specialisms and interests of the membership.

Scholarship outputs are primarily recorded on group members' pages, organised chronologically. Each output is tagged with a format, themes, research methods, and authors, allowing exploration of similar work. Index pages for each formas, theme, and method group the relevant outputs.

August 2025 | The AdvanceHE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) is a national award that recognises and rewards collaborative work that has had a demonstrable impact on teaching and learning and highlights the key role of teamwork in UK higher education. The winning teams demonstrate innovative approaches to collaborative teaching that have transformed student experiences and outcomes.

The winning ELSSA (Engaged Learning at Sheffield School of Architecture) team comprises staff and students who have made substantial contributions to 'live' pedagogy over the last 10 years at Sheffield School of Architecture; Carolyn Butterworth (Team Leader), Leo Care (Deputy Team Leader), Sam Brown, Emre Akbil, Maša Šorn, Tom Moore, Claire Tymon and Rowan Mackay.

ELSSA at the University of Sheffield transforms architecture education through engaged learning. Students collaborate with communities on real projects, building vital skills in leadership, communication, and problem-solving. This comprehensive programme of curricular and extra-curricular ‘Liveness’ creates confident, socially conscious architects, impacting both professional practice and global higher education.

July 2025 | Scholarship from the academic year 2024-25 has been categorised under an updated system, reflecting ongoing shifts in the underlying teaching approach of the School. For example, inclusivity and climate have become central to almost all scholarship, while digital learning has moved from being innovative to being embedded across the school. These three 'strands' have been combined with the previous 'themes', which can be viewed here.

Additionally, some work has been categorised by research methodology, intended to provide an overview to students with an interest in research.

The PPS Index has also had a visual refresh, aimed at making the site more accessible as a resource by improving legibility and navigation.

June 2025 | Research from Landscape Architecture members is being added to the site, expanding the scope of indexed work and providing opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration. Other updates include new work with Swimmable Cities from Naina Gupta, and Rachel Harris presenting "Decolonising the Curriculum" at Technica 2025.