Cath Senker
Assistant Professor in Academic Skills (Law)
School of Law, Politics and Sociology
- Assistant Professor in Academic Skills (Law)School of Law, Politics and Sociology
- +44 (0)1273 876595 Ext.6595 (Work)
BIO
I am a Lecturer in Academic Skills and Student Experience (Law), offering academic advice to undergraduate and Masters students in one-to-one and group sessions. I teach on the Advanced Legal Research and Writing module (Masters) and Justice, Equality and Society (undergraduate).
My research interests focus on race equity and I am working on a toolkit for narrowing ethnicity awarding gaps at the University.
I am also a professional author and editor. Along with Ben Rogaly and Amy Clarke, I co-authored Brighton Bound: Stories of Moving To, Around and Out of the City, 1920s–2020s, which was selected as the Sussex Big Read for 2025–26.
I volunteer at Migrant English Project, teaching English to refugees and vulnerable migrants, and facilitate a story-reading group for asylum seekers and refugees in Brighton and Hove.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Student Academic Success AdvisorUniversity of Sussex, Business School, United Kingdom2019
- Lecturer in Academic Skills and Student ExperienceUniversity of Sussex, Law, Politics and Sociology, United KingdomMar 2022
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Freelance author and editorSelf-employedJan 1998
DEGREES
- BA Hons, HistoryUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher EducationUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomSep 2019 - Sep 2020
LANGUAGES
- FrenchCan read, write, speak and understand
- Spanish; CastilianCan read, write, speak and understand
- GermanCan read, write, speak and understand
- HebrewCan speak and understand
- ArabicCan speak and understand
- JapaneseCan speak
- Chinese (Mandarin)Can speak