FASSTEST in The Open University

FASSTEST is one of four Centres for Scholarship and Innovation that have been set up in each of the four faculties at The Open University.

The other three centres are:

• eSTEeM is the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Centre for STEM pedagogy based at The Open University. Follow eSTEem on Twitter 
• PRAXIS – is the Scholarship and Innovation Centre, which brings together academics from The Open University’s faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) Follow PRAXIS on Twitter
• SCiLAB - is the centre for innovation and research in online business and legal education at The Open University’s Faculty of Business and Law. Follow SCiLAB on Twitter

All these four faculty-based centres are linked through a university-wide Scholarship Steering Group, whose work is informed and guided by the following four institutional priorities, which are to:

• Enable more students to achieve their study goals
• Enhance employability and career progression
• Improve and enhance the learning experience of students
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion including reduction of degree awarding gap