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.
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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