Improves and enhance the learning experience of students
Project Team: Eleni AndreouliSimon ClarkeJulian Bond
A longstanding challenge faced by students and educators alike is the difficulty in maintaining an active PhD research culture, which, in turn, can have a negative impact on doctoral students’ progression and in the quality of their studies. The reasons of this are multiple.
Project Team: Linda BriggsElayne ChaplinSuzanne Forbes
Open University students usually register for a specific degree when they begin their studies, but are able to change to a different degree pathway at various points while they are studying.
Project Team: Charlotte Lattin-Rawstrone
The Open University is unique in its provision of distance learning provision to a vast number of learners. Distance tuition relies on a high standard of correspondence tuition as it is the feedback that students receive that is the basis of their personalised learning journey.
Project Team: Stefanie SinclairJohn Maiden
This project critically evaluated the effectiveness and wider applicability of a creative and collaborative assessment activity included in the new OU Religious Studies module A227 ‘Exploring religion: places, practices, texts and experiences’ (TMA01), presented for the first time in October 2017
Project Team: Lucy WildeKesi MahendranKate Garland
The central aim of the project is to evaluate the academic coaching provided in DD801.
Project Team: Agnes Czajka
Having co-led the Open University’s Tate Exchange initiative over the past three years, I have come to realise that a number of colleagues in FASS and other faculties have worked – or have expressed interest in working – at the intersection of arts and academia.
Project Team: John SlightLuc-Andre Brunet
The purpose of this scholarship project is to investigate student attitudes towards the racial and ethnic diversity of the existing History curriculum, gather information about this issue from experienced ALs who teach on History modules, and consult with academics at other universities on their
Project Team: Alison Penn
Submitting an assignment is usually accompanied by a sense of relief but then there is the wait for the mark and the feedback which can cause anxiety amongst students. This is particularly the case for the first assignment on a new module and happened with DD212 Understandi
Project Team: Stephen RobinsonDavid Morrison