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FASSTEST brings together colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community. 

Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outcomes. FASSTEST supports a rolling portfolio of approximately 40 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:

  • Online and blended tuition 
  • Assessment
  • Employability/careers 
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Multisensory/multimodal learning

If you are interested in learning more about a particular project or connecting with a project team, please contact us at FASS-Scholarship@open.ac.uk. 

Projects

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    The Experience of BAME Students on DE300

    Project Team: Sharon Xuereb

    It is well documented that Black and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) students are awarded lower grades at university than their White counterparts. In the UK, a first class and second upper class degree classifications are considered ‘good degrees’.

    Embedding Accessibility into the Curriculum: An Accessibility Tool as a Checklist

    Project Team: Rhiannon EdwardsShazna MuzammilVanessa Moore

    The Accessibility Tool is currently being piloted on modules presenting in 22B and 22J with the goal of disseminating the final version across OU by 23J.

    Understanding African Postgraduate Student Experience

    Project Team: Cristina SantosKevin DeaneFrangton Chiyemura Maureen Mackintosh

    The higher education sector has recognised and aims to address recruitment, retention, and award gaps of BAME students.

    Exploring Students’ Experiences of Full Time and Flexible Study Intensity on English and Creative Writing Qualifications

    Project Team: Hannah LaveryNatalie LewisClare SpencerDerek NealeLiz Ford

    Responding to Educational Need: Learnings from Time to Think

    Project Team: Philip O’SullivanGabi KentMichael Doorley

    Integrating OUAnalyse into DE100 to Aid Retention and Progression

    Project Team: Cathy SchofieldTracey Elder

    Better Understanding Study Motivation and Module Choice

    Project Team: Suzanne ForbesElayne ChaplinSara Wolfson

    Diversifying End of Module Assessment Project Options on a Level 3 Classical Studies Module – A Pilot Study to Evaluate Pedagogic Strategies and Assess Benefits and Challenges

    Project Team: Astrid Voigt

    Arts-based Collaborative Digital Eco-Pedagogies for Teaching about the Climate Crisis and Intersecting Global Challenges in Higher and Distance Education

    Project Team: Maria NitaYoseph Araya

    The project aims to start a cross-faculty conversation about the current use of novel reflective, digital, public engagement and teaching methodologies in Higher and distance education (Cooke, Araya, Bacon, et al. 2021; Walsh and Powell, 2019).

    Academic Conduct Matters: Assessing the Impact of Academic and Disciplinary Interventions on Student’s Retention, Progression, and Completion

    Project Team: Encarnacion Trinidad-Barrantes

    This project is primarily concerned with investigating historic data (2011-2020) on referrals for poor academic practice in order to determine: 

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