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Challenges of Distance Teaching Masters in International Relations

Project Team: William Brown

In the age of digital information and high levels of technology in academic life, critical thinking skills are not just considered as an element of academic literacy; they have been interpreted in terms of the ability to use Microsoft Office and reference managing software effectively when underg

Developing an Approach to Networked Audio for Distance Learning in Music Practice

Project Team: Sean WilliamsNaomi Barker

This project examines the use of networked technologies for group music practice, within the context of a small group of 3-7 players.

Communication Strategies and the Tutor-Student Relationship

Project Team: Wendy HumphreysVicky Johnson

One of the findings of our completed project, The Quality of Tutor-Student Early contact in Post Level 1 Modules, was the extreme variation in both the interpretation and practice of tutors, in terms of early communication within a module.

SMART Feedback: Exploring the impact of action-focused student feedback on the student experience of learning

Project Team: Charlotte Lattin-Rawstrone

The proposed study intends to investigate the application of aspects of the research and framework through an intervention that builds on this framework with a specific focus on the reciprocal process and enactment of outcomes of feedback components by using SMART goals in the feedback process.

Tracking retention and building community in distance music study

Project Team: Alexander KolassaLilian Simones

There are three objectives of this project (presented in order of priority):

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.

Evaluating the Impact of ‘You Can Do It!’ Catch-up Sessions

Project Team: Zoe DoyeIeman HassanJoanna RobsonJudith Wilson-Hughes

We have been trialling tutor-led module-wide ‘you can do it’ catch-up sessions on three modules within SSGS (DD102 – 20J and 21B, DD206 – 20J and DD308 – 20J).  DD206 and DD308 ran these sessions initially, with DD102, concerned at high numbers o

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.

Developing Academic Integrity in Postgraduate Students

Project Team: Sue NielandPaige Cuffe

This project will explore the development of postgraduate students’ understanding and practice of academic integrity, that is of good academic conduct, focusing particularly on the module Principles of Social and Psychological Inquiry.