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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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    Assessing the Impact of Changes to the Tuition Model for English Literature Modules in Terms of Attendance, Attainment, and Retention

    Project Team: Encarnacion Trinidad-BarrantesJessica DaviesHannah LaveryTim HammondElizabeth FordSteve Padley

    Supporting Younger Students with Weekly Communications

    Project Team: Sue Nieland

    University Connectedness, Relational Depth, Wellbeing, Anxiety, and Academic Achievement in FASS Students

    Project Team: Gina Di MaltaNaomi MollerKaty Smith

    Understanding Student Learning of Emotive and Sensitive Content

    Project Team: Julia DownesRuth WallAnne Alvaer

    Running an Effective Online Gallery Visit

    Project Team: Lindsay CrispVeronica Davies

    We know that there are a number of both tangible and intangible ‘tried and tested’ benefits of face-to-face gallery visits.

    An Investigation into the Use of Peer Observation as a Tool for Professional Development and an Aid to Developing a Professional Evaluative Culture Among Associate Lecturers

    Project Team: Judith Wilson-HughesTatiana BlackmoreLiz Wright

    How can Tutors Deliver Effective Teaching and Support to Creative Writing Students with Mental Health Difficulties

    Project Team: Joanne ReardonMelissa BaileyNatalie Lewis

    Exploring the Use of WhatsApp in a Distance Learning Context

    Project Team: Zoe Doye

    The focus of the proposed scholarship project is to explore the perceived advantages and disadvantages to using WhatsApp within distance education. 

    Improving the Diversity of the History Curriculum

    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

    Take a Picture of Religion

    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

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