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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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    Trialling multiple innovations; production, pedagogy and delivery on A329, the Making of Welsh History

    Project Team: Richard Marsden

    Independent learning is usually envisaged as something that students do alone. But on ‘A329, The Making of Welsh History’, an online distance-learning dissertation module at the Open University, the situation is quite the reverse.

    ‘Work of the Week’ Activity in A226: Assessing its Application as a Teaching Tool

    Project Team: Angeliki Lymberopoulou

    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

    ‘The Project Game: Is My Topic EMA Material?’

    Project Team: Renate DohmenGeorgina HoldenPamela Bracewell-HomerGeorgina Holden

    Diversifying End of Module Assessment project options on a Level 3 Classical Studies module - Benefits and Challenges for students and lecturers

    Project Team: Astrid VoigtEmma Bridges

    This project investigates the benefits and challenges – for both students and educators – of an innovative assessment format which aims to make assessment more inclusive and authentic for Classical Studies students.

    Evaluating the Impact of ‘Write Now’ Sessions: Adapting Approaches from Academic Writing Retreats to Create a Learning Community of Student Writers (Phase 2)

    Project Team: Debbie Parker-Kinch Anactoria ClarkeJasmine Hunter EvansHannah Lavery

    Phase 1 of this scholarship project piloted and evaluated ‘Write Now’ sessions on the Open University undergraduate English Literature module A233 ‘Telling Stories: the novel and beyond’, during the 2022-23 academic year.

    Co-designing inclusive and accessible distance learning film and media curriculum at Level 1

    Project Team: Kaya Davies-HayonMark Fryers

    This project originates from the new Department of Film and Media and aims at designing a new Level One curriculum with diversity and inclusivity embedded as its core principles.