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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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    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

    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: 

    Decolonising Religious Studies and Promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

    Project Team: Suzanne NewcombePaul-François TremlettJohn MaidenHugh BeattieMaria Nita

    Addressing the White Racial Frame in OU Music’s Module Materials: Incorporating Active Debates to A342 Learning

    Project Team: Marie ThompsonMartin Clarke Byron Dueck

    Dyslexia: Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Success at Postgraduate Study

    Project Team: Rhiannon EdwardsJo Horne

    Does Wi-Fi/Data Connectivity Disadvantage OU Students?

    Project Team: Sonja RewhornVicky Johnson

    Since March 2020 many of us have had to move to working from home using our home internet whether as Wi-Fi or data.  As well as work shifting to online, The Open University also moved all its tuition seminars online.    

    Proscribed Fictions: The Place of Colonial and/or Racist Literature in Curricular Decolonisation

    Project Team: Alex TickellMichael O'FlynnAngela Eyre

    Decolonising Religious Studies and Promoting Student Retention

    Project Team: Suzanne NewcombePaul-François TremlettJohn MaidenHugh Beattie

    Understanding How Social Anxiety Affects Participation in Online Tutorials

    Project Team: Janet Hunter

    Personal and Empathetic Dialogue: An Investigation into the role of correspondence tuition in supporting student progression and retention

    Project Team: Zoe DoyeJudith Wilson-HughesLucy Rumney

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