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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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    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.

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

    Project Team: Hannah LaveryNatalie LewisClare SpencerDerek NealeLiz Ford

    An Examination of Motivation and Engagement of Students Studying at Different Intensities

    Project Team: Cathy SchofieldAlison Gisby

    Better Understanding Study Motivation and Module Choice

    Project Team: Suzanne ForbesElayne ChaplinSara Wolfson

    Supporting Younger Students with Weekly Communications

    Project Team: Sue Nieland

    Evaluating the Impact of ‘Write Now’ Sessions: Adapting Approaches from Academic Writing Retreats to Create a Learning Community of Student Writers on A233

    Project Team: Debbie Parker KinchAnactoria ClarkeJasmine Hunter Evans

    The scholarship project will pilot and evaluate ‘write now’ sessions on the Open University English Literature module A233 ‘Telling Stories: the novel and beyond’.  These will be live online sessions aimed at helping students get writing, alongside other students who form a writing community, in

    How does recording affect Creative Writing tutorials:-a first-year review

    Project Team: Natalie LewisDonall MacCathmhaoillEmma Claire SweeneyLania Knight

    This mixed-methods project evaluated the introduction of the recording of online tutorials on OU Level 2 module, Creative Writing. The project investigated specific concerns and considerations around tutorial attendance, student participation, and the pedagogy of Creative Writing workshops.

    Transition to Postgraduate Study: the MA in Music

    Project Team: Rosemary Golding Byron Dueck

    This project considers some of the barriers students might face when moving onto the MA in Music, either from within the OU or with prior experience of higher education from external institutions.

    Implementing module team-led research skills-focused workshop events into a final year project module: An evaluation of student attitudes and outcomes

    Project Team: Louise NewbiggingJames MunroSimon HarrisonMaika Telga

    Investigating Psychology 3 (DE300) is the capstone Level 3 module in Psychology and Counselling with the Open University, in which students complete an independent research project over the course of the module.

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