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Claire Saunders - Praxis Director

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Claire combines her role as Director of Praxis with her work as a Staff Tutor in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport. Her research interests relate to the academic writing practices of both lecturers and students. Previously course leader of a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Claire’s teaching interests lie mainly in the area of teacher development. As Director of Praxis, Claire drives the work of the centre, ensuring that the scholarship of teaching and learning right its heart

Email Claire Saunders (claire.saunders@open.ac.uk)
OR Telephone: 01908 (6)53463

Shahnaz Hussain (Shiny) - Praxis Centre Manager

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Shahnaz manages the overall Praxis operation including:

  • Project management and oversight of all funded Praxis projects
  • Development of the communications plans
  • Financial planning and budgets
  • Creation, Development and delivery of Website/Intranet/Social Media Strategy
  • Local, National and International Event Management

Email Shahnaz Hussain (shahnaz.hussain@open.ac.uk)
OR Telephone: 01908 (6)53517

Katie Pauley - Praxis Centre Support Assistant

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Email Katie Pauley (katie.pauley@open.ac.uk)
OR Telephone: 01908 (6)38255

Suzie Jarvis - Praxis Centre Support Assistant

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Email Suzie Jarvis (suzie.jarvis@open.ac.uk)
OR Telephone: 01908 (6) 53699

 

Centre members

Professor Mychelle Pride - Associate Dean, Teaching Excellence

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Professor Lesley Hoggart - WELS Associate Dean, Research

Professor Lesley Hoggart - WELS Associate Dean, Research

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Mark Addis - WELS Associate Dean, Knowledge Exchange

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Chris Edwards - Scholarship Lead for Learner and Discovery Services (LDS)

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Email Chris Edwards (chris.edwards@open.ac.uk)

Jackie Musgrave - Scholarship Lead for the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport 

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Dr Kate Breeze - Scholarship Representative for the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport

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Sandy Siemenski - HWSC Scholarship Lead

Dr Sandy Siemenski - Scholarship Lead for The School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care

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Email Sandy Siemenski (sandy.siemenski@open.ac.uk)

Dr Naomi Watson - Scholarship Representative for The School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care

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Ursula Stickler

Ursula Stickler - Scholarship Lead for The School of Languages and Linguistics

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Mara Fuertes-Guiterrez - Scholarship Representative for The School of Languages and Linguistics

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Email Mara Fuertez-Guiterrez (mara.fuertes-gutierrez@open.ac.uk)

Dr Karen Foley - Access, Open and Cross-curricular Representative 

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Email Karen Foley (karen.foley@open.ac.uk)

Clare Horackova - Praxis Associate Lecturer Representative

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Nichola Connolly - Student Representative 

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