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This blog explores the factors in improving student retention for apprentices, with insights from practice tutors and how they can be equipped to support the students learning journey.

Providing access to recordings of university classes, such as lectures and tutorials, has become a mainstream trend in higher education of the last two decades - but is this an effective learning tool?  

As professional educators we might all recognise that reflective practice is a useful tool for personal and professional development, but do we all have the same understanding of the practice? Does it matter?

Colleagues from The Open University Business School and the School of Engineering and Innovation discuss their recent scholarship research project investigating the effects of background music used in audio-visual materials.

SoTL holds immense potential to enhance teaching and learning, yet its successful integration into teaching programmes is not without challenges. Professor Jacqueline Baxter explores some common obstacles that educators face and potential strategies to address them.

Getting students to collaborate online as part of their studies is often assumed to be a 'good thing' - but why? And if it is a 'good thing', how can we ensure that students are able to benefit from this kind of learning?

We can create brilliantly designed learning programmes but if we forget to take account of the contexts, environments and cultures that learning takes place within even the very best learning designs may flounder and fail to deliver their intent. 

Two colleagues from The Open University Business School (OUBS) present a selection of findings from a recent survey showing what the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) students think of active participation in online tutorials.

Dr Charles Mbalyohere and Jessica Giles explore the theme of international employability arising from an ongoing collaborative research project between The Open University and Makerere University in Uganda.