This blog arises out of our SCiLAB-funded project, ‘An Exploration of the Use of Extra-Curricular Activities by Law Students and Alumni’, which we carried out during 2020-21.
This blog arises out of our project, ‘An Exploration of the Use of Extra-Curricular Activities by Law Students and Alumni’. Part 1 of the project explored what types of extra-curricular activities OU law students are engaging in.
Dr Terry O'Sullivan of The Faculty of Business and Law's Department of Strategy and Marketing writes about the rise in popularity of digital badges in this latest post.
Critical thinking is a vital skill at university, and in life. In this latest blog post Professor Suzanne Rab, associate lecturer at the OU, takes a look at critical thinking.
In 2016, the College of Policing introduced a new training delivery plan for all new police recruits: The Police Education Qualification Framework (PEQF). This post explores the PEQF at The Open University.
It is often assumed that OU tutors would not have any issues transferring to online tutorials when Covid hit. However, this was not the case. This blog shares how we supported our new and less experienced tutors to deliver successful online tutorials during the pandemic.
In this latest blog post, Carolin Decker-Lange (The Open University) and Knut Lange (Royal Holloway, University of London) discuss how universities nurture employability.
Higher Education is a vast and different world to navigate for any new student wishing to access it. For a student who is a care leaver, this journey can be even more daunting. This post explores a pilot project aimed at supporting care experienced students.
An 18-month research project is seeking to identify what online learning innovations schools can and will be keeping post-pandemic. Dr Katharine Jewitt reports on preliminary findings.