Enhances employability and career progression
Enhances employability and career progression
Raising Student Awareness of Employability Through Multiple Curriculum Adjustments at the Module Level
Project leader(s): Jonquil Lowe
DB125 You and Your Money replaced DB123 from October 2018J.
The Role of Peer-to-Peer Mentoring in a Distance Learning University: An Evaluation of a Three-Year Pilot in the Arts and Social Sciences
Project leader(s): Joanna Robson Tina Forbes Sue Watkins
Following two successful small-scale pilots in 2015 and 2017 the current project evaluates the upscaled peer-to-peer mentoring scheme rolled out in the Open University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in 2020 - 2023.
Does Wi-Fi/Data Connectivity Disadvantage OU Students?
Project leader(s): Sonja Rewhorn Vicky 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.
Criminology: Where Do They Go? A Thematic Analysis of Final Year Criminology Students Pursuing Career Development or Career Change
Project leader(s): Deborah Drake Karen Sharpe
A key objective of this project is to find ways of ensuring that students are on the right pathway and make the right qualification choices at the outset. This will help to improve the learning experience of students and support retention and progression.
Academic Conduct Matters: Assessing the Impact of Academic and Disciplinary Interventions on Student’s Retention, Progression, and Completion
Project leader(s): Encarnacion Trinidad-Barrantes
This project is primarily concerned with investigating historic data (2011-2020) on referrals for poor academic practice in order to determine:
Arts-based Collaborative Digital Eco-Pedagogies for Teaching about the Climate Crisis and Intersecting Global Challenges in Higher and Distance Education
Project leader(s): Maria Nita Yoseph Araya
The project aims to start a cross-faculty conversation about the current use of novel reflective, digital, public engagement and teaching methodologies in Higher and distance education (Cooke, Araya, Bacon, et al. 2021; Walsh and Powell, 2019).
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 leader(s): Astrid Voigt
This pilot is related to the production of a new module on Greek and Roman myth which places a dual emphasis on developing students’ skills for independent academic research and communicating to non-specialist audiences.
Better Understanding Study Motivation and Module Choice
Project leader(s): Suzanne Forbes Elayne Chaplin Sara Wolfson
This project is concerned with identifying the reasons for falling new student registrations on a second-year History module with a view to supporting module teams in developing effective interventions.
The Next Chapter: Understanding the Career Aspirations of Students on the MA in Creative Writing, and Developing Teaching and Assessment to Support Them
Project leader(s): Heather Richardson Ed Hogan Claire Blanchard Lindsey Smith
Creative Writing MAs in traditional bricks and mortar universities such as University of East Anglia and Lancaster are highly selective in their intake and attract students who intend to pursue literary writing as a career.
Developing Academic Integrity in Postgraduate Students
Project leader(s): Sue Nieland Paige Cuffe
This project will explore the development of postgraduate students’ understanding and practice of academic integrity, that is of good academic conduct, focusing particularly on the module Principles of Social and Psychological Inquiry.
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