Promotes equality diversity and inclusion including reduction of degree awarding gap
Promotes equality diversity and inclusion including reduction of degree awarding gap
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.
Embedding Inclusivity in Economics Curriculum Development
Project leader(s): Kevin Deane Susan Newman Lorena Lombardozzi Francis Garikayi
The discipline of Economics in the UK has a significant diversity and inclusivity problem. Women, black students, and students from working class backgrounds are under-represented in higher education and academia.
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.
Exploring and Testing Anti-Racism and Decolonising Pedagogy in Online-Forum Learning
Project leader(s): Alessandra Marino Gunjan Sondhi Karl A. Hack Suki Haider
The purpose of the project is to create spaces to test what an anti-racist pedagogy entails in the context of decolonization.
Integrating OUAnalyse into DE100 to Aid Retention and Progression
Project leader(s): Cathy Schofield Tracey Elder
OUAnalyse predicts on a weekly basis whether, or not, a student will submit their next assignment.
Responding to Educational Need: Learnings from Time to Think
Project leader(s): Philip O’Sullivan Gabi Kent Michael Doorley
Our purpose is to explore institutional learning from teaching in prisons during the conflict in Northern Ireland, in particular, how The Open University responded at that time to an immediate and emerging educational and social need.
Exploring Students’ Experiences of Full Time and Flexible Study Intensity on English and Creative Writing Qualifications
Project leader(s): Hannah Lavery Natalie Lewis Clare Spencer Derek Neale Liz Ford
There is data suggesting that a significant success rate gap exists between students studying on our English and Creative Writing undergraduate degrees at full-time and part-time intensity.
Dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder): Understanding Students’ Requirements
Project leader(s): Jo Horne Rhiannon Edwards Angela Eyre
Students with a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), such as dyslexia and/or dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder; DCD), are more likely to leave Higher Education without completing their course and with poorer grades than their typically developing peers (Sumner et al., 2021).
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