Projects

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).

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.

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.

OUAnalyse predicts on a weekly basis whether, or not, a student will submit their next assignment.

The purpose of the project is to create spaces to test what an anti-racist pedagogy entails in the context of decolonization.

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 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.

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.