FASSTEST brings together colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community.
Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outcomes. FASSTEST supports a rolling portfolio of approximately 40 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:
If you are interested in learning more about a particular project or connecting with a project team, please contact us at FASS-Scholarship@open.ac.uk.
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Project leader(s): Trevor Fear Naoko Yamagata Cora Beth Fraser
‘Relaxed’ events are held across the Arts sector, primarily as a means of accommodating neurodiversity, but also as a way of suiting other specific needs.
Project leader(s): Sean Williams Naomi Barker
This project examines the use of networked technologies for group music practice, within the context of a small group of 3-7 players.
Project leader(s): David Grummitt
The purpose of the project is to carry out an investigation into reasons for declining student numbers on Y031 J and B presentations. While there was some fluctuation across presentations in the first five years of the module, the overall trend since 2018J has been a marked decline in studen
Project leader(s): Alexander Kolassa Lilian Simones
There are three objectives of this project (presented in order of priority):
Project leader(s): Richard Marsden Angeliki Lymberopoulou Joanne Fallows Ed Swithenby Sara Wolfson Beverley Mason Claire Blanchard
The school of Arts and Humanities faces some significant challenges around employability and graduate outcomes. There is an increasing emphasis on vocational subjects in the public discourse around university education.
Project leader(s): Karen Hagan Lystra Hagley-Dickinson Pepta Joefield-Beeby Anna Clarke
The BAME Insight Factsheet produced by Marketing demonstrated that there is a BAME enquirer gap in the OU.
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.
Project leader(s): Angeliki Lymberopoulou
The ‘Work of the Week’ activity is based on a selection of a single work per week from the module materials of the second level art history module Exploring Art and Visual Culture (A226).
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.
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.