Category Archives: General

Supporting care experienced students: Piloting a project in the Faculty of Business and Law

Posted on 20th December 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Grace Allen, Catherine Comfort, Daniel Coxon, Sarah Henderson, Christine Mera & Joanna Mirek-Tooth Higher Education (HE) is a vast and different world to navigate for any new student wishing to access it. For a student who is a care … Continue reading →

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Developing an integrated model of support for full-time students in a part-time world – a pilot

Posted on 16th November 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Charlotte Luckhurst and Liz Hardie Background Most students studying law at The Open University study 60 credits a year (equivalent to part-time study).  However, the numbers of students choosing to study law at full-time intensity (120 credits a year) … Continue reading →

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Business simulation: stimulation for business learners

Posted on 13th August 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Kevin Amor …simulations are perceived as educational and fun, a rare combination indeed! (Devasagyam, 2007) Increasingly business schools and others tasked with teaching business skills are using business simulations as a key element of their offering (see for example … Continue reading →

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Challenging the norm in academic recruitment

Posted on 1st July 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Grace Allen, Joanna Mirek-Tooth, Christine Mera & Charlotte Luckhurst There is growing recognition across the higher education sector that an institution’s leadership should be representative of wider society. As institutions strive to ensure diversity is championed and that diverse viewpoints are … Continue reading →

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A Virtual Reality Courtroom Project

Posted on 4th May 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Dr Clare Jones & Francine Ryan Exciting new project The Open University Law School’s, Open Justice Centre, is embarking on an exciting new project which brings together technology and law to enable immersive and active learning to take place … Continue reading →

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Strategic management of online learning during Covid and beyond

Posted on 23rd April 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Dr Jacqueline Baxter Leading online learning: Out of crisis comes opportunity. We are just entering the pilot stage of our research project which looks at how schools have strategically managed online learning during Covid, and if and how, new experiences … Continue reading →

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Can full time students succeed in a part time world?

Posted on 15th April 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

by Carey Stephens The number of students registered to study at full time intensity was over 28% of all new learners at the Open University in Autumn 2020. My own Faculty of Business & Law recorded an increase, from Autumn 2019, of almost 200 fulltime intensity students registered on the Business & Management … Continue reading →

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Three reasons why we should think about employability in entrepreneurship education

Posted on 8th March 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Carolin Decker-Lange Many people think that the purpose of entrepreneurship education at universities is to help students to start their own ventures. This is not fully in line with the QAA, the UK’s Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, which defines entrepreneurship education as “the … Continue reading →

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The Experience of Teaching during a Pandemic

Posted on 12th February 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Hilary Collins Back in January I published research on the academic experience of teaching and working online. Right now it feels rather timely. In our paper we discussed the precarity of a digital academic life, and examined how this … Continue reading →

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From Experience to Theory (Part One)

Posted on 29th January 2021 by Jennie Slade

By Haider Ali In the first article of a series, we will look at one of the methods we have used with a course presented on the FutureLearn platform in order to address the twin challenges of making management education … Continue reading →

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