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Law Graduates’ Use of Extra-Curricular Activities to Get Started in the Legal Professions

Posted on 20th May 2022 by Dawn Evelyn

By Andrew Gilbert and Jessica Giles This blog arises out of our SCiLAB-funded project, ‘An Exploration of the Use of Extra-Curricular Activities by Law Students and Alumni’, which we carried out during 2020-21. The project aimed to explore Open University … Continue reading →

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Continuing our experiences of online mentoring

Posted on 25th October 2021 by Dawn Evelyn

By Carol Edwards, Lorraine Gregory, Liz Hardie and Louise Taylor We previously posted a blog in October 2020 entitled ‘Setting up a Pilot Mentoring Programme on W101 – An Introduction to Law’ (Edwards, Hardie and Gregory, 2020). This explained our … Continue reading →

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Time is of the essence – so why don’t we spend more time teaching it?

Posted on 29th May 2020 by Kate Bunker

by Dr Terry O’Sullivan Sure you’ve got the time to read this? Then I’ll be as quick as I can. You see time seems to be the key barrier to learning online. Thanks to support from the OU’s Enhanced Employability … Continue reading →

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