About us

This blog comes to you from the ALSPD (Associate Lecturer Support and Professional Development) team at the Open University (UK). We are a team of Educational Developers, Managers and Administrators based across the 4 Nations in the UK. 

“Supporting Tutors to Support our Students”

In ALSPD, we lead core training and development for Associate Lecturers and Practice Tutors across the faculties and we support over 4500 Associate Lecturers and Practice Tutors. 

Readers from within the Open University can read more about us here: AL professional development (sharepoint.com)

If you’re based outside of the Open University and would like to know more about us, you can reach us by email (below).

Contact us at: ALSPD-team@open.ac.uk