Category Archives: Student Hub Live Team

Freshers – the first step on a new and exciting journey!

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Isabella Henman is a tutor and skills trainer with the Open University. She tutors in science and health sciences from Access to level 2 and has been the main presenter of the Student Hub Live online workshops since they began in 2017.

 

 

 

I still remember my 1st Freshers week at Medical school, rather longer ago now then I would like to mention! It was very much a traditional Freshers week, being focused around social activities and a lot of alcohol. I have never been someone who has drunk alcohol (dark chocolate is my committed vice!) so I felt a little bit left out when so many things centred on drinking. Continue reading →

Creative Notetaking: Why it works for me

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Jay Rixon is a Senior Manager in Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation and responsible for the MA/MSc Open qualification and is part of the Student Hub Live team.

 

 

 

The idea of a formal essay fills me with dread! I find it difficult to present information that way, it’s like my brain doesn’t work in words, sentences, and paragraphs. My brain does work in lines, squiggles, doodles and colours- so the technique of creative notetaking works for me. Continue reading →

Looking back, whilst looking forward

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Jay Rixon is a Senior Manager in Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation and responsible for the MA or MSc Open qualification and works on Student Hub Live. 

I feel at this point of the year I am still looking back as much as I am looking forward, and I’m about to come to a big milestone: it is almost a year for OU colleagues like myself since we packed up our desks, created new offices in kitchens, lounges and bedrooms, switched on our cameras and started working from home, although I know this is a way of working so many of our tutors and students have already embraced. Continue reading →

Freshers: Enjoy the Journey

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Karen Foley, Academic Lead for Student Hub Live (SHL) reflects on the recent virtual Freshers events which kick-started some of our Open University students off on their studies.

One of the things we do at Student Hub Live is show and tell all our new starters about the key things they need to know when they start their studies, and while I often ask guests who can tell it from the horses mouth so to speak, actually it’s the insight from other students that is invaluable. Continue reading →

Discover more about Student Hub Live

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For full information about the live, online and interactive events we produce which are open to everyone at The Open University. Visit our About Student Hub Live page to find out more about what kinds of events we run, and how you can join them using your device of choice and visit our Student Hub Live website.

Explore our content on our Student Hub Live YouTube site.