Category: Student Hub Live

What’s the real value of a master’s degree?

Jay Rixon is a Senior Manager, responsible for the MA or MSc Open qualification. In this post, Jay reflects on the recent Student Hub Live session titled, ‘What’s the real value of a master’s degree?’ held on the 4th July. 

 

Taking part in a live Student Hub Live (SHL) broadcast is always an activity that members of the Open qualifications team enjoy. Well, that is until you are in the online ‘green room’ and the countdown to go live has begun and the nerves kick in. Camera, lights and action! Continue reading “What’s the real value of a master’s degree?”

Playfulness, Practices and Perspective: the art of learning from one another

Heather Montgomery is Qualification Director for the Open degree at the Open University and Professor of Anthropology and Childhood in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies.  In this post, Heather reflects on a Student Hub Live (SHL) Live Broadcast on the 22nd June entitled, ‘Playfulness, Practices and Perspective: the art of learning from one another’. Here she shares her highlights and thoughts on the event.

Despite my many years at the OU (20 and counting) I had never taken part in a SHL event before and I was quite nervous – what was I going to say? What if anyone asked me a difficult question? And one of the themes was playfulness! What if I wasn’t feeling very playful on the day?

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Reflecting on the Student Hub Live event #YourDegreeYourChoice

 Jay Rixon is a Senior Manager in Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation and responsible for the MA or MSc Open qualification. In this post, Jay reflects on a Student Hub Live (SHL) live broadcast on the 10th May entitled ‘#YourDegreeYourChoice’ and shares her highlights of the event.

 

The Open qualifications team always love a chance to collaborate with Student Hub Live (SHL) and this session was no different; one hour packed full of great conversations exploring the value of studying across subjects and how that makes you stand out in the workplace and to potential employers.  Continue reading “Reflecting on the Student Hub Live event #YourDegreeYourChoice”

Different Perspectives: Exploring the big questions from different points of view

Andrew Webster is the Curriculum Manager for the Open Programme team. Here he shares his reflections on the Student Hub Live session, ‘Different Perspectives: Exploring the big questions from different points of view’.

 

The remote broadcast from Student Hub Live offered an opportunity for several Open Programme colleagues to discuss what they’ve learnt over the last year or so because of the Covid-19 restrictions, and why we need to look at the big issues from a variety of viewpoints to solve them. The topics covered were:

  • The environment
  • Food security and sustainability
  • Health and technology
  • Arts and wellbeing

Before the session, I considered some of the big questions faced both nationally and globally over the last year and the contrasting points of views from the media, since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK and the rest of the world. Continue reading “Different Perspectives: Exploring the big questions from different points of view”