Equality, diversity and inclusion
Project Team: Kaya Davies-HayonMark Fryers
This project originates from the new Department of Film and Media and aims at designing a new Level One curriculum with diversity and inclusivity embedded as its core principles.
Project Team: Louise NewbiggingJames MunroSimon HarrisonMaika Telga
Investigating Psychology 3 (DE300) is the capstone Level 3 module in Psychology and Counselling with the Open University, in which students complete an independent research project over the course of the module.
Project Team: Rosemary Golding Byron Dueck
This project considers some of the barriers students might face when moving onto the MA in Music, either from within the OU or with prior experience of higher education from external institutions.
Project Team: Janet HunterKaren Twiselton
The aim of the project is to explore the experience of students who have been registered on the same module for one or more previous presentations, have either withdrawn, deferred, or been deregistered, and have subsequently returned to study on the same module.
Project Team: Emilie RutledgeRoberto SimonettiJulia Chukwuma
This project considers student retention rates in relation to forum activity participation. While an array of factors—individual and institutional—impact these rates in Higher Education, creating a strong sense of student community is one organisational level measure that can addressed.
Project Team: Natalie LewisDonall MacCathmhaoillEmma Claire SweeneyLania Knight
This mixed-methods project evaluated the introduction of the recording of online tutorials on OU Level 2 module, Creative Writing. The project investigated specific concerns and considerations around tutorial attendance, student participation, and the pedagogy of Creative Writing workshops.
Project Team: Astrid VoigtEmma Bridges
This project investigates the benefits and challenges – for both students and educators – of an innovative assessment format which aims to make assessment more inclusive and authentic for Classical Studies students.
Project Team: Debbie Parker KinchAnactoria ClarkeJasmine Hunter Evans
The scholarship project will pilot and evaluate ‘write now’ sessions on the Open University English Literature module A233 ‘Telling Stories: the novel and beyond’. These will be live online sessions aimed at helping students get writing, alongside other students who form a writing community, in
Project Team: Eleni AndreouliSimon ClarkeJulian Bond
A longstanding challenge faced by students and educators alike is the difficulty in maintaining an active PhD research culture, which, in turn, can have a negative impact on doctoral students’ progression and in the quality of their studies. The reasons of this are multiple.
Project Team: John SlightLuc-Andre Brunet
The purpose of this scholarship project is to investigate student attitudes towards the racial and ethnic diversity of the existing History curriculum, gather information about this issue from experienced ALs who teach on History modules, and consult with academics at other universities on their
