Equality, diversity and inclusion
Project Team: Karen HaganLystra Hagley-DickinsonPepta Joefield-BeebyAnna Clarke
The BAME Insight Factsheet produced by Marketing demonstrated that there is a BAME enquirer gap in the OU.
Project Team: Rhiannon EdwardsShazna MuzammilVanessa Moore
The Accessibility Tool is currently being piloted on modules presenting in 22B and 22J with the goal of disseminating the final version across OU by 23J.
Project Team: Sharon Xuereb
It is well documented that Black and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) students are awarded lower grades at university than their White counterparts. In the UK, a first class and second upper class degree classifications are considered ‘good degrees’.
Project Team: Alexander KolassaLilian Simones
There are three objectives of this project (presented in order of priority):
Project Team: Wendy HumphreysVicky Johnson
One of the findings of our completed project, The Quality of Tutor-Student Early contact in Post Level 1 Modules, was the extreme variation in both the interpretation and practice of tutors, in terms of early communication within a module.
Project Team: Sean WilliamsNaomi Barker
This project examines the use of networked technologies for group music practice, within the context of a small group of 3-7 players.
Project Team: William Brown
In the age of digital information and high levels of technology in academic life, critical thinking skills are not just considered as an element of academic literacy; they have been interpreted in terms of the ability to use Microsoft Office and reference managing software effectively when underg
Project Team: Sue NielandIan McGarryAmita Sen-Gupta
In the age of digital information and high levels of technology in academic life, critical thinking skills are not just considered as an element of academic literacy; they have been interpreted in terms of the ability to use Microsoft Office and reference managing software effectively when underg
Project Team: Trevor FearNaoko YamagataCora Beth FraserArdle Mac Mahon
‘Relaxed’ events are held across the Arts sector, primarily as a means of accommodating neurodiversity, but also as a way of suiting other specific needs.
Project Team: Maria NitaStefanie SinclairDavid RobertsonAlison KirkbrightHeather Scott
The foci of this project is to understand best practice in (1) the delivery of online conferences; (2) promoting and hosting; and (3) engagement and inclusion. Consequently, the research questions are:
