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FASSTEST brings together colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community. 

Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outcomes. FASSTEST supports a rolling portfolio of approximately 40 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:

  • Online and blended tuition 
  • Assessment
  • Employability/careers 
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Multisensory/multimodal learning

If you are interested in learning more about a particular project or connecting with a project team, please contact us at FASS-Scholarship@open.ac.uk

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    Planning Online Conferences in the Arts and Social Sciences

    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:

    The Relaxed Tutorial Project

    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.

    Teaching Critical Thinking Skills

    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

    Challenges of Distance Teaching Masters in International Relations

    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

    Developing an Approach to Networked Audio for Distance Learning in Music Practice

    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.

    Embedding Employability Resources in DB125: An Evaluation

    Project Team: Jonquil Lowe

    DB125 You and Your Money replaced DB123 from October 2018J.

    Supporting DD102 Students to Develop the ‘Reflection on and Articulation of Employability Skills’

    Project Team: Ieman Hassan

    The project aims are to draw on employability guidance to enable ALs through a practitioner enquiry to ‘make the components of employability explicit to students’ in order to further ‘support students in articulating their skills, values and behaviours gained and developed through their study at

    The Experience of BAME Students on DE300

    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’.

    Employability and Graduate Outcomes in the Arts and Humanities

    Project Team: Richard MarsdenAngeliki LymberopoulouJoanne FallowsEd SwithenbySara WolfsonBeverley MasonClaire Blanchard

    The school of Arts and Humanities faces some significant challenges around employability and graduate outcomes. There is an increasing emphasis on vocational subjects in the public discourse around university education.

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