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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. 

Projects

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    Decolonising Religious Studies and Promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

    Project Team: Suzanne NewcombePaul-François TremlettJohn MaidenHugh BeattieMaria Nita

    Addressing the White Racial Frame in OU Music’s Module Materials: Incorporating Active Debates to A342 Learning

    Project Team: Marie ThompsonMartin Clarke Byron Dueck

    Dyslexia: Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Success at Postgraduate Study

    Project Team: Rhiannon EdwardsJo Horne

    Does Wi-Fi/Data Connectivity Disadvantage OU Students?

    Project Team: Sonja RewhornVicky Johnson

    Since March 2020 many of us have had to move to working from home using our home internet whether as Wi-Fi or data.  As well as work shifting to online, The Open University also moved all its tuition seminars online.    

    Creative Interactions: Phase 2

    Project Team: Heather RichardsonClare TaylorHelen MosbyDiana Newall

    This project builds on the recently completed FASSTEST project, Creative Interactions: Teaching with OU's Art Collection.

    Proscribed Fictions: The Place of Colonial and/or Racist Literature in Curricular Decolonisation

    Project Team: Alex TickellMichael O'FlynnAngela Eyre

    Decolonising Religious Studies and Promoting Student Retention

    Project Team: Suzanne NewcombePaul-François TremlettJohn MaidenHugh Beattie

    Improving the Retention and Progression of Students on the Arts and Humanities Access Module at the Open University

    Project Team: Hannah LaverySteve PadleyAnactoria Clarke

    ‘The Project Game: Is My Topic EMA Material?’

    Project Team: Renate DohmenGeorgina HoldenPamela Bracewell-HomerGeorgina Holden

    Understanding How Social Anxiety Affects Participation in Online Tutorials

    Project Team: Janet Hunter

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