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Sarah Meyer is a final year Open University Psychology student and Virtual Student Intern on the Credit Transfer project.
Three words to describe my internship experience? Belonging, Developing, Growing. Continue reading “Belonging, developing and growing – experiences of an OU Virtual Student Intern”
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?”
Gina Sharp is Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation team at the Open University.
At the beginning of April 2024, several staff members from the Open University’s Open Programme team were fortunate enough to attend the 2024 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference held at the University of Manchester.
I asked my colleagues to let me know their highlights of the day and any new knowledge they were taking away. Continue reading “Converging Perspectives: Lessons from an Interdisciplinary Conference”
On his retirement from the Open University, Emeritus Professor John Butcher reflects on the importance of openness.
Recently, on reaching the age of 67 in October 2023, I retired from the Open University as Professor of Inclusive Teaching in Higher Education. My final responsibility was to chair the Academic Committee which had governance oversight of the Open qualification and to which the Open Board of Studies reported. At the end of the meeting, at the point at which thanks were being generously expressed by colleagues, it was suggested I might formulate some personal reflections to be disseminated through the ‘Open blog’. I was happy to agree. Continue reading “Openness matters”
Jay Rixon is a Senior Manager, responsible for the MA or MSc Open qualification. In this post, Jay reflects on the recent student ‘Have Your Say Day’ session held on Wednesday 15th of November.
We think that students studying an Open qualification or module are ‘brave learners’, as they often have to navigate their way across different subject areas or disciplines and make connections between their learning. Wednesday 15th of November was ‘Have Your Say Day’ and the Open Team held a fun, informal and engaging session.
The Open team were joined by two Open graduate students who have studied an Open qualification and who powerfully shared their reflections and top study tips. The Open team also discussed how we could help students with their study with our backpack of resources. We asked students to tell us what they thought was missing from our resources: what ideas could we take forward or what could we work on together. Continue reading “‘Have Your Say Day’: Reflections on the Open Team session”
On Tuesday and Wednesday 21st and 22nd June, the Open qualifications team of the Open university in partnership with the Associate Lecturer Support & Professional Development team hosted an interdisciplinary conference, Blurring Boundaries. The purpose of the conference was to engage staff from across the University in conversations about interdisciplinary teaching and learning, encouraging discussions about the benefits of blurring boundaries across subjects and disciplines as well as the value of learning from one another. Continue reading “Blurring Boundaries: The Campaign for #JoyHE”