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Monday 15 November
Monday 09:30-11:30
OUiS Twitter takeover - Fanni Zombor OU Students Association - VP Engagement
The Open University in Scotland and the OU Students Association
Monday 11:30-14:30
Postgraduate Research Student Voice: The awarding gap
Awarding gaps, that is students from different backgrounds achieving different academic outcomes, are a hot topic with Universities across the UK. In this webinar postgraduate research (PGR) students will talk about the work they are undertaking to explore why these gaps exist and what can be done about them. Each PGR student will talk about their particular area of interest followed by a Q&A. After all students have presented, we will have a roundtable discussion about awarding gaps, what it means for our students, our staff and the sector. We will cover ethnicity, disability, socio-economic status awarding gaps and intersectionality.
Monday 12:00-13:00 For disabled students
Getting the inside story
The Open University Library
The OU Library and the Digital Accessibility team regularly seek out input from disabled students to test technology and learn more about how you use different services and resources in your studies. Our work is focused on determining how we can make OU systems and services more accessible and better meet your needs and we can’t do that without you! We want to learn more from you about how we can better perform this research and improve our insight programme.
Registration is now closed
Monday 16:00-17:00
Using your extra-curricular activities to get started in the legal professions
Faculty of Business and Law
This session covers the best bits of advice from recent interviews with OU graduates now working as legal professionals to help current students plan their future careers.
Monday 17:00-18:00
Student Internships – Developing models to help student gain valuable experience whilst helping the University to tackle some of our most challenging problems
School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences
Three student interns who worked in the School of Life Health and Chemical Sciences over the summer will share their experiences of contributing to development and improvement of aspects of student support and induction. They will describe what they have gained and lead a discussion with students and staff to explore ideas about how the intern model might work for future collaborations. Some potential areas that interns could help the University tackle might, for example, include how to build community; eliminating awarding gaps; supporting students for remote exams.
Monday 17:00-18:00
How to build a sense of belonging among student in the undergraduate
Faculty of Business and Law
We value all of our students and want to hear your voice in how we shape and build a supportive learning community among students, academics and staff in the undergraduate business qualifications. We are looking for your ideas and suggestions to increase our supportive and constructive interactions with you, enhancing the sense of community for every member of the undergraduate business programme.
With the participation of our expert in Leadership, Dr Alessandro Sancino, the Head of Student Support, Amy King, and the Teaching Director of the Undergraduate Business Programme, Dr Giacomo Carli, we look forward to hearing from all of you on Monday 15 November at 5pm, everyone is welcome.
During the online videoconference you will have the opportunity to interact directly with all the participants. After the live session, a forum will be open for the entire week to keep our discussions alive and collect further ideas.
Monday 18:00-19:00
OU Students Association 50th Celebrations with Association President Sarah Jones
OU Students Association
The Students Association is celebrating its 50th Birthday in 2022. How would you like to see us celebrate? What kind of events would you like to see on the agenda? We will be using Teams to explain what has gone before and breakout rooms for smaller discussion groups. We aim to capture the ideas that come up on a Padlet so that we don't miss any. We want our 50th to be a student-led event. So come and join the discussion and have your say on how we celebrate being 50.
Monday 18:00-19:00 For L3 Health, Wellbeing and Social Care students
What do you want to study next, after your Health and Social degree?
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies
A discussion about what next for Level 3 Health, Wellbeing and Social Care students.
Monday 19:00-20:00
Mentors and Ambassadors for displaced learners and teachers at the OU
Faculty of Business and Law
Our bid to become a University of Sanctuary – how do we support, mentor and promote our work amongst students and staff? Come to our workshop to find out more about this movement and to share ideas and insights into how we can work effectively together.
Monday 19:30-20:30
OU Students Association communication consultation
OU Students Association
The Association shares events, activities and opportunities for OU students nearly every day – but do we do it in the right way? Join Vice President Engagement Fanni Zombor and Association Communications staff for a reflection on our current promotional efforts and to share your thoughts on how we could do better in the future.
Monday 20:15-21:15
Student Mental Health Agreement Launch
The Open University in Scotland
This session will provide information on the OU in Scotland's Student Mental Health Agreement, developed in partnership with the OU Students Association. We will provide an overview of the Student Mental Health Agreement (SMHA) and the commitments we have made to support students' mental health. We will then seek participants' input on how we can best work together to achieve our objectives.
Registration closes on Friday 12 November
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