Part-time higher education in the second decade of the twenty first century

Pete Cannell: Depute Director, The Open University in Scotland

The OU in Scotland Campus

Headcount

1 – 20

21 - 40

41 - 60

61 – 86

15,000+ students>70% in workIncreasing numbers of low income students

Profile of OU in Scotland students

All students (undergraduate and postgraduate) 2008/2009 15,049 (5,720 new entrants)

Male: female ratio 40:60

Average age of new undergraduate students

Student sponsored by employer

11% (27% of postgraduate students)

Students receiving help with fees

Students with disabilities 6%

Credit transfer awards prior to

Continuity and change • OU in Scotland part of OU UK – 200,000+ students

– Open entry– Supported Open Learning– Flexible and modular curriculum

• Since devolution a Scottish HEI funded by the Scottish Funding Council– Biggest provider of part-time HE in Scotland– Multiple partnerships

Student

Student Services

Learner Support and Advice

PeersT

The OU model of supported open learning

The OU Tutor

• Roughly 600 tutors (Associate Lecturers) in Scotland

• Tutor:student ratio ranges typically from 1:15 to 1:25

• Work from home• Approx 65% also work for another employer; • Approx 26% work full time in another University

Tutors

• Facilitators not lecturers• Feedback and feed-forward on assignments• Optional face to face, online, by phone

The course

• Multi-media• Flexible in time and place• Core experience the same independent of student

location• Structure framed by assessment

Study calendar – an example

Library• A gateway to online information resources• Library helpdesk open seven days• Support for research• Access for disabled users• Information skills training• Facilities at the Library building at Walton Hall

Change - technology

Challenges• The OU in Scotland in an age of mass participation in

HE– Widening participation

• Community partnerships – with voluntary organisations

• Working with the college sector – national role for part-time progression

• Work based learning – extensive wbl curriculum and links with unions and employers

Case study – working with colleges

•Progression agreement

•Learning Spaces

•OU also working with community partners in “Openings for Progression in D&G”

Dumfries and Galloway

Case study – work based learning

• Skills utilisation project to support care sector workers to make the transition from SVQ to HE study

• Working with Scottish Care and Local Authorities• OU course allows students to reflect and build on skills

in context, achieve the regulatory requirement demanded by SSSC and develop skills for future study.

•Pete Cannell

•p.a.cannell@open.ac.uk

Part-time higher education in the second decade of the twenty first century

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