Supporting students from different backgrounds
Monday 7 July 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Venue
Online, Lancaster, United Kingdom, LA1 4YD - View MapOpen to
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A Cross-University scholarship seminar series: 'Enhancing Student Success'
SCiLAB (The Open University’s Scholarship Centre for the Faculty of Business and Law), in collaboration with Cardiff, Lancaster and Manchester Metropolitan Universities is delighted to invite you to a summer seminar series for 2025.
The theme for the series is ‘enhancing student success’, featuring presentations from like-minded colleagues with similar research areas across legal and business education.
We will be welcoming presenters from across all four Universities to speak about their exciting research and scholarship. Held via Microsoft Teams, each event will feature 15-minute presentations with questions and a group discussion at the end.
Details of each event and the link to join are below.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be a productive and collaborative few days. For any queries please contact
Many thanks
Kate Bunker, SCiLAB Operations Manager, on behalf of the SCiLAB team
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Seminar 4: Supporting students from different backgrounds
Monday 7th July, 14:00-15:30 hrs
Meeting ID: 355 364 707 641 9
Passcode: Mb3aM96B
Start
14:00 Introduction.
14:05 Enhancing Success for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showman/Woman and Boater Students: What do they Suggest. Caroline Derry and Andrew Potter, Open University.
14:20 Extensions as a Lifebelt. Using Extensions Requests as the Opportunity to Uncover Intersectional Needs and Support Progression. Wannette Van-Eg-Dom-Tuinstra, Open University.
14:35 Exploring the Pedagogical Value of Tutors’ Lived Experiences with Dyslexia in Enhancing Student Learning and Success. Khadija Tahera, Open University.
14:50 Designing and Implementing Targeted Provision of English for Academic Purposes Support to Level 1 Students in the Faculty of Business and Law for Improved Retention, Attainment and Enhanced Student Self-Efficacy. Joanna Mirek-Tooth and Daniel Russell, Open University.
15:05 Questions and Discussion.
15:30 End.
Speakers
Open University
Andrew completed his BSc degree in Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh in 2006, and went on to study a PhD in algorithmic number theory at the University of Bristol, under the supervision of Prof Jonathan Pila. He graduated in 2010, with a thesis entitled Computing the factors of the cyclotomic polynomial.
Open University
Caroline Derry joined the Open University in April 2017, teaching subjects including criminal and evidence law. She is Professor of Feminism, Law and History. Her other roles include Deputy Director Research Degrees.
Open University
Daniel joined the OU as a Student Experience Manager in February 2021. After completing his first degree and spending seven years working in academic publishing, Daniel had a career change to become a teacher. Coupling his love for travel and his interest in Eastern Europe, he moved to Poland and completed a Cambridge University CELTA in Kraków before settling in Warsaw for 10 years.
Open University
Open University
I am a Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Department of People and Organisations at Business School. Before joining the Open University, I worked as a Lecturer and then a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Huddersfield. I have also worked as a researcher at Cranfield University and consultant at the University of the Arts London.
Open University
I teach Criminal Law (W111) and EU Law (W330) and have also worked at the OU Policy Research Clinic. I am an engaged academic. Prior to teaching in higher education, I undertook human rights research and advocacy projects for a range of NGOs. I am also an Employment Mediator.
Contact Details
| Name | Teresa Aldren |