OU Update

Hi again,

Just a quick opporuntity o update the blog on what's been happening with the OU lately. I've got a couple of students residing at HMP Shepton Mallet this year which has been a bit of an experience due to the OUs policy that all students receive 6 hours face-to-face tuition. So, twice now I've made the journey up to Shepton and sat down for a couple of hours with my students, who are doing well and on course to pass!

I've also given two 'normal' tutorials and attended an afternoons worth of presentations in Bristol last Saturday on plageurism and student retention which were both very interested. Essentially, plageurism is handled in different ways depening on the level and the studetn and the best way to hols onto students is to ring them up at the start of the year. Too late for that now but I might do a little experiment next time round.

Finally, Barbara, my staff tutor sat in on the tutorial last week and I'm pleased to say was very impressed with my presentation, more so that the interview board the other day ;-)

Bye for now

Ian