Wendy Fowle

#FACE2023 @FACEaccess really interesting insight into employer perspectives around inclusion and progression into the labour market

The international Widening participation and lifelong learning journal provides an opportunity to share innovative practice as well as research articles @access_observe #TASOCon22

Just wondering whether adult learners (specifically older adults) were represented in Phase 1 of the @BrilliantClub research and whether the applicability to different contexts includes providers of HE who have a large adult learner cohort #TASOCon22

Concerning that John Blake suggests you only get one shot at HE at aged 18 - we need to change the narrative and align our WP work with the lifelong learning rhetoric realising that a decision not to go to university at 18 doesn’t mean that door is closed forever #TASOCon22

#TASOCon22 John Blake making reference to special interest groups - our APP special interest group provides a forum for colleagues to come together to share issues and concerns and presents a collective voice to discuss these issues with the OFS mailto:[email protected]

Looking forward to today’s TASO conference #TASOCon22

The OU is currently advertising for my replacement as I head off to Oxford Brookes University. This is a great opportunity for WP practitioners and strategists to join a fantastic organisation to support the delivery of our APP commitments bit.ly/3I6Zni9

Another amazing day at the Access, Participation and Success conference @access_observe focusing on disability and mental health. Take-away for me is the need to maintain the visibility of the challenges that many have faced during Covid and embed support holistically.

Challenge of institutional processes to support the needs of adult learners based on andragogic principles little about pedagogies that recognise the often poor past experiences of education that impact upon student engagement. @OpenUniversity @HEPI_news

Does HE policy support the transformative nature of HE for adult part-time learners or is it purely about economic competitiveness and the treasury? @OpenUniversity @access_observe @HEPI_news

Part-time students often get a second class experience of HE and adult learners in particular experience a very different learning trajectory than younger 18-21 year olds @OpenUniversity @HEPI_news @access_observe

Darren Gray opening our seminar exploring experiences of HE with students who have been schooled overseas. Supporting World Access to HE Day. @OpenUniversity @access_observe @NEONHE

A fantastic launch event and a platform from which we can now build on our ambition to eliminate inequalities in Access and student outcomes - the hard work now begins @access_observe @openuniversity the Strategy can be accessed at open.ac.uk/about/wideningpar…

#OUWPseminars great to hear the student perspective. ⁦@uniofglos⁩. Use of the term BAME further reinforces segregation and ‘decolonisation’ creates images of pain and suffering - we need to rethink our language. ⁦@OpenUniversity⁩ ⁦@access_observe⁩

#OUWPseminars Colleagues from @uniofglos sharing their reciprocal mentoring scheme at @OpenUniversity @access_observe seminar. Looking at all stages of the student lifecycle.