The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep-rooted inequalities in UK higher education. At The Open University, research into Level 1 Computing modules revealed the structural and institutional barriers behind the degree awarding gap and practical ways to close it.

Dr Clare Choak takes a black and postcolonial feminist approach to explore the degree awarding gap and looks at what can be done to close it. 

In this video, two design students share their distance learning journey and offer helpful tips to prospective students.

What is happening at university that contributes to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students getting lower grades? This article looks at research on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students’ experiences on an undergraduate dissertation module.

Racial inequality is becoming widely recognised as an issue in Higher Education. But what does the awarding gap look like at The Open University and what is being done to improve outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic students? 

How diverse is the tutor population at The Open University? This article explores ...

This collection of videos from a conference during Black History Month reflects on race and ethnicity at The Open University.

How deep is systemic racism in the classroom? Christina Collins reflects on her experiences as a teacher and what needs to change.

Are you an educator, someone working with children or with adult students, who hopes to use the Black History Month resources to make your teaching practice more inclusive for pupils and students from a black or minority ethnic background? Here are some quick tips from Anita Naoko Pilgrim on how you might approach that work.

How academic study can work alongside professional learning to resolve workplace challenges.

How is your workforce doing? What impact did the post-COVID-19 ‘pivot to online’ and the processes and practices that have followed have on staff wellbeing? This course will explore what workplace wellbeing means in a hybrid working world – whose responsibility it is, the challenges involved in creating and maintaining it, and the benefits it ...

During a research project into Black students’ experiences on a peer mentoring scheme, we interviewed four first-year students. During these interviews, they talked broadly about the challenges they faced in balancing their lives and their study at The Open University.