Wendy Fowle

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

@MartinSLewis Congratulations - totally deserved - can you run the country?? 🙏

****ing hell :) #NTAs

@LaraLewington @MartinSLewis Martín Lewis for PM!! ❤️

Back of a cab selfie on way to #NTAs.

@FACEaccess really looking forward to meeting up with colleagues many of whom I haven’t seen in person for a long time - I’m sure this conference will be as iconic as all the others - @unisouthampton here we come.

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:webmaster@face.ac.uk

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.

@access_observe listening to Dr Stephanie Mckendry talking about how HE providers can learn from the experiences of carers and care experienced to benefit all students - it doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. @UniStrathclyde

The Open University had a £2.77bn impact on the UK economy in 2018-19. Read our landmark report by @LE_Education, published today in celebration of #LifelongLearningWeek ounews.co/around-ou/univ…

A quick push about a new online wellbeing and mental health website for #careleavers during the Covid-19 pandemic, put together by @ShaunnaDevine8 and colleagues - neurolove.org. Events, chats, exercise, self-help, counselling and more. Please RT!

And last, but certainly not least, winner of the Enhancing the Student Experience category. Chris Hughes, Chetz Colwell, John Clarke, Kaye Williams and Alison Bromley - Evaluating the accessibility of an alternative format of module materials in Maths & Stats @OUMathsStats 👏

@MartinSLewis Hi Martin, just listening to you on @thismorning. My husband owns a garage. How does the furlough rule apply if he decides to close for the wellbeing of his staff? Is he guaranteed to get the 80% reimbursed as we believe he has to pay it upfront and claim it back

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

Adults in training plunge to record low in a decade theguardian.com/education/2020…