People

Group Leaders

Dr Carol Azumah Dennis

I have worked in Higher Education since 2010, first at the University of Hull where I was employed initially as a Lecturer in Education: Programme Director for Post-16 Teacher Education and later as Programme Director for Postgraduate Taught provision. I have worked for the Open University as a Senior Lecturer: Education, Leadership and Management since 2017. My current post with the OU is Programme Leader for the Doctor in Education (EdD). I am also a Senior Fellow of the HEA. Prior to working in Higher Education, I had worked for a number of years in Further Education Colleges where I was responsible for teaching, training and managing adult basic skills. I completed my EdD at the UCL, Institute of Education in 2010, with a thesis exploring leading and managing quality in adult literacies provision.

Dr Fiona Reeve

I started working on innovative work-based learning projects for Glasgow Caledonian and Stirling Universities in the mid 1990s. Moving to the Open University in 1999 I taught on Lifelong Learning modules within the Masters and am now a senior lecturer working within the Childhood and Youth Studies Programme. I have undertaken research into work-related learning at higher education level, including a comparative study of Foundation Degrees in England and Higher nationals in Scotland. My current research interests include higher level apprenticeships.

Steering Group members

Dr Karen Foley 

Dr Jon Rainford

Dr Gillian Ferguson