The experience of LGBTQIA+ students in higher education has attracted increased attention in recent years. However, very little is known about the experiences of undergraduate and taught postgraduate LGBTQIA+ students in the Open University, or in distance learning contexts more generally. This session will introduce an ongoing pan-university scholarship project at the OU, led by LGBTQIA+ scholars from all four faculties, and including two student interns. We present how our project has used qualitative methods and participatory approaches – with a strong students-as-partners ethos – to investigate and improve the experience of LGBTQIA+ students at the Open University, ensuring that they are supported, safe, included and have an equitable student experience.
This will be a hybrid session, with the face-to-face element kindly hosted by the Open University in Scotland, and with an opportunity to socialise in person afterwards for those in Edinburgh.
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