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Mr Rob Tumilty

Profile summary

  • Regional Academic Staff
  • Senior Lecturer and Assistant Head of Student Experienc
  • The Faculty of Business & Law
  • The Open University Business School
  • Undergraduate & Professional Development
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Professional biography

Robert (Rob) Tumilty joined the Open University in November 2017 as a Lecturer and Student Experience Manager (SEM) in the Business School. Promoted to Senior Lecturer, Business and Management, Rob has held the office of Assistant Head of Student Experience since 2019. In this role he has contributed to many pan-University committees and working groups as FBL representative, including the Staff Tutor Liaison Group, Student Engagement and Satisfaction Steering Group, and as Faculty Chair of the Associate Lecturer Staff Development Group.

Rob is recognised as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds an MBA in Leadership Practice, an MA in Reflective Practice and Applied Theology, and a BA (Hons) in Informal and Community Education. Rob is also a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.

Research interests

Rob's research interests focus on two areas: working with online learners, tutors, and academics to explore theoretical and practical aspects of student wellbeing and change; and reducing barriers to, and creating enablers of, greater Regional Academic participation in Scholarship. He has disseminated this work through various conference presentations, blogs and articles.

Teaching interests

As Senior Lecturer and SEM, Rob has worked on wide-ranging modules, including 9 at Undergraduate level and 6 across Postgraduate Business programmes, as well as a postgraduate Law School module. He also has experience of working as a Learning Advisor on short courses and MOOCs, through the FutureLearn platform, and as an Associate Lecturer has tutored on YXM130: Making Your Learning Count since 2019.  

Publications

Challenges and opportunities in co-creating a wellbeing toolkit in a distance learning environment: a case study (2020-05-15)
Jones, Emma Jane; Pride, Mychelle; Edwards, Carol and Tumilty, Rob
Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 67(1)