Georgy Holden

Georgy is a Senior Lecturer in Design and Innovation. She leads the BA/BSc Design and Innovation and, as a member of the U101, T217 and T317 module teams, she has written teaching material for all these core design courses. Georgy has been at the OU for more than 30 years, in a variety of roles and she is also an OU graduate. She loves teaching design because she enjoys seeing students’ creativity blossom. Her research interests are in teaching design at a distance and the use of technologies to assist this. She is also interested in community participation and fostering creative thinking in the wider community. As an OU graduate who has also been a tutor and had regional and central academic roles, Georgy has a good understanding of the needs of students and is always looking for ways to help students to learn effectively, including finding ways to enable students to get to know one another for peer support. In her spare time she enjoys craft activities, especially wet felting, singing and baking.

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