Matt Staples

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Matt Staples joined The Open University as a project manager in 1995, after two years in the Department of Continuing Education and Politics Department at the University of Hull. He became a part-time tutor in 1998. He’s been with the Faculty of Social Sciences since 2001, firstly as a curriculum manager, then becoming a part-time assistant staff tutor in the Cambridge regional office in 2006 and as a full-time staff tutor in the London regional office in 2007. He has a degree in Politics and History from Hull University (1993) and a MSc in Policy, Politics and Governance (1999) from the University of London, Birkbeck College,  He’s worked, variously as a chapter and VLE author, block editor, deputy chair and chair on a range of modules in the Faculty of Social Sciences and now the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the wider university, including DD101 introducing the social sciences, DD102 Introducing the social sciences, DD103 investigating the social sciences, U116: Environment, DU301 A world of whose making and DU311 Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context. He is currently working on the remake of DD102: Introducing the social sciences and a new level module, D113: Global challenges; Social sciences in action. He is currently working on the remake of DD102: Introducing the social sciences and a new level module, D113: Global challenges; Social sciences in action.  He is currently Director of Teaching for the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies.

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