Tracy Quinn

Having fallen in love with Business Studies, as a result of having a family business background and a very inspirational A-level Business Studies teacher, Tracy Quinn gained practical experience by working as a restaurant manager, before moving into Further Education teaching and eventually becoming an OU Associate Lecturer (AL) in 2009. Tracy currently works on the B100 Introduction to Management and B122 Retail Management and Marketing modules. One of his favourite things in teaching Level 1 student is having the chance to work with students who, more often than not, are new to online study – he sees it as a privilege to have the chance to help set people off on their learning journey and introduce them to the wonderful world on online learning. In addition, he also believes it isgreat to have the opportunity to work with learners who come together from a whole range of different backgrounds and experiences, something which never fails to spark some really interesting discussion, and which Tracy knows that he’s always going to be able to learn a lot from.

To anyone who embarking on OU studying for the first time, the biggest piece of advice that Tracy would give is to remember that you’re never going to be alone in your learning journey - you’ll always have a group of peers around you, fellow students who, Tracy can absolutely promise, will share exactly the same sort of excitements and anxieties about our work together and, at the end of an email, forum posting or telephone call, a tutor who’ll be only too happy to answer any queries that you have, so do please make use of them!

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