Nick Maskery

What I Teach and what I have taught on (*)

• BXM192 ‘Making your learning count at work’
• B100 ‘An Introduction to Business and Management’
• B208 ‘Developing Leadership’
• B302 ‘Strategic Management’
• *B207 ‘Shaping Business Opportunities’

*Also previously a Practice Tutor on the Chartered Management Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) and Senior Leader’s Masters Degree Apprenticeship (SLMDA)

Profession/Background

Various Roles in Retail Management between 1989 and 2015 inc:

• Store Manager
• Regional Systems Manager
• Regional Manager
• Group Efficiency Manager.

What led to me teaching at the OU?

I graduated with an MBA in 2014 from the Open University.

Led me to joining the Teaching Profession firstly at a Further Education College in Coventry in 2015, before joining the Open University in 2017.

What do I like about teaching at the OU?

Flexibility of the teaching environment, engaging with students from diverse backgrounds and locations.

Being able to share my experience of the business world with students.

Access to innovative teaching methods and tools.

Supporting the lifelong learning opportunities for students, which I have also experienced myself studying with The Open University.

A fun/interesting fact about me

I have played the drums (and a little guitar/mandolin) since I was 12 years of age.