Class of 2025 up and running

7th May 2025

We are delighted to announce further additions to the eSTEeM project portfolio. Following our 25th call for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning proposals back in December 2024, we recently inducted our latest cohort of project teams.

Again, we have an exciting mix of projects from across the STEM Faculty from investigating the values of ‘quiet’ tutorials, to the use of virtual reality tutorials within LHCS, all focus on the importance of enhancing the student learning experience.

We are also extremely excited to see our first Student Support Team led project come to fruition. The project team consisting solely of Senior Managers, Senior Advisors and Educational Advisors from the STEM SST will investigate the impact of ongoing support for students returning to study after reaching restricted status. To find out more about the projects, please see the links below.

Fiona Aiken, Iris Verhagen and Chris Hutton - Identifying and supporting skills development needs for undergraduate science students transitioning between stages 1, 2 and 3

Lucy Anderson, Janette Wallace, Sarah Daniell and Trevor Collins - Facilitating and evaluating the use of virtual reality tutorials within the school of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences

Sarah Daniell, Fi Moorman and Katie Acutt - Do students benefit from having continuity in their module tutors between level 1 and level 2 on Q71, Health Sciences?

Emma Dewberry and Vera Hale - Exploring life competences and green skills for 21st century designers

Alice Fraser-McDonald and Maria Townsend - Investigating the value of online ‘quiet’ tutorials for Level 1 Interdisciplinary Environment students

Servel Miller and Jenny Duckworth - Artificial Intelligence (AI) - does student knowledge and perceptions of its use as a learning support tool align with academic staff approaches to embedding AI activities and tools in the curriculum?

Karen New, Lorraine Waters and Sarah Daniell - Exploring student perception of laboratory workbooks: authentic learning or missed opportunity?

Elizabeth Shakespeare Anthony Short - Understanding the impact of ongoing support for students returning to study after reaching Restricted status

Emma Steele, Carol Calvert and Alison Bromley - Identifying tailored delivery routes for ALs to guide the use of Generative AI as a study support tool

Maria Velasco, Vic Pearson and Linda Moore - S111 Students’ Perceptions of University Communications

Marianna Volpi - Helping IMD Q1 M&S students feel that they belong at the OU

A couple more projects are due to commece soon, details will appear here shortly.