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Access, Participation and Success

Improving accessibility, inclusion, and engagement in synchronous online learning events

  • Jo Buxton

    • The research intends to assess how a framework (MACE) can help tutors make online tutorials more accessible and inclusive.

    June 2023 to December 2024

    An evaluation of the use and impact of Network Mapping to support the transition to university of Engineering and Design & Innovation students from the 20% most deprived areas in the UK

  • Andrea PatelChris Corcoran

    • The overall project aim was to demonstrate the use of Support Network Mapping as a student-centred approach to support transition to university for undergraduate Engineering and undergraduate Design and Innovation students who reside in areas of the UK associated with higher level of socioeconomi

    May 2023 to March 2025

    Sharing tutorial slides before online events: an evaluation of current practice and perceived benefits and barriers

  • Jenny DuckworthJennie BellamyHarriet Marshall

    • Access to slides in advance of online tutorials is thought to benefit many learners.

    June 2023 to February 2025

    Academic conduct referrals and students from underrepresented groups

  • Jill ShawRehana AwanJim Gillen Mark SlaymakerKatharine Jewitt

    • The project will investigate patterns in the demographics and referral data, and student perceptions for Level 1 students who are referred to the Academic Conduct (AC) Office within C&C. Several research projects (e.g.

    November 2022 to December 2024

    Investigation of widening participation and success in postgraduate technology and computing

  • Donald EdwardsMark Slaymaker

    • This project seeks to understand our current performance against EDI, widening participation and success (WPS) targets on postgraduate qualifications run by the schools of C&C and E&I, collectively Postgraduate Technology and Computing (PTC).

    November 2022 to November 2023

    Is the cost of home experiments a potential barrier to learning? Experiences from two level one science modules

  • Louise MacBrayneZoë Chapman

    • Practical work in the form of home experiments has always formed an integral part of the science curriculum, in particular at level one. The move, however, from printed materials to online delivery has been accompanied by a change in the way students are supported in home experiments.

    November 2022 to February 2025

    Evaluating the use of an Inclusive Curriculum Tool in STEM modules

  • Diane ButlerAndrew Potter

    • This project evaluated the application of the Open University (OU) Inclusive Curriculum Tool (ICT), version 4, within a selection of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) modules.

    May 2022 to January 2025

    Evaluating STEM/FBL APP Virtual Internship Scheme

  • Diane ButlerAndrew PotterCatherine ComfortKristen Reid

    • Winner of the 7th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Award 2024.

    April 2022 to December 2022

    Evaluating Statistics anxiety across different qualifications

  • Rachel Hilliam

    • This project addresses findings that were suggested from the evaluation of the project “How one module can serve multiple qualification t

    April 2022 to December 2024

    Barriers and Enablers for Future Designers within the awarding gap at the intersection of Race and Deprived Areas

  • Vera HaleClive HiltonAlessandra Campoli

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    April 2022 to August 2024

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