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    Evaluating an LGBTQ+ awarding gap and supporting our queer student community: An intersectional perspective (Phase 1)

  1. Willow NealEmmanuel Zuza
  2. Being LGBTQ+ exposes people to various stigmas and inequalities; societal, cultural, and legal, which are exacerbated when intersecting with other marginalised identities, such as race, disability or socio-economic status.

    June 2024 to October 2025

    Factors influencing female participation in Physical Science Postgraduate Research Programmes

  3. Clare RegerMark BowdenAnne-Marie Gallen
  4. The aim of this project was to conduct a scoping study into why lower numbers of female graduates choose nuclear fusion Ph.D.s relative to other physical sciences. This is a particularly nuanced study as we are considering the nuclear fusion research pathway in comparison to other STEM routes.

    April 2019 to February 2022

    Engineering qualifications at the OU – what motivates women to study?

  5. Carol MorrisSally Organ
  6. Winner of the 3rd Best Poster Competition at the 7th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 25-26 April 2018.

    May 2017 to October 2019

    Investigating the motivations of female students choosing an open versus named qualification

  7. Elaine McPhersonMary Keys
  8. UK universities (including the OU) have continued to struggle to recruit women to certain subjects within STEM despite best efforts to address this gender imbalance. In 2017, the OU introduced a ‘BSc (Hons) Combined STEM’ degree (R28) alongside its single and joint honours degrees in STEM.

    June 2020 to December 2022

    Understanding the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic attainment gap at the OU by means of quantitative and qualitative data analytics

  9. Miriam FernandezMartin HlostaTracie Farrell
  10. Highly Commended at the 6th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2023.

    November 2020 to August 2022

    Gender Differences in completion and credit obtained in Level 2 study in Physical Sciences

  11. Pam Budd
  12. Winner of the 2nd Best Poster Competition at the 6th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 25-26 April 2017.

    December 2014 to February 2018

    Black student experience and attainment on S112: improving a level 1 STEM module

  13. Louise MacBrayneJennie Bellamy
  14. Highly Commended at the 7th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2024.

    Winner of the 8th Best Poster Competition at the 12th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 19-20 April 2023.

    November 2020 to November 2023

    Exploring the extent of maths anxiety within the STEM Faculty at The Open University

  15. Sue Pawley
  16. Winner of the 6th Best Poster Competition at the 10th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 30 June -1 July 2021.

    November 2020 to December 2023

    Evaluation of Digital Assets to support LHCS Students’ Sense of Belonging

  17. Zoë ChapmanJanette Wallace
  18. Winner of the Most Engaging and Immersive Session on Day Two of the 14th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 30th April – 1st May 2025.

    July 2024 to July 2026