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    Factors influencing female participation in Physical Science Postgraduate Research Programmes

  1. Clare RegerMark BowdenAnne-Marie Gallen
  2. 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

    Evaluating Statistics anxiety across different qualifications

  3. Rachel Hilliam
  4. 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

    Investigation of widening participation and success in postgraduate technology and computing

  5. Donald EdwardsMark Slaymaker
  6. 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

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

  7. Louise MacBrayneJennie Bellamy
  8. 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

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

  9. Elaine McPhersonMary Keys
  10. 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

    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