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eSTEeM Projects

eSTEeM is providing a mechanism for professional development through practice-based scholarship within a mentored community. Much of our work is organised on a project basis with project management aimed at the delivery of new educational outcomes and scholarship outputs. 

eSTEeM supports a rolling portfolio of approx. 80 active scholarship projects under a number of themes which include:

  • Access, Participation and Success
  • Innovative assessment
  • Online/onscreen STEM practice
  • Supporting students
  • Technologies for STEM learning

To learn more about our projects, please click on the project titles or use the search feature below by entering keywords. To search by the name of a project leader, please use the 'Filter by Project Leader' tab on the right-hand side of this page.

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    How successfully are students engaging with the Python component of SM123?

  1. Gemma Warriner

    2. SM123: Physics and Space is a Level 1 module aimed at preparing students to study physics, astronomy or planetary science at OU level 2. Most students are not new to the Open University and will have already studied S111: Questions in Science.

    April 2020 to October 2021

    Degree-Apprenticeships: Embedding learning in the practice-tutor, apprentice, employer tripartite

  2. Alexis LansburyAutumn ThomsonAndy Hollyhead

    3. This project will focus on the undergraduate degree-apprenticeships offered by the School of Computing and Communications in England and Wales.

    May 2020 to December 2021

    Day time tutorials for apprentices – what is best practice in computing?

  3. Autumn ThomsonMarina Carter

    4. At the Open University (OU) we are still learning about the best way to support our apprentice learners in their academic study. Degree Apprentices are learners in full time employment with study funded through the apprenticeship levy and other government sources.

    April 2020 to December 2021

    Investigation into running course specific taster tutorials within prisons for non-OU students

  4. Colin Blundell

    5. Students in Secure Environments (SiSE) can typically have different issues to other students from pre-registration through to the end of their studies.

    July 2020 to July 2024

    A review of the use of Office 365 and Adobe Connect for active learning by ALs tutoring on T227 and TXY227

  5. Katharine Jewitt

    6. This scholarship work took place to identify what Open University (OU) approved technologies (Adobe Connect and Microsoft Office 365 applications) are being used by Associate Lecturers (ALs) and explore how and why they are being used for teaching and learning.

    August 2020 to August 2022

    Remote sighted helper support for visually impaired students: exploring good practice: Stage 1

  6. Richard Walker

    7. Highly Commended at the 4th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2021 under the category - Enhancing the Student Experience.

    July 2020 to December 2020

    Encouraging verbal communication in online small-group Maths problem-solving sessions; taking inspiration from individual sessions

  7. Abi Kirk

    8. In OU STEM online tutorials, speech by students is seen to be rare. Evidence of this is provided by a sequence of studies, starting from the early days of online tutorials. However, students do speak in online individual support sessions (ISS).

    August 2021 to October 2023

    Online Summer Schools

  8. Kate NixonEleanor Crabb

    9. The covid-19 pandemic has resulted in losses in opportunities for students to gain experience at summer placements in research and industrial laboratories.

    November 2020 to July 2024

    Using Learning Logs in SXPS288 – Effectiveness in helping students to reach Learning Outcomes, to enhance and document their employability skills, and raise awareness of opportunities in the space sector

  9. Alan Cayless

    10. Within the physical sciences curriculum, employability and skills development elements are being incorporated into modules in order to address the Open University Employability Policy and also to address the employability and careers development requirements of Institute of Physics (IoP) accredit

    November 2020 to December 2023

    Understanding the mental health attainment gap in Design modules

  10. Nicole LotzMuriel Sippel

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

    Retention and attainment of students with a mental health disability on Design modules is poor compared to other qualifications in Engineering and Innovation, STEM.

    November 2020 to June 2023

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