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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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    Deep dive into role STEM-ByALs-ForALs programme has played in professional journey of participating ALs, and exploration of future directions for the programme

  1. Rupesh Shah

    2. The STEM-ByALs-ForALs programme was set up in 2015, initially just for Science ALs to help build community cohesion and offer a way for science ALs to share good practice. The programme has been running successfully for 9 years, and has adapted to changing circumstances.

    July 2024 to July 2025

    Exploring student’s self-efficacy in response to modular events during introductory level science modules

  2. Sam Johnson

    3. Self-efficacy is an individual’s belief that they can successfully complete a particular task. Self-efficacy has been shown to be strongly predictive of performance and retention. Current studies are largely cross-sectional and do not explore how self-efficacy changes throughout a module.

    October 2024 to January 2026

    Postcode Inequity: Closing the Awarding Gap for Stage 1 STEM Students residing in our most deprived UK postcodes

  3. Louise MacBrayneJennie Bellamy

    4. The STEM faculty has identified the awarding gap between IMDQ1 and IMDQ5 (most and least deprived) UK postcodes as a priority under APS (Access, Participation and Success) criteria.

    September 2024 to November 2025

    SiSE Mathematics Research Experience

  4. James Tuite Dan Rust

    5. This project is a pilot scheme and feasibility study for research projects with SiSE students similar to previous OU bursary schemes. The circumstances of SiSE students and difficulty of communication means that such students are discouraged from applying to such initiatives.

    August 2024 to April 2025

    The AI Design Ed project

  5. AnnMarie McKennaCatherine Scott

    6. The aim of the project is to explore student views and identify appropriate and accessible applications for generative image AI tools for co-ideation in design education.

    June 2024 to December 2025

    Perceptions and Experiences of STEM Academic Promotion (Professorial): Case study from the Open University, UK

  6. Diane ButlerSoraya Kouadri MostéfaouiJimena GorfinkielMark McJury

    7. The study adopts a qualitative approach to determine academics’ experiences and perceptions of the Professorial Promotions process (PB1 only) within the Faculty of STEM, Open University.

    November 2022 to September 2024

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