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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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    Evaluation of a community partnership approach using open educational resources: Equate Scotland and the Returning to STEM BOC

  1. Clem Herman

    2. According to research, an estimated 1 in 9 mothers, or 54,000 women every year, report being forced out of jobs following maternity leave and those that are coming back after maternity breaks or after a break, required support and interventions to help them with on-ramping (EHRC 2016; Greer, 2013

    May 2017 to August 2019

    Factors affecting student success in the workplace

  2. Hilary MacQueen

      3. May 2017 to September 2019

      Longitudinal impact of visiting scholarships on the professional practice of scholars from China

    • Mark EndeanDaphne Chang

      • Staff in academic and academic-related posts at other higher education institutions worldwide have been welcome at the OU since its founding in 1969.

      October 2017 to October 2020

      Research and Education in Product Development for 2040

    • Claudia Eckert

      • Based on a series of interviews carried out in 2018 with experienced European engineers and a workshop with Product development experts from over twenty leading Swedish company and academics researching and teaching product development, trends and their expected impact on engineering design can b

      May 2018 to August 2020

      Assessing the effectiveness of the induction process for novice Associate Lecturers in the School of Life Health and Chemical Sciences in preparing them for the Associate Lecturer role

    • Janette WallaceHannah Gauci

      • Background and issues to be addressed

      May 2018 to October 2019

      Student perceptions and development of employability skills on a level 4 multidisciplinary science module

    • Fiona AikenChris Hutton

      • S112, Science: concepts and practice, was a new science module at the Open University in 2017.

      November 2018 to November 2020

      Evaluating a new STEM AL induction programme

    • Hannah GauciJanette Wallace

      • Highly Commended at the 5th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2022.

      October 2019 to July 2021

      Measuring the Impact of Learning Design and Course Creation (LDCC) Workshops

    • Tom Olney

      • Highly Commended at the 7th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2024.

      October 2019 to January 2024

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

    • Alexis LansburyAutumn ThomsonAndy Hollyhead

      • 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

      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

    • Alan Cayless

      • 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

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