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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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    Enrichment workshops to enhance student engagement and employability

  1. Janet HaresnapeRuth GilbertHeather FraserHanne BownDavid RuizHannah Gandy

    2. The aim of this project was to evaluate the programme of enrichment workshops which had been offered to biology and health sciences students in the School of Life, Health and Chemical sciences at the Open University during the summer months in 2022 and 2023.  The aims of the enrichment workshops

    June 2022 to October 2024

    Building a sense of community in a core 2nd level Physics module (S217) and investigating qualitatively its effect on retention

  2. Anne-Katrin Klehe

    3. The OU has a broad intake of students from a very wide breadth of educational backgrounds. Most students study part time, mostly up to 60 credits per year while at the same time working full time, looking after a family and/or caring for someone.

    November 2022 to August 2024

    Improving retention through small interventions: The U101 postcard project

  3. Theodora PhilcoxElouise Huxor

    4. This project aims to improve student retention on U101, Design thinking. U101 is a gateway Level 1 design module and part of Q61 in Engineering and Innovation (E&I).

    November 2022 to December 2024

    Team Based Learning tutorials in S248

  4. Kate NixonNick Chatterton

    5. This project seeks to improve student engagement in tutorials in S248 Chemistry in life: food, water and medicines.

    November 2022 to September 2024

    Exploring timeliness, positivity and collection rates of TMA feedback

  5. Colette Christiansen

    6. The correspondence tuition that tutors provide, via the Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs), is a key part of our teaching and support to students and represents a major investment of time and effort by tutors.

    July 2023 to May 2024

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