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

  1. Elaine McPhersonMary Keys

    2. 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

    Evaluation of D-flag students accessibility to and use of online tutorials and forums in L2 modules

  2. Sarah DaniellLorraine Waters

    3. Attendance at online tutorials by LHCS students continues to be low.

    May 2020 to April 2023

    Understanding factors influencing BAME students’ achievements within Engineering and Innovation

  3. Carol MorrisRachel Slater

    4. Students from BAME groups appear to perform less well than their white counterparts across all modules in E&I.

    October 2021 to December 2024

    Evaluating the increase in student wellbeing brought about by informal online sessions and computer generated worked examples on a level 3 pure maths module

  4. Hayley RyderTacey O'Neil

    5. Issue: student well-being and anxiety. Accessibility of tutorial type resources.

    Many students experiencing problems with abstract mathematics either already experience maths anxiety or develop it. They can also lack self-efficacy and mathematical resilience.

    November 2020 to September 2023

    Evaluation and improvement of print packs use for Environmental Science students

  5. Fiona AikenChris Hutton

    6. There is a legal requirement (Equality Act, 2010) to provide students who have declared disabilities with reasonable adjustments which address their learning needs.

    October 2021 to October 2023

    Typical Support Seeking Behaviour of STEM Students, their Outcomes and Successes

  6. Paul CollierFiona Aiken

    7. The importance of personal, non-academic support of students especially in a distance learning environment is well documented in the literature.

    April 2021 to March 2022

    Impact of introducing new practical and dataset project options to the science undergraduate capstone project module (S390)

  7. Hannah GauciJulie RobsonJanette Wallace

    8. S390 is the undergraduate science capstone project module.

    April 2021 to June 2023

    An evaluation of use and impact of zero grades in assessment; are we being consistent, fair, and transparent?

  8. Karen NewFiona Moorman

    9. Assessment is at the core of teaching and learning at the Open University.  It is used to measure student learning against institutional and AQA standards and, most importantly, assessment has a pivotal role in consolidating student understanding and in supporting progression along their learning

    June 2021 to December 2023

    Barriers and Enablers for Future Designers within the awarding gap at the intersection of Race and Deprived Areas

  9. Vera HaleClive HiltonAlessandra Campoli

    10. Issue:

    April 2022 to August 2024

    Evaluating Statistics anxiety across different qualifications

  10. Rachel Hilliam

    11. 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

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