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Research and Education in Product Development for 2040

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

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

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

Factors affecting student success in the workplace

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

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

Skills progression in practical science within the Life Sciences

Employability is an increasingly important concern in contemporary Higher Education (HE).

Using peer observation within a Mathematics and Statistics community of practice in Scotland

This project stemmed from the first named author’s continuing interest in developing scholarship in a community of Open University (OU) Associate Lecturers (ALs) living in Scotland and teaching Mathematics & Statistics (M&S) modules.

Framing Professional Competencies for Systems Thinking in Practice

The eSTEeM project was a 12-month inquiry beginning March 2017 building on an initial eSTEeM project (2014-2016) entitled ‘Enhancing Systems Thinking in Practice in the Workplace’ reported on in Reynolds et al (2

Measuring qualification effects of a new pedagogy which embeds learning and assessment activities within each student’s rich professional context of practice

We report on the outcomes of an eSTEeM project focused on a pedagogical approach implemented in three post-graduate modules for a recently introduced Computing qualification (F66 MSc in Computing), where the students’ own professional context of practice, rather than fictitious case studies, is u

Investigating the careers of Staff Tutors in STEM for Athena SWAN

Staff Tutors within the STEM Faculty form a large part of the academic workforce and are described as the glue between central academics and students, however the role is varied and complex.

Enabling Mathematics and Statistics Associate Lecturers to achieve their potential

In the School of Mathematics and Statistics Associate Lectures (ALs) work across a wide range of modules both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. This study was undertaken before the faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology (MCT) merged with the faculty of Science.