Previous Events

Apr 1

eSTEeM Community Event: Scholarship methods part 2 – conducting interviews and running focus groups

Thursday, April 1, 2021 - 11:30 to 13:00

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eSTEeM Community Event.

Mar 25

eSTEeM Seminar Series - A STEM scholarly response to the OU Awarding Gap

Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 14:00 to 15:00

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eSTEeM Seminar Series.

Mar 18

eSTEeM Community Event: Scholarship methods part 1 – writing surveys

Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 14:00 to 15:30

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eSTEeM Community Event.

Feb 25

eSTEeM Community Event: Gaining approvals for your scholarship project

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 10:00 to 11:30

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eSTEeM Community Event In this session, we will provide an overview of The Open University approval procedures that are required when conducting a scholarship project. These processes can often feel daunting, especially for those new to scholarly research. Therefore, we will guide you through...

Feb 2

eSTEeM Community Event: Getting started with scholarship

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 15:00 to 16:30

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eSTEeM Community Event This is an introductory session for STEM academics, Associate Lecturers and academic-related staff who are interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning but are not sure how to go about conducting a scholarship project. We will look at the range of scholarship under...

Jan 27

eSTEeM Seminar Series - Decolonising the Science Curriculum: Reflections from 1980s anti-racist science teaching

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 14:00 to 15:00

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Facilitated by Dr Les Levidow, Senior Research Fellow, FASSIn the early 1980s, the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) initiated a programme for anti-racist education. Some teachers extended the concept to the science curriculum, rooting contemporary inequalities in racist forms of science....

Nov 26

eSTEeM Seminar Series: Inclusivity in Pre-Assessment Academic Support

Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 14:00 to 15:00

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Facilitated by Dr Nicola Swann, Kingston UniversityWithin Higher Education there is continuing evidence of lower attainment for students of black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) groups, despite increased awareness and institutional efforts to provide equality in the educational experience. It ...

Nov 17

The 2nd eSTEeM Student Conference: Engaging Students as Partners in Scholarship

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 19:30 to 21:00

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The 2nd Online Student Conference.

Oct 29

eSTEeM Seminar Series - Decolonising the ‘STEM’ curriculum

Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 14:00 to 15:00

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Facilitated by Dr Jenny Douglas, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)This presentation will give an overview of the recent history of the ‘De-colonising the Curriculum’ movement and its relevance for the Open University. While many attempts to ‘decolonise the curricu...

Oct 21

eSTEeM Community Event: Scholarship methods part 2 – conducting interviews and running focus groups

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 11:00 to 12:30

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eSTEeM Community Event: In this session, we will focus on how to successfully conduct interviews and run focus groups as methods for carrying out research into STEM teaching and learning. We will provide an overview of these methods; constructing appropriate questions; the practicalities of e...