Elaine McPherson

Projects

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

Elaine McPherson Mary Keys

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.

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Accessibility and inclusion in tuition (AccIT)

Rachel Slater Anne Campbell Elaine McPherson

The AccIT project has four main aims:

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Engaging stakeholders as experts in the trial and evaluation of Disability Language Guidance

Elaine McPherson Kate Lister

To support inclusive and equitable study, universities often categorise students as ‘disabled’ for them to access specific support for their studies and require them to engage with terms such as ‘disclosing a disability’ and ‘reasonable adjustments’.

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