eSTEeM

Centre for Scholarship and Innovation

Fiona Moorman

Projects

Academic discussions: evaluating student experience and outcomes and tutor perceptions of this novel form of assessment

Fiona Moorman Katja Rietdorf Karen New Kate Fox

In response to academic integrity concerns and with a view to piloting a more authentic form of assessment within the biology curriculum, S317 (Biological Science: from genes to species) and S296 (Cell biology) plan to introduce a structured spoken assessment ‘Academic Discussion’ (AD) into their

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Do students benefit from having continuity in their module tutors between level 1 and level 2 on Q71, Health Sciences?

Sarah Daniell Fiona Moorman Katie Acutt

Students currently have little continuity of contact with their allocated tutors on the different modules throughout their qualification. Currently student retention on Q71 Health Sciences is concerning.

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Can we reduce anxiety of students sitting remote exams? Sharing best practice between SPS and LHCS

Gemma Warriner Fiona Moorman Becca Whitehead

Winner - eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2025.

Our project was a cross school collaboration between the School of Physical Sciences (SPS) and the Life, Health and Chemical Sciences (LHCS).

Rationale for our approach

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

Karen New Fiona Moorman

Project context

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Summer Series of Journal Clubs: an opportunity to develop employability skills and a sense of community amongst students in secure environments

Karen New Fiona Moorman Hannah Gauci

In keeping with the ethos ‘open to all’, The Open University (OU) has provided higher education opportunities to students in secure environments (SiSE) for over 40 years, currently reaching over 150 secure environments (Open University, 2020).

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