eSTEeM

Centre for Scholarship and Innovation

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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.

Search results

38 results found

Evaluating STEM/FBL APP Virtual Internship Scheme

Diane Butler Andrew Potter Catherine Comfort Kristen Reid

Winner - eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2024.

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Evaluating the use of an Inclusive Curriculum Tool in STEM modules

Diane Butler Andrew Potter

This project evaluated the application of the Open University (OU) Inclusive Curriculum Tool (ICT), version 4, within a selection of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) modules.

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Is the cost of home experiments a potential barrier to learning? Experiences from two level one science modules

Louise MacBrayne Zoë Chapman

Practical work in the form of home experiments has always formed an integral part of the science curriculum for teaching and assessment.

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Sharing tutorial slides before online events: an evaluation of current practice and perceived benefits and barriers

Jenny Duckworth Jennie Bellamy Harriet Marshall

Access to slides in advance of online tutorials is thought to benefit many learners.

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An evaluation of the use and impact of Network Mapping to support the transition to university of Engineering and Design & Innovation students from the 20% most deprived areas in the UK

Andrea Patel Chris Corcoran

The overall project aim was to demonstrate the use of Support Network Mapping as a student-centred approach to support transition to university for undergraduate Engineering and undergraduate Design and Innovation students who reside in areas of the UK associated with higher level of socioeconomi

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A case study analysis of STEM decolonising activity within UK Higher Education Institutions

Zoe Tompkins

The issue investigated and why

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Evaluating an LGBTQ+ awarding gap and supporting our queer student community: An intersectional perspective (Phase 1)

Willow Neal Emmanuel Zuza

LGBTQ+ people constitute a marginalised group that experiences ongoing discrimination.  This is despite progress towards legal and social acceptance in some countries.

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Postcode Inequity: Closing the Awarding Gap for Stage 1 STEM Students residing in our most deprived UK postcodes

Louise MacBrayne Jennie Bellamy

Winner - Best Poster Competition, 14th eSTEeM Annual Conference 2025.

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