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.

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

Clem Herman

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

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Factors affecting student success in the workplace

Hilary MacQueen

  • We undertook a survey of graduates of a distance-taught work-based learning qualification (the Foundation Degree in Paramedic Sciences) to identify aspects of support required by students to succeed in this context.
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Longitudinal impact of visiting scholarships on the professional practice of scholars from China

Mark Endean Daphne Chang

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

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Research and Education in Product Development for 2040

Claudia Eckert

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

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Assessing the effectiveness of the induction process for novice Associate Lecturers in the School of Life Health and Chemical Sciences in preparing them for the Associate Lecturer role

Janette Wallace Hannah Gauci

Background and issues to be addressed

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Changing the way the game is played: transforming postgraduate curriculum praxis and workplace capabilities

Martin Reynolds Ray Ison

Research question: what are the opportunities and challenges for re-visioning the role of postgraduate distance learning provision and curriculum design in shifting from a conventional emphasis on developing ‘competencies’ based on learning outcomes (playing ‘the game’ better) to

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Student perceptions and development of employability skills on a level 4 multidisciplinary science module

Fiona Aiken Chris Hutton

S112, Science: concepts and practice, was a new science module at the Open University in 2017.

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Developing students and tutors perceptions of good mathematical communication on level one service mathematics module MU123: an investigation

Sally Crighton

The project addresses the issue of good mathematical communication for level one mathematics students.

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Evaluating a new STEM AL induction programme

Hannah Gauci Janette Wallace

Highly Commended at the 5th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2022.

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Measuring the Impact of Learning Design and Course Creation (LDCC) Workshops

Tom Olney

Highly Commended at the 7th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2024.

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