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    Using peer observation within a Mathematics and Statistics community of practice in Scotland

  1. Sally Crighton
  2. This project stemmed from the first named author’s continuing interest in developing scholarship in a community of Open University (OU) Associate Lecturers (ALs) living in Scotland and teaching Mathematics & Statistics (M&S) modules.

    May 2017 to September 2019

    Disproved predictions of at-risk students: Some students fail despite doing well, others succeed despite predicted as at-risk

  3. Martin Hlosta
  4. Most of the research around the identification of at-risk students and the prediction of their performance using Machine Learning focuses on developing the most accurate model.

    April 2019 to October 2020

    Early start MU123

  5. Carol CalvertLuay Salman
  6. A flexible start programme was introduced in July- September 2018 for the MU123 18J presentation. There was a high take up from students with just under 200 students participating, which was 43% of those offered a place, and this meant that the programme was full to capacity.

    July 2018 to May 2020

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

  7. Elaine McPhersonMary Keys
  8. 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.

    June 2020 to December 2022

    Gender Differences in completion and credit obtained in Level 2 study in Physical Sciences

  9. Pam Budd
  10. Winner of the 2nd Best Poster Competition at the 6th eSTEeM Annual Conference, 25-26 April 2017.

    December 2014 to February 2018

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

  11. Karen NewFiona MoormanHannah Gauci
  12. 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).

    June 2019 to January 2021

    Skills progression in practical science within the Life Sciences

  13. Janet Haresnape
  14. Employability is an increasingly important concern in contemporary Higher Education (HE).

    May 2017 to March 2022

    Evaluating a new STEM AL induction programme

  15. Hannah GauciJanette Wallace
  16. Highly Commended at the 5th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2022.

    October 2019 to July 2021

    Strategies to support students and tutors with online collaborative projects: an action research project

  17. Shirley EvansWinston GrahamManish Malik
  18. Development of group working skills is important both in terms of employability and as part of a collaborative learning approach but students may not always recognise the importance of it.

    September 2019 to September 2020

    Can an asynchronous student conference in Open Studio develop students’ critical evaluation skills?

  19. Catherine HalliwellJenny Duckworth
  20. The level 3 module Evaluating Contemporary Science (S350), helps students learn, develop and apply important key skills such as evaluation of current science research and communication of these findings to different audiences, along with professional skills such as time-management, giving constru

    May 2019 to April 2022