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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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    Research and Education in Product Development for 2040

  1. Claudia Eckert

    2. 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

    May 2018 to August 2020

    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

  2. Janette WallaceHannah Gauci

    3. Background and issues to be addressed

    May 2018 to October 2019

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

  3. Martin ReynoldsRay Ison

    4. 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

    May 2018 to December 2021

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

  4. Fiona AikenChris Hutton

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

    November 2018 to November 2020

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

  5. Sally Crighton

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

    April 2019 to December 2021

    Evaluating a new STEM AL induction programme

  6. Hannah GauciJanette Wallace

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

    October 2019 to July 2021

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

  7. Tom Olney

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

    October 2019 to January 2024

    Degree-Apprenticeships: Embedding learning in the practice-tutor, apprentice, employer tripartite

  8. Alexis LansburyAutumn ThomsonAndy Hollyhead

    9. This project will focus on the undergraduate degree-apprenticeships offered by the School of Computing and Communications in England and Wales.

    May 2020 to December 2021

    Using Learning Logs in SXPS288 – Effectiveness in helping students to reach Learning Outcomes, to enhance and document their employability skills, and raise awareness of opportunities in the space sector

  9. Alan Cayless

    10. Within the physical sciences curriculum, employability and skills development elements are being incorporated into modules in order to address the Open University Employability Policy and also to address the employability and careers development requirements of Institute of Physics (IoP) accredit

    November 2020 to December 2023

    Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Learning Design Approaches in STEM over 4 Years

  10. Tom Olney

    11. In 2016, the OU was restructured into four super-faculties (STEM, WELS, FASS & FBL). Amongst many other things, each faculty was tasked with developing structures, governance and procedures that would support module teams in designing teaching and learning appropriate to their context.

    April 2021 to March 2022

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