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Qualification Study websites: uptake and practice

  • Georgy Holden

    • This project sought to understand how the subject sites are being used and how they are perceived by students. The project took the approach of looking at all of the undergraduate subject sites in STEM.

    May 2019 to February 2021

    The Mathematics and Statistics Community of Learners

  • Rachel Hilliam

    • The Mathematics and Statistics Study Site was created in September 2017 and was one of a number of pilot study sites in the OU. Many of the resources on the site have grown out of smaller scholarship projects.

    May 2019 to December 2020

    Evaluating the level 1 engineering tutors resource

  • Anne-Marie GallenClare Reger

    • Reusability is a key concept for educators. For many of the associate lectures at the Open University, the group tuition policy has resulted in repetition of tutorial structure and delivery with ALs across clusters giving similar tutorials on the same topics at similar times.

    March 2019 to October 2019

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

  • Karen NewFiona MoormanHannah 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).

    June 2019 to January 2021

    Evaluating student perspectives of different types of learning events provided on SDK228, a level 2 LHCS module

  • Janette Wallace

    • SDK228, Science of the mind: Investigating mental health was a level two interdisciplinary Life, Health and Chemical Science (LHCS) module that attracted students from a variety of backgrounds including health and natural sciences, health and social care, nursing, psychology and counselling.

    April 2019 to October 2021

    STEM ISSS - where are we now? Evaluating awareness, usage and effectiveness of individual student support sessions

  • Fiona MoormanKaren New

    • Our distance learning students study in isolation and are an increasingly diverse cohort, many with disabilities and balancing work, family and caring commitments alongside study workload, with many students opting to study at high intensity with potential overlap between J and B presentations.

    May 2019 to December 2021

    Associate Lecturer Reflections on Student Perceptions of Usefulness of Level 1 Service Mathematics

  • Andrew PotterGerry Golding

    • Investigations into students’ attitudes toward mathematics learning is well documented in the literature. The student’s perception of the usefulness of his/her mathematical studies to his/her chosen degree pathway can affect retention rates, as well as progression in later STEM study.

    May 2019 to December 2021

    Usage of Early Alerts Indicators on two level 1 modules

  • Carol CalvertAlison BromleyChris Hughes

    • The Open University (UK) has developed two systems of predictive modelling to identify students at risk.

    November 2018 to December 2019

    Early start MU123

  • Carol CalvertLuay Salman

    • 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

    Perceptions, Expectations and Experience of Group Tuition: towards a shared understanding amongst stakeholders (part II: the student perspective)

  • Anne CampbellMark JonesAnne-Marie Gallen

    • Winner of the 6th eSTEeM Scholarship Projects of the Year Awards 2023.

    May 2018 to January 2023

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