| Time | Session |
| 9:15-10:00 | Opening Keynote Presentation – Paul Taylor |
| 10:15-11:15 | Short Orals: Assessment 1
Enhancing learning through online open book MCQ examinations – an example from the Biosciences – Alfred Thumser, Ian Bailey, Sarah Bailey, Rita Jabr and Simon Lygo-Baker
Multiple True-False quizzes with unlimited attempts – Mark MacDonald
You Have 10 Minutes of My Attention – Using Time as the Criterion for Assessment Deliverable – Sean Lancastle and Martin Ould |
| 10:15-11:15 | Short Orals: EDI 1
A case study for connective learning: connecting students, tutors and subject – Stephanie Bridges
Using food to encourage a sense of belonging at university: The Cultural Food Stories project – Hilda Mulrooney, Mau Lola, Ashley Nabukenya Ndenzi, Chidera Nnadozie, Fatmata Sow and Maya India Jackson
The value of the Personal Tutor Scheme (PTS) as a mechanism of supporting belonging in an online world – Paty Paliokosta, Karen Lipsedge, Matthew Cunningham, Christopher Barker, Gianpiero Calebrese, Hilda Mulrooney, Konami Groves, Rachel Davies, Penny Burden, Joanna Bailey and Mel Topcu |
| Short Orals: Active Learning 1
Addressing the challenges of delivering a laboratory class when students are miles away – Sarah K. Coleman and Caroline Smith
Flipping the classroom: results from a pre-pandemic study to inform the post-pandemic future – Charlotte Price and Maria Walker |
| 10:15-11:15 | Short Orals: Laboratory Work 1
Supporting the affective dimension of laboratory learning in the biosciences with virtual laboratory software – Danielle L Knight and Ian G Bailey
Summative assessment and digital collaboration: scaffolding reflection in laboratory learning – Rebecca Ferrari and Christof Jaeger
#DryLabsRealScience a collaborative network addressing the virtual –
David Smith, Nigel Francis, Ian Turner, Tom Bassindale and Robert LeSuer |
| 11:15-11:30 | Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Short Orals: Blended and Online Learning 1
Attitudes and Aptitudes in an Interdisciplinary STEM Programme – Sarah Gretton, Derek Raine and Cheryl Hurkett
Employing a Socratic Dialogue when creating online lecture content –
Sion Hannuna
An investigation of how Jupyter Notebooks enhance students learning of data management and analysis – Sharon Dawes, Chris Thomson, Stephen Bowles and Stephen Rice |
| 11:30-12:30 | Short Orals: EDI 2
How students’ inspirations and aspirations impact motivation and engagement in the first year of study – Mel Lacey, Hollie Shaw, Caroline Dalton and David Smith
Inclusivity in academic support: Can strategies to support remote learning help to narrow the gap? – Nicola Swann, Hannah J. Moir, Frank Owusu-Sekyere, Taz Baker and Jeanette Dahl
Perceptions of science research: visibility and accessibility of science research as a career in post-16 Biosciences and Chemistry students
– Mel Lacey, Rachel Schwartz-Narbonne, Susan Campbell, Alex Hamilton, Catherine Duckett and Katherine Rawlinson |
| 11:30-12:30 | Short Orals: Transitions and Student Support 1
Flexible STEM education for a post-pandemic world: a case study in Computer Science – Neil Gordon
Statistics Service Teaching: What type of support should we provide? –
Rachel Hilliam and Carol Calvert
Opportunities and challenges of online mathematics support – Holly Gilbert, Duncan Lawson, Mark Hodds, Lara Gildhaus, Mirko Shurmann and Michael Liebendoerfer |
| 11:30-12:30 | Learning Science Workshop – Teaching Innovation Award Winners 2020
Smart Worksheets to Identify Student Numeracy Skills in the Division of Natural Sciences – Alexandra Moores and Francis Samra
A Virtual Practical Produces Surprising Results – David Gould and Sadani Cooray
The impact of effective online design and the use of Learning Science resources – Juliet Stoltenkamp, Carolynne Kies and Faghad Khan
The Use of an Inclusive Curriculum Framework to close a BAME module award gap – Neil Williams |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:00 | Birds of a Feather Networking Session |
| Learning from the pandemic |
| Can we use Course Level assessment for STEM subjects? |
| Tools and Techniques for Effective Hybrid Teaching |
| How do we best support under-represented students whilst they are at university? |
| Students should co-create STEM curricula: let’s ruffle feathers with a student-led debate! |
| 14:00-15:00 | Short Orals: Assessment 2
Searching for Best Practice in the Successful use of Mark Schemes: Top Ten Tips for Successful Post-hoc Marking – Simon Lock, Lucy Berthoud and Becky Selwyn
Implementation of exam proctoring for an end of module exam: Case study from the department of Pharmacy at Kingston University – Ali Al-Kinani, Shereen El Nabhani, John Fletcher and Kyren Burns
Peer Assessment through Comparative Judgement: setting and assessing less structured mathematics questions – David Sirl |
| 14:00-15:00 | Short Orals: Employability, WBL and Apprenticeships 1
Supporting activities to embed creativity and innovation as an implicit part of the bioscience student experience – Francesca Mackenzie, Anna Morgan, Michael Stolinski, Amanda Baker, Dwain Reid, Martha Mador and Nigel Page
Structured Biomedical Sciences Honours Projects: A Protocol for Resilience and Preparedness for the World of Work During the Pandemic? – Claire Garden
Outreach in the curriculum: Skills development in undergraduate and postgraduate Biosciences and Chemistry students – Katherine Rawlinson, Susan Campbell, Amber Shakeel, Harry Linsley and Melissa Lacey |
| 14:00-15:00 | Short Orals: Active Learning 2
Interdisciplinary Co-creation for active learning of immunology concepts –
Eva Malone, Richard Firth and Iain Macdonald
Inclusive inter-disciplinary outreach: Learning in action, learning from action – Jane Essex and Margaret Cunningham
Design, Development and Evaluation of a Green Chemistry Concept Inventory – Barbara Villa Marcos, James Bennett and Mohamed Hamud
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| 14:00-15:00 | Workshop 1
Developing online collaborative design and prototyping for a Gold Standard Project Based Learning (GSPBL)Multi-disciplinary Project – Avalon Cory and Corrina Cory |
| 15:00-15:15 | Break |
| 15:15-16:15 | Short Orals: Pedagogical Research 1
Disciplinary literacies in STEM: What do undergraduates read, how do they read it, and can we teach scientific reading more effectively? – Katharine Hubbard
The Importance of Problem Solving in Maths Online Teaching – Ksenia Shalonova
Training the Lively Mind: Toward a Signature Pedagogy for Cybersecurity – Ashley Gess
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| 15:15-16:15 | Short Orals: Sustainability 1
A sustainability snapshot within a large post-92 university from different perspectives – Hilda Mulrooney and Lisa Chevallereau
Computing student attitudes to environmental sustainability education – Sally Smith, Callum Egan and Christina Plum
Enhancing Programme Management to enable Programme Leadership: A Roadmap for Programmes – Eva Malone, Adam Satur, James Fontana and Steve Yorkstone
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| 15:15-16:15 | Short Orals: Transitions and Student Support 2
Student use of digital experience insights and transitions data to develop data literacy via undergraduate MPharm research projects – Elizabeth Newall, Cristina De Matteis, Stephanie McDonald, Helen Boardman, Vibhu Solanki, Celine Thien, Chidubem Ugwu, Madihah Hussain and Po Kamta
Forging friendships in first year: CS entrants’ reflections on collaborating in a small-group, large-class setting – Jyoti Bhardwaj
What’s the point of A-levels? – Nicky King |
| 15:15-16:15 | Workshop 2
What should an inclusive and student-centred timetable look like post-COVID-19? – Nigel Page, Gary Forster-Wilkins and Mark Bonetzky |
| 16:15-16:30 | Break |
| 16:30-17:30 | Short Orals: Assessment 3
Integrated Assessment in Brunel Design Programmes – Hua Dong and Stephen Cockett
Flipped Feedback – Engaging Students with the Feedback Process – Nigel Francis, Kathryn Sinclair and Owen Bodger
Engaging students through feedback at scale on an introductory programming course – Simon Grey and Neil Gordon |
| Short Orals: Employability, WBL and Apprenticeships 2
Two Years into a Level 6 Laboratory Scientist (Chemistry) Degree Apprenticeship: A Reflection – Barbara Villa Marcos, Oscar Siles Brugge, James A. Bennett, Trevor Farren, Kyle W. Galloway, Katherine Jolley, Glenn Lees, Sian Masson and Jonathan McMaster
Cross-disciplinary perceptions of research-informed teaching – David Smith, Libby Allcock, Lewis Partington, Jo Lidster, Girish Ramchandani, Jon Wheat and Mel Lacey
Student agency in a chemical engineering curriculum: perceptions, connections, and critical thinking – Mark Haw, Steven Pisani and Conor Teahan |
| Short Orals: Transitions and Student Support 3
Transition and support experiences of first-year STEM students in distance learning universities – Maria Aristeidou
Exploring and supporting undergraduate students’ digital learning transition from school to university – Stephanie McDonald, Cristina De Matteis, Elizabeth Newall, Fiona McCullough, Lisa Mott, Barbara Villa Marcos, Vibhu Solanki, Nicholas Rea, Rossana Wright, Steven Bagley, Steven Bamford, Qingqi Wang and Anshul Lau
Moving beyond a threshold – developing writing skills in a Bioscience undergraduate cohort – Alfred Thumser, Sarah Bailey and Simon Lygo-Baker |
| Short Orals: Pedagogical Research 2
Design and application of the LivChoices web app to signpost programme pathways for C100 Biological Sciences students – Rachel Floyd, Zenobia Lewis and Robert Treharne
Students as Partners in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Lessons from Practice – Cath Brown, Jenny Duckworth, Charlotte Hancox and Catherine Halliwell
Learning & Teaching Adjustments within the Mathematical Sciences in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic – Michael Grove, Matthew Henley, Rachel Hilliam, Kevin Houston and Duncan Lawson |
| 17:30-18:00 | Wine Down |
| 18:00 | Close of Day One |
Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference 