STEM teaching and research

Advice for academics and lecturers working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths to help advance STEM research and teaching. These resources cover issues such as how to widen participation and get more women into STEM fields, preparing students for STEM careers, managing the impact of AI on STEM learning, building industry collaborations and communicating STEM research for greater impact.

By Laura.Duckett, 9 February, 2024

Film storytelling can enhance learning in STEM subjects

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In the era of social technologies, authentic storytelling becomes a powerful tool for cultural and social change, a fundamental role of higher education, writes Arijit Mukhopadhyay
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 4 December, 2023

Campus talks: how to do public engagement

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What is best practice for universities’ public engagement? How do you enlist the public in your research? And how do you keep them interested in the long term? Two 2022 THE Awards winners share their insights – from their experiences tracking Covid and decoding Dickens
By Eliza.Compton, 25 October, 2023

One write way to student success in mathematics

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A detailed conversation and a letter begin a support process that can take students from repeated course failure to success and confidence. Here, Eric Grinberg explains how it works
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 24 October, 2023

Messy decisions and creative science in the classroom

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How can we teach students other than those studying for healthcare or other vocational qualifications to work across disciplinary boundaries and make scientific decisions in a creative – and enjoyable – manner? Here’s what we learned from running a data-driven drug-discovery scenario
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 2 October, 2023

A case study in developing the next STEM generation

High school students in lab
University ‘taster days’ can introduce teenagers to what global health research and advocacy might be like as a future career. Here four academics describe a pilot training session and what they learned from it
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4minutes
STEM teaching and research