STEM

Resources and advice for academics and students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths

By Miranda Prynne, 22 August, 2022
Should educators help students understand their chosen subjects within a broader context of learning? Mark Coleman has been experimenting with this in his biology course and shares his findings so far
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5minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 4 August, 2022
The cultural yardsticks used to measure merit in STEM are warped with bias and often devalue women, people of colour and LGBTQ+ scientists with records equal to white heterosexual male peers. To fix STEM inequality, academia must reconceive merit
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 7 July, 2022
Traditional teaching in data analysis focuses on statistics and visualisation but an emphasis on foundational data and computational skills is needed to prepare students to work with real data, explains Philip Leftwich
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 7 June, 2022
Lots of new terminology can leave students feeling overwhelmed. Sonja Dunbar shares one way to build student confidence when encountering discipline-specific terms
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3minutes