Projects (10)

Tomorrows Books Today: (Vietnam) Apr 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2019
The project will bring together teacher educators from the University of Hull and VNU, along with other external stakeholders (e.g. Danang University in Vietnam and VSO, Vietnam), to develop a set of exemplar hybrid digital textbooks and an accompany... Read More about Tomorrows Books Today: (Vietnam).

GCRF 2019 PPF17: Enabling scalability of the reading to learn methodology in STEM education using video observations in South African township schools Feb 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019
This project will develop the capacity of teachers working in underprivileged township schools in Johannesburg, to teach students how to read for the purpose of learning and understanding ‘threshold concepts’ those concepts that are core to a subject... Read More about GCRF 2019 PPF17: Enabling scalability of the reading to learn methodology in STEM education using video observations in South African township schools.

ECPE PPF: Engaging young people in the circular plastics economy Oct 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020

1-2-1 Academically asymmetrical paired mentoring: Improving GCSE science attainment amongst disadvantaged students Jan 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022
A previous RCT pilot study (Sharpe, Abrahams & Fotou, 2017) found that academically asymmetrical paired mentoring intervention (the one-to-one pairing of undergraduate STEM students with disadvantaged Year 11 students) had a statistically significant... Read More about 1-2-1 Academically asymmetrical paired mentoring: Improving GCSE science attainment amongst disadvantaged students.

Essential experiences in science: addressing the gap in primary enquiry-based practical science created by lockdown and aiding school recovery. Jan 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2021
Focusing on primary science education, we will identify and disseminate strategies to enable UK schools and organisations to increase resilience and counter the impacts of lockdown particularly for disadvantaged* students (*see section 4.3).
The Epi... Read More about Essential experiences in science: addressing the gap in primary enquiry-based practical science created by lockdown and aiding school recovery..

ASCENTS 1-2-1 Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
A previous RCT pilot study (Sharpe, Abrahams & Fotou, 2017) found that academically asymmetrical paired mentoring intervention (the one-to-one pairing of undergraduate STEM students with disadvantaged Year 11 students) had a statistically significant... Read More about ASCENTS 1-2-1.

UK - Thailand Digital Innovation Grant Mar 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
The current economic, social and technological changes affect the teaching of foreign languages. The important purpose of teaching foreign languages is for learners to develop their own language competence to be able to communicate, work with and cul... Read More about UK - Thailand Digital Innovation Grant.

HIKE: Arts-based intervention for children's PSE Mar 1, 2023 - Feb 29, 2024
Early childhood education is foundational for life-time success in many profound ways. During the Covid pandemic, the support of young children’s developmental milestones, normally occurring in nursery settings, was patchy, at best, due to lockdown d... Read More about HIKE: Arts-based intervention for children's PSE.

HIKE: Accessibility in the arts: music education through technology Sep 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2025
The project aims to improve musical education delivery to hard-to-reach communities and enhance the national workforce in this area. The impact ambitions align to the objectives of the university in terms of social justice and sustainability. It will... Read More about HIKE: Accessibility in the arts: music education through technology.

HEIF: Teacher to Researcher: supporting pupils mental health and well-being with a whole-school approach Mar 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024
This is a collaborative project. The project will be user-led, benefitting from existing relationships between two University of Hull academics and two Academy Trusts, with the relationships centred on partnership and knowledge exchange. There is a m... Read More about HEIF: Teacher to Researcher: supporting pupils mental health and well-being with a whole-school approach.