All Projects (7)

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.

ASCENTS 1-2-1 Jan 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
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.

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 - Aug 31, 2024
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.