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Dr Susan Pawley

Profile summary

  • Regional Academic Staff
  • Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Mathematics and Statistics, Deputy Academic Lead, Scholarship and Director of eSTEeM
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • School of Mathematics & Statistics
  • susan.pawley

Professional biography

Dr Susan Pawley is the Deputy Academic Lead for Scholarship, and Director of eSTEeM, the STEM centre of scholarship and innovation, she is also a Senior Lecturer and  Staff Tutor.  She joined the Open University as an Associate Lecturer in 2005 and working on many Level One and Applied Mathematics modules, in 2014 she became a Staff Tutor.  She has a BSc in Mathematics and Engineering and a PhD in Theoretical Mechanics from Nottingham University.

Research interests

Susan's research interests focus on student support.  Recent projects include:

  • Supporting students with maths anxiety within the STEM Faculty at The Open University.
  • Maximising online tutorial attendence at mathematics tutorials.
  • Supporting students with prparing for remote exams.
  • Supporting the student's learning journey throught the transition of mathematics and statistics from level 1 to level 2 and from level 2 to level 3. 
  • Supporting students preparing for OU study in mathematics with an online study site. 

Teaching interests

Susan is a module team member of MST124 Essential Mathematics 1 having previously been chair for a number of years.

Publications

The new normal: What does maths and stats support and teaching look like post pandemic? (2024)
Pawley, Susan and Neate, Andrew
MSOR Connections, 22(1) (pp. 69-75)

How important is community to mathematics and statistics distance learners? (2024)
Brown, Cath and Pawley, Susan
MSOR Connections, 23(1) (pp. 45-59)

The effect of scheduling on attendance at synchronous online support tutorials in mathematics (2022)
Pawley, Susan
MSOR Connections, 20(2) (pp. 69-81)

Bridging the study gap: Provision of support for mathematics students during breaks in study (2018)
Pawley, Susan and Hughes, Chris
New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 13(1)

Self-similar behaviour in the coagulation equations (1999-08)
Davies, S.C.; King, J. R. and Wattis, J. A. D.
Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 36 (pp. 57-88)

The Smoluchowski coagulation equations with continuous injection (1999)
Davies, Susan; King, John R. and Wattis, Jonathan A. D.
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 32(44) (pp. 7745-7763)

Providing asynchronous online rapid assessment-related support (2024-06)
Pawley, Susan; Thomas, Claudi and Brown, Cath
In: Ubachs, George and Meuleman, Stefan eds. The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities (pp. 31-33)
Publisher : European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)

Supporting Scholarship in STEM: Creating Impact for Practitioners and the University (2024-07-08)
Pawley, Susan; Chang, Daphne and Ford, Diane
In : ESLTIS24: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Conference (8-9 Jul 2024, University of St Andrews, UK)

Supporting scholarship in stem: developing and supporting an engaged, dynamic community of scholars (2023-03-06)
Pawley, Susan; Jones, Mark H. and Ford, Diane
In : 17th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (6-8 Mar 2023, Valencia, Spain)

Recognising and addressing maths anxiety within mature STEM students at a distance learning university (2022-11-07)
Pawley, Susan and Organ, Sally
In : 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (7-9 Nov 2022, Seville, Spain) (p 1954)

Accessing the hive mind: Creating a repository of interactive activities for use in online teaching (2019-02-06)
Pawley, Susan
In : Higher Education Academy: STEM Conference (30-31 Jan 2019, Birmingham, UK)

Bridging the study gap: Provision of support for Mathematics students during breaks in study (2018-02-12)
Pawley, Susan
In : Higher Education Academy: STEM Conference (31 Jan - 01 Feb 2018, Newcastle, UK)