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Miss Cath Brown

Profile summary

  • Regional Academic Staff
  • Staff Tutor in Mathematics and Statistics
  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • School of Mathematics & Statistics
  • cath.brown

Professional biography

I obtained my MMath at the University of Cambridge; my main area of interest was non-linear dynamics.

I came to the OU as a student in 2008, and have obtained BSc Molecular Science and BSc Open (focusing on Engineering and History).

In 2020 I became an Associate Lecturer, teaching on mathematics and science modules.  I joined the School of Mathematics and Statistics as a Staff Tutor in 2022. 

I am currently Deputy Director of Teaching.

I am currently a member of Senate, and am the Senate member on Qualifications and Assessment Committee

 

Research interests

I have several interests within the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:-

  • Student community and sense of belonging
  • Tutorial design to offer differentiated support, and to promote student engagement and collaboration
  • Compassionate approaches to assessment

Teaching interests

 I am Chair of MST124 B presentation, and on the module team for MST224 and MST210.

Publications

Positive Digital Practices: supporting positive learner identities and student mental wellbeing in technology-enhanced higher education (2024-02)
Lister, Kate; Riva, Elena; Hartley, Alison; Waterhouse, Philippa; Moller, Naomi; Downes, Leigh; Coughlan, Tim; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; McPherson, Elaine; Macdonald, Ian; Jones-Tinsley, Sophie; Brown, Cath and Tudor, Ruth
Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2024, Article 5(1)

Mathematics and statistics distance learning: more than just online teaching (2021-12)
Hilliam, Rachel; Goldrei, Derek; Arrowsmith, Gaynor; Siddons, Alexander and Brown, Cath
Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 40(4) (pp. 374-391)

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)