The President and Principal’s Fund for Educational Excellence was established to encourage a culture of educational innovation and exploration at Queen Mary.
The Fund was established to encourage a culture of educational innovation and exploration at Queen Mary and will award £120k each year to support a small number of impactful projects.
In the second year of the Fund, funding was awarded to projects in one of the following priority areas:
Creating an open, co-created and co-guided toolkit to support staff integration of AI literacy and skills into the curricula - Lilian Schofield (School of Business and Management - HSS), Xue Zhou (School of Business and Management - HSS), Daniela Tavasci (School of Economics and Finance - HSS), Lesley Howell (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences - S&E), Aisha Abuelmaatti (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - S&E) and Cassandra Lewis (Institute of Dentistry - FMD)
Making Diversity Count, Fixing the Leaky Pipeline - Giorgio Chianello (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences - S&E) and Tippu Sheriff (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences - S&E)
Critical hope: co-creating learning resources for a changing world - Catherine Nash (School of Geography - HSS) and Heather McMullen (Wolfson Institute of Population Health - FMD)
Empowering Neurodivergent Voices: Co-creation or Peer Support Strategies in Education - Ruth Rose (School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences - S&E), Lesley Howell (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences - S&E), Sally Faulkner (School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences - S&E) and Mark Hudson (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences - S&E)
Future Ready: Integrating Artificial Intelligence, Interdisciplinary Practices, and Entrepreneurial skills for Enhanced Student Employability - Aisha Abuelmaatti (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - S&E), Jo Elliott (Medicine and Dentistry - FMD), Karen Watton (School of Law - HSS), Leon Vinokur (School of Economics and Finance - HSS), Paraskevi Argriou (School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences - S&E), Pedro Elston (Institute of Health Sciences Education - FMD), Veronica Veleanu (School of Economics and Finance - HSS), Weronika Fernando (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film - HSS) and Xue Zhou (School of Business and Management - HSS)
SustainAbility in the curriculum: Developing Queen Mary's virtual greenspace for sustainability awareness - Sayed Elhoushy (School of Business and Management - HSS), Ishani Chandrasekara (School of Business and Management - HSS), Nurul Ahmed (Careers and Enterprise - PS), Paul Clatworthy (Careers and Enterprise - PS), Sally Faulkner (School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences - S&E), Patrick Healey (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - S&E), Anna Moore (Wolfson Institute of Population Health - FMD), Jonathan Otter (Queen Mary Student Union - PS), Jovani Palnoni (Queen Mary Student Union - PS), Rehan Shah (School of Engineering and Materials Science - S&E), Jenna-Marie Smallwood (Estates - PS), Zoe Sturgess (Queen Mary Student Union - PS), Chris Sutton (School of Mathematical Sciences - S&E), Sara Tomé (Estates - PS), Louise Younie (Institute of Health Sciences Education - FMD) and Alison Blunt (School of Geography - HSS)
Enhancing Data Science Education through Competitive-Based Learning and AI-Driven Assessment - Pengfei Fan (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - S&E), Jesus Carrion (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences - S&E), Nikesh Bajaj (School of Physical and Chemical Sciences - S&E), Jordan Smith (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - S&E), Ebru Burcu (S&E), Gloria Molinero (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - S&E) and Reza Moosaei (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science - S&E)
EduMark AI: AI-Driven Grading and Personalised Student Feedback to Save Educator Time - Deepshikha Deepshikha (School of Engineering and Materials Science - S&E), Conrad Bessant (School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences - S&E), Darryn Mitussis (School of Business and Management - HSS), Li Wang (School of Engineering and Materials Science - S&E), Xinru Deng (School of Engineering and Materials Science - S&E), Giuseppe Viola (School of Engineering and Materials Science - S&E) and Mouna Chetehouna (School of Engineering and Materials Science - S&E)