The formal part of day one of #eSTEeMConf25 is done and it was great! We’re not finished yet though. A quick break and then we have two craft sessions to choose from followed by a pub quiz, what more could you ask for!

Good morning from another gloriously sunny Milton Keynes! We’re starting day two of #eSTEeMConf25 with a choice between virtual yoga or #SoTL speed dating. Yes, we are spoiling you!

Day 2 kicked off in our Wellness Room with Virtual Yoga with Eli. To help stretch us and our day online out and get us ready for a jam packed set of Parallel Sessions, Poster Session, Awards and a certain someone’s Valedictory Lecture too! #eSTEeMConf25 elli.yoga

It’s time to get to your Poster Sessions…voting closes today at 3pm so get those all important votes in after the session or on your lunchbreak! Voting forms are on our eSTEeM & Co website #eSTEeMConf25

We hope you enjoyed the Poster Session today. If you missed the session or didn’t get to all of the poster presentations, we do have pre-recorded presentations on our eSTEeM & Co website. So, get viewing and get your final votes in before 3pm! #eSTEeMConf25

Poster competition time! A tough choice with 6 fantastic presentations but we are pleased to announce this year’s winner is... Poster No. 2 by Louise MacBrayne, Jennie Bellamy, Isabella Henman and Kate Gibson, many congratulations #eSTEeMConf25 👏

Two more prizes! The most engaging and immersive day one session award goes to Parallel Session C - Janette Wallace, Lucy Anderson, Sarah Daniell and Trevor Collins, congratulations 👏#eSTEeMConf25

And finally, the most engaging and immersive day two session award goes to Parallel Session O - Janette Wallace and Zoë Chapman, congratulations 👏#eSTEeMConf25

And the awards keep coming! First Highly Commended prize goes to...David McDade, Phil Hackett and Anthony Johnston’s project bit.ly/3ShMJTT Congratulations all, well-deserved 👏 #eSTEeMConf25

Second Highly Commended prize goes to...Hayley Ryder and Dr Tacey “wish I was smarter" O’Neil 🏳️‍⚧️ for their project bit.ly/3GKHn0U Great work both, many congratulations 👏 #eSTEeMConf25

And to our winners. Firstly, many congratulations to...Fiona Aiken and Chris Hutton for their fabulous and impactful project bit.ly/4lSQz3z 👏#eSTEeMConf25

And our second winners...Fiona Moorman, Gemma Warriner and Becca Whitehead for their important project bit.ly/4jqzJY8 Huge congratulations team, richly deserved School of LHCS, The Open University The Open University: School of Physical Sciences 👏#eSTEeMConf25

And that brings #eSTEeMConf25 to a close. Many thanks to our presenters for delivering such innovative and immersive sessions, you did us proud! Huge thanks to the craft and wellness session facilitators and for everyone who attended. Until next time...

Prof Nicholas Braithwaite closes our #eSTEeMConf25 with his Valedictory Lecture on The #OpenSTEMLabs story from scholarly seeds (innovation) to pedagogic harvest (impact) showcasing livestream real time experiments and encouraging pushing boundaries to engage in STEM Ed #SoTL

Good morning from Aston University and for this year’s Horizons in STEM higher education conference. We are delighted to be celebrating its 10th anniversary, which continues to go from strength to strength. Really looking forward to what the next 2 days will bring #UKSTEMConf25

Looking forward to hearing from Sam Johnson about self-efficacy and learning on online introductory STEM modules #UKSTEMConf25

A great day of networking at our 10th Horizons in STEM HE Conference Aston University #UKSTEMConf25

A great time to connect over a delicious conference dinner at Thinktank Science Museum #UKSTEMConf25

Another great day of talks, posters, and networking at #UKSTEMConf25 Aston University

Thank you to our hosts Aston University and huge congratulations to Joanne Gough and team for organising a fantastic #UKSTEMConf25 Horizons in STEM higher education conference. 2 inspiring and innovative days of STEM SoTL, 10 years and still going strong! We’ll see you next year at Royal Holloway #UKSTEMConf26