Awards/Praise

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Congratulations to Dr Shuang Ao on successfully defending her PhD

Shuang Ao, Advaith Siddharthan and Stefan Rueger

KMi is thrilled to announce that Shuang Ao has successfully defended her PhD on 22 October 2024. Her thesis, titled “Building Trustworthy AI: Uncertainty Quantification and Failure Detection in Large Vision-Language Models,” addresses key challenges in making AI systems more reliable and trustworthy. Shuang’s research introduces new tools that help improve how well AI systems…

KMi’s OUAnalyse team honoured with the 2024 STEM Recognising Excellence Award for Groundbreaking Educational Innovations

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We are thrilled to announce that a team of researchers, technology developers, pedagogical experts and tutors from KMi and The Open University have been awarded the prestigious 2024 STEM Recognising Excellence Award for their groundbreaking contributions to education. Their work, particularly the development and successful implementation of the Early Alert Indicators Dashboard (OUAnalyse), has transformed…

Transforming Ideas into Impact: KMi tops £50M!

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KMi was founded in 1995, making this its 30th year. This year is particularly significant, not only because of the upcoming milestone anniversary but also because the external funding secured by KMi researchers since its inception has surpassed £50 million! This achievement, especially impressive in today’s highly competitive funding environment, reflects our commitment to advancing…

KMi’s Prof.Advaith Siddharthan received £922,000 grant to revolutionize science education with haptic touch experiences

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Prof. Advaith Siddharthan’s project, ‘Feeling the Untouchable: Haptic touch experiences for naturalistic learning,’ has secured a £922,000 grant to enhance sensory learning through touch. Collaborating with Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh, the project aims to revolutionize science education by integrating tactile experiences, making abstract concepts like electromagnetic forces more tangible for students….

Celebrating Research, Innovation, and Societal Impact at The Open University

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The Open University recently hosted its prestigious Research Excellence Awards ceremony at Unity Place in Central Milton Keynes, with over 250 attendees gathered to celebrate the remarkable research being conducted across the university. This year’s event, themed Shaping the Future, not only highlighted the excellence of OU’s research but also showcased the societal impact of…

Celebrating Excellence: Prof. Fernandez’s Impactful Leadership in PG Research Supervision

Miriam and a team of KMi members at the award ceremony

KMi is thrilled to announce that one of our esteemed academics, Prof. Miriam Fernandez, has been honored with the STEM Research Excellence Award for her outstanding contributions to postgraduate research supervision at The Open University. This recognition is a testament to her unwavering dedication, innovative support strategies, and steadfast commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion…

Fieldcast team wins prestigious award

The Fieldcast team have created an authentic, inclusive and engaging method for teaching fieldwork for the environmental sciences.

The Fieldcast team, in which KMi’s Trevor Collins and Ben Hawkridge participate, won the Advance HE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) for their innovative use of Open University’s OpenSTEM Labs to enhance fieldwork learning for distance-learning students. Their efforts have significantly improved student engagement and influenced fieldwork education in the UK. The team’s collaborative…

KMi’s AI Module Writing Assistant shortlisted for best paper award

KMi’s Senior Research Fellow Alexander Mikroyannidis has presented a paper at the 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT). This flagship educational technology conference is organised annually by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Technical Community on Learning Technology. ICALT brings together people who are working on the design, development, use, and evaluation of…

New EDI Learning Analytics Dashboard Paves the Way for Greater Inclusivity in Higher Education

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In a groundbreaking study published in the prestigious British Journal of Educational Technologies, KMi researchers have introduced a cutting-edge Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Learning Analytics (LA) dashboard designed to tackle awarding gaps in higher education. This innovative tool, co-created with diverse educational stakeholders, aims to transform how institutions across the UK, including the Open…