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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)

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

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)