Dr Susan Pawley is the Level One Lead for Mathematics and Statistics, Deputy Director of Teaching, Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor. She joined the Open University as an Associate Lecturer in 2005 and working on many Level One and Applied Mathematics modules, in 2014 she became a Staff Tutor. She has a BSc in Mathematics and Engineering and a PhD in Theoretical Mechanics from Nottingham University.
Susan's research interests focus on student support. Recent projects include:
Susan is co-chair of MST124 Essential Mathematics 1 and is a member of the MST224 Mathematical Methods and the MST210 Mathematical methods, models and modelling module teams.
The effect of scheduling on attendance at synchronous online support tutorials in mathematics (2022)
Pawley, Susan
MSOR Connections, 20(2) (pp. 69-81)
Bridging the study gap: Provision of support for mathematics students during breaks in study (2018)
Pawley, Susan and Hughes, Chris
New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 13(1)