Dr Jane Essex
Reader
Education
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Prize And Awards
- STEM Inspiration Award
- Recipient
- 20/5/2022
- Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2022
- Recipient
- 14/2/2022
- Winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry: Inclusion and Diversity Award
- Recipient
- 7/5/2019
- RSC committee Innovation award
- Recipient
- 30/10/2018
- Winner of the Herald Global Game Changers Award
- Recipient
- 12/9/2018
- Shortlisted for STEMnet ambassador of the year
- Recipient
- 1/11/2016
Qualifications
2001- 2005 Open University Doctorate in Education, Can mentoring raise attainment in Science?
1997-2000 Open University Master of Arts (Education)
1985-1986 Univ. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Post Graduate Certificate in Education
1982-1985 Univ. of London Bachelor of Science (Hons), Toxicology and Pharmacology
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Publications
- Someone like me : a trial of context-responsive science as a mechanism to promote inclusion
- Birnie Ingeborg, Ross Kirsty, Essex Jane
- 14 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.1691
- A rising tide lifts all boats? The model of differentiation as a tool for diversity in science towards social inclusion
- Kieferle Sarah, Devtak Itzok, Essex Jane, Hayes Sarah, Stojanovska Marina, Mamlok-Naaman Rachel, Markic Silvia
- Journal of Chemical Education Vol 101, pp. 789–797 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00550
- What role can ‘public switching’ play in researching public perceptions of controversial issues?
- Dunlop Lynda, Rushton Elizabeth AC, Clayton Sarah, Essex Jane, Stubbs Joshua, Turkenburg-van Diepen Maria
- International Journal of Social Research Methodology (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2024.2303033
- Neurodiverse scientists in the workplace
- Essex Jane
- Nature Reviews Chemistry Vol 7, pp. 821–822 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-023-00554-2
- Embracing materiality as a core element of Arctic pedagogy
- Carsten Conner Laura, Essex Jane, Teal Sullivan Perrin, Catlin Jane
- Education in the North Vol 30 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.26203/vndw-h333
- Casting the net wider, capturing a greater diversity of views
- Essex Jane
- (2023)
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Research Interests
My research interests cluster around science education, specifically the impact of science outreach and inclusive science teaching. Related research areas include the preparation of teachers for inclusive practice.
Professional Activities
- Inclusion in STEM: Challenges and Solutions’
- Speaker
- 14/2/2024
- The 15th Conference of the European Science Education Research association (ESERA)
- Speaker
- 28/8/2023
- Additional Support Needs in Scottish Education: Functional Description or Feature of Failure?
- Speaker
- 23/8/2023
- A Case Study of Co-creation as a Socially Just Epistemology
- Speaker
- 23/8/2023
- Public communication of science and technology
- Speaker
- 11/4/2023
- Practical Approaches to Inclusive Science
- Speaker
- 22/2/2023
Projects
- Rannsachadh Àrainn Eucoir: Am Puffin Bochd (English: Crime Science Investigation: The Poor Puffin)
- Ross, Kirsty (Principal Investigator) Birnie, Inge (Co-investigator) Essex, Jane (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023
- EPSRC IAA: Engineering equity in STEM employment
- Essex, Jane (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Evaluating whether microscale chemistry techniques can enhance the inclusivity of school lab work
- Essex, Jane (Principal Investigator)
- 05-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- Inclusive and Accessible Salters' Institute Chemistry Festival
- Essex, Jane (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
- Diversity in Science towards Social Inclusion
- Essex, Jane (Principal Investigator) Birnie, Inge (Principal Investigator) Ross, Kirsty (Principal Investigator)
- An Erasmus+ project that seeks to explore teaching strategies that could overcome barriers to full involvement of science by school pupils with a range of personal characteristics.
- 01-Jan-2021 - 14-Jan-2023
- Using research to enhance inclusive science teaching
- Essex, Jane (Principal Investigator)
- A 2 hour seminar in whihc reserach evidence was shared and discussed with participating teachers.
- 12-Jan-2020 - 12-Jan-2020