Five undergraduate engineering students from Dr Rehan Shah's research group, 'QMULtipliers' showcased their scholarship research projects through poster presentations at the Queen Mary Festival of Education held on Tuesday 9th June 2026 in Queen Mary's Octagon.

The scholarship projects led by Dr Shah and his students included a diverse range of research topics that comprised:

1. 'STEMming the Gap': Empowering students through co-creation and evaluation of inclusive mathematics curricula: with student researchers - Ms. Amelia Stringfellow and Ms. Nilah Holmer (funded by SEMS - CREME Scholarship Research Grant)

2. ‘AI in Academia’: An audit of educational developers’ use of, and attitude towards GenAI in HE and FE: with student researchers - Ms. Maneeha Siddiki and Ms. Leonie Faulkner (funded by SEDA Research Grant) (also in collaboration with the University of Leeds and Hartpury University)

3. ‘SEED-AI’: Designing social enterprise education through AI-enabled student– community partnerships: student researchers - Ms. Sara Hamandi (funded by RAISE Research Grant) (also in collaboration with the UCL) (awarded 3rd Prize for Best Poster from a total of 62 posters presented)

All of the projects were extremely well received by academic colleagues as well educational developers from Queen Mary Academy, with the insightful talks and discussions sparking great potential for future cross-disciplinary collaborations across the university.

Dr Shah was extremely grateful to all his students for their painstaking contributions, stating that "the students with their enthusiasm and commitment emerged as the true highlight" in the promotion and dissemination of the impact of these projects on behalf of SEMS and CREME.