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OU development expert chosen for G20 'ideas bank' on health and COVID-19
6 April 2021Open University economist and development expert Professor Smita Srinivas is appointed to a key taskforce which will shape global policy and strategies on health and pandemic response.
Book on urban water makes a splash
6 April 2021In the wake of World Water Day, Open University Professor Sophie Watson reflects on the unforeseen success of her book exploring how water brings people together.
Women who #ChooseToChallenge social injustice
7 March 2021The Open University is marking International Women’s Day with a social media campaign to ‘cut through the global chatter’ and focus attention on a very special group of women.
School closed, no internet: finding ways to keep children learning in the most remote places
5 March 2021Open University International Development academics report on a successful trial to deliver education in a COVID-safe way to areas without internet, TV or radio.
Giving voice to marginalised members of Africa’s LBGTQ+ community
10 February 2021An alternative to traditional research has given voice to marginalised members of Africa’s LBGTQ+ community– not through the written word, but through the eye.
Former International Development Secretary launches Open University BME researchers' seminar series
10 February 2021The BME Researchers Group discusses research and scholarship around race, ethnicity, coloniality and decolonisation.
Online and Distance Education graduate wins house for teaching leadership
10 February 2021Graduate of the OU's MAODE (Masters in Online and Distance Education) programme, Ayodele Odeogbola, has been awarded a house in the region he lives in, in Nigeria.
Could pandemic prompt a ‘new partnership’ for global health care?
19 January 2021Research by Open University social policy academics is at the forefront of an campaign to improve conditions for migrant health workers globally.
Voluntary male medical circumcision: ‘It’s never just a snip’
7 December 2020Anthropologist and historian Dr Mark Lamont considers the surgical campaign against HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Prize for paper on informal multicultural spaces
4 December 2020A journal paper co-authored by IDII Director Professor Giles Mohan wins a prize for Innovation and Excellence.
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