News

Examining refugee justice and asylum

11 September 2017

Two new books on refugee justice and asylum by Dr Victoria Canning, Lecturer in Criminology at The Open University, will launch later this year.

‘Strategies for Survival, Recipes for Resistance’ (edited by Jasmin Caur, Victoria Canning, Anstey Gilley, Elisabeth Kabemba, Amina Rafique and Jennifer Verson) is a collection of photography, poetry, recipes, musical reflection and stories of the fight for refugee justice.

Sanctuary in Sweden: Workshop to discuss support for refugees in Malmö

11 September 2017

A workshop organised by The Open University and funded by the ESRC will address the evolving challenges faced by organisations supporting refugee groups in Malmö, Sweden.

OU contribution to the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration

Image of Dr Avi Boukli and Dr Tendayi Bloom

7 September 2017

Dr Avi Boukli, Lecturer in Criminology and Dr Tendayi Bloom, Lecturer in Politics & International Studies participated in the thematic meetings relating to smuggling and trafficking of persons at the UN in Vienna at the beginning of September. They attended the meetings and gave a spoken intervention on behalf of The Open University, based on research into private sector migration management.

Open University welcomes new commonwealth distance-learning scholarship students from Uganda

Image of Commonwealth scholars from 2016, with OU tutor Jackie Rockliffe-King

27 August 2017

Twelve Ugandan development workers will start studying The Open University’s MSc in Development Management in November this year. The twelve, selected in May from over 100 applicants, will be recipients of Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships which cover fees for the course and also fund face-to-face workshops conducted by Open University tutors in Kampala for each of the six modules making up the course.