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19th June 2013

Putting your favourite tree on the map

A citizen science project aiming to map every tree in Britain has been launched by the Open University. It will allow anybody with interest in trees to use an app to record simple measurements and some basic information about trees in their local area. The project is called Treezilla.org or 'the monster map of trees'. Treezilla forms a database representing Britain’s tree legacy and future...

17th June 2013

OU on the BBC: Airport Live

A new OU/BBC co-production is on TV this week. Airport Live is a live series revealing the untold story of how Heathrow Airport is run. It is one of BBC2’s most ambitious live broadcasts. Dan Snow, Dallas Campbell, Anita Rani and Kate Humble go airside at Heathrow, the world’s busiest international hub airport. More than 200,000 passengers travel through...

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17th June 2013

¡Hola! Allô! Hello! Three languages are better than one

OU Languages graduate beats the dole queue and excels at work thanks to her new language skills. A brilliant piece of planning - or a fairy tale? Donna James has progressed in her career thanks to her languages degree from the OU and now works with international clients. People with mixed background may take multilingualism for granted, but for Donna it is a dream come true. It also helped her to...