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    1st August 2013

    Martin Bean (OU Vice Chancellor) and Marianne Cantieri (OUSA President)

    New Student Charter website now live

    The Student Charter, which has been developed jointly by University staff and the OU Students Association, was launched by the Vice Chancellor on 23 April 2013, the 44th anniversary of the granting of the University's Charter. The Student Charter sets out how the members of the OU community – both staff and students – should work together so everyone can...

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    29th July 2013

    Examining the ‘Throat of Fire’

    This summer we can follow a blog of an OU Geosciences graduate as he joins a volcanic observation centre in Ecuador. David Litchfield’s participation in the mission to monitor Mama Tungurahua, a 5023 metres high volcano, is secured with an OU bursary, but is far from being a risk-free adventure. Since he joined the centre, the volcano exploded, sending shockwaves...

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    25th July 2013

    Moral dilemmas in a pub and on air

    Matthew Sweet returns to BBC Radio 4 with 'The Philosopher's Arms', a very special pub where moral dilemmas, philosophical ideas and the real world meet for a chat and a drink. More In another OU-BBC collaboration Matthew discovers how our lives connect to some of the trickiest philosophical problems ever conceived. Free will, exploitation, sex, sexism, blame and...

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Martin Bean (OU Vice Chancellor) and Marianne Cantieri (OUSA President)

New Student Charter website now live

The Student Charter, which has been developed jointly by University staff and the OU Students Association, was launched by the Vice Chancellor on 23 April 2013, the 44th...

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iTunes U: explaining the maths around you

There's a wealth of freely available OU maths content out there. From running a railway to getting your bearings in the hills, explore the variety of maths on the OU's iTunes U service,...

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‘Feedback on feedback’ makes language learning more successful

An award winning article by two OU academics presents a method which encourages foreign language students to engage in a constructive dialogue with their tutors. The method looks at students’...

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