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15/03/2013 - 15:04
New OU research challenges ageism in design
With more than 10 million people over the age of 65 in the UK, and with the proportion of people aged 85-plus on the increase, how do we ensure that our homes meet the needs of an ageing population? Professor Sheila Peace, an expert in environmental gerontology at the OU, has been examining these issues and recently published research which calls for more inclusive...
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14/03/2013 - 16:20
OU unpicks the myths of Rogue Traders
Mark Fenton-O'Creevy, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, has been researching and observing the work and behaviour of financial traders since the mid nineties. In his recent article for Thomson Reuters he questions the current perception of traders as simply amoral risk-takers and asks whether the reality is far more complex. A brief trawl of media comment on the...
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06/12/2012 - 10:30
OU graduate has debut collection of short stories published
Carys Bray graduated from the OU with a degree in Literature after three years of study and while raising four children. After winning an award for her work while doing an MA in Creative Writing with Edge Hill University, she went on to win an international fiction prize and her debut collection of short stories has just been published… Carys is no stranger to...
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9th May 2013
Mooting success
OU law students have won two prestigious mooting awards: the ICLR (The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales) National Mooting Tournament, and, the 2013 Welsh National Mooting competition. A moot is designed to resemble a case heard before a judge in court and was originally a teaching tool for apprentice barristers in the Inns of Court. The moot...
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8th May 2013
The fantastic Mr Feynman
A fascinating documentary, produced by the BBC and OU, focussing on one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th century will be screened at 9.30pm on Sunday 12 May on BBC2. Richard Feynman helped design the atomic bomb, solved the mystery of the Challenger Shuttle catastrophe and won a Nobel Prize. Now, 25 years after his death – in his...
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7th May 2013
Hay Festival 23 May - 2 June 2013
Bill Clinton described Hay as 'the Woodstock of the mind'. The OU is delighted to be working in association with the Hay festival again this year with three events being held during the programme on Saturday 25th May: Jeremy Bowen talks to Tom Fletcher The Arab uprisings: the people want the fall of the regime The middle east correspondent analyses the state of the region...
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Alumnus scoops prestigious business award
Chris Lima, Managing Director of Simon Hegele Logistics, has won the Institute of Directors regional Chairman’s Award for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility....
Imagine how useful if would be to write on web pages…
OU Annotate is a bespoke tool that allows you to make annotations on web pages. You can highlight text, scribble a comment in the margin, attach a sticker or bookmark a...
Using education to fight the new global epidemic
The Open University's International Development Office and Science Faculty are working with the charity C3 Collaborating for Health to fight the global epidemic of NCDs...
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