The Open University has been awarded £139,539 in research funding to lead a transformative project which seeks to revolutionise the treatment of sarcomas — a rare and challenging group of cancers — through a novel light-activated approach.

Giving marginalised young people access to a youth-led, innovative and flexible education programme delivered by frontline youth workers in their local areas can change lives and lay the groundwork for long-term, peaceful change.

The Open University has been awarded over £129,000 in funding to support a pioneering research project aimed at transforming how seawall policies are developed and implemented in response to climate-driven sea level rise.

The Open University has secured an estimated further £500,000 in funding to continue its work as the delivery partner for learning within the prestigious FCDO UK AID Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme.