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Katherine Johnson. NASA/Bob Nye

Katherine Johnson: NASA mathematician and much-needed role model

Katherine Johnson, who has died at the age of 101, was an amazing woman. But up until a few years ago, hardly anyone had heard of her or her achievements.

26th February 2020
Girl with special needs

Pupils in UK special schools “treated differently”

Research by an OU academic claims that there are no national progress routes for children with severe or profound intellectual disabilities following the recent withdrawal of standardised assessments.

26th February 2020
Artist’s impression of Mars InSight. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars quakes: The InSight lander shows active faults in the planet's crust

Most space missions investigate the surface or atmosphere of a body. But NASA’s InSight probe, which landed on Mars in November 2018, is different – it is the first mission dedicated to studying the interior structure of the planet and whether it gives rise to “marsquakes”.

25th February 2020
Man loading bin into rubbish truck

OU environmental researcher warns of danger of sleeping in bins

An OU academic is the author of a report released this week (Monday 24 February) which reveals statistics about the number of people who put their lives at risk through sleeping in bins.

20th February 2020
Young people using laptops

Launch of 25 Years of Ed Tech

A book which traces trends over the past 25 years of educational technology by an OU academic and blogger on the future of education comes out this month (February 2020).

20th February 2020
Downing Street

As Rishi Sunak becomes UK chancellor, a history of battles between No 10 and 11 Downing Street

The head that rolled most noisily in Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle was Sajid Javid.

18th February 2020
Arrokoth. Quapan/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Why the most distant object ever visited looks like a snowman – flyby delivers results

Just over a year ago, courtesy of NASA’s New Horizons mission, we were treated to images of 2014MU69, a small object 6.6 billion kilometers from the sun – making it the most distant object to have ever been visited by a spacecraft.

18th February 2020
Students with their thumbs up

OU ranked fifth for research student satisfaction

The OU has been ranked fifth out of 103 higher education institutions for overall postgraduate research student satisfaction in the national survey of research students.

5th February 2020
E sport players

Research into education report highlights ethical challenges around sharing personal data

‘Engaging with data ethics’ and ‘multisensory learning’ are two of the top 10 approaches to learning and teaching in this year’s Innovating Pedagogy report from The Open University.

23rd January 2020
Free Zehra Dogan image

OU academic to speak at the Tate Modern on the role of research in international solidarity

An OU academic is to highlight the role of research in strengthening solidarity between people with different experiences when she speaks at the Tate Modern, London this week (Thursday 23 January 2020).

20th January 2020

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