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The Open University recognised as a University of Sanctuary

The Open University (OU) has been awarded the status of University of Sanctuary, an accreditation to highlight efforts in supporting forced migrants in accessing education, creating a spirit of inclusivity, teaching themes of migration and sanctuary, and in improving a culture of sanctuary in higher education. In becoming a University of Sanctuary, the OU joins […]

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The Open University is to host screening event for a powerful new film about art and activism in Ireland

The Open University is to host screening event for a powerful new film about art and activism in Ireland

The Open University (OU) is hosting a special online screening and panel discussion on 20th June to celebrate the release of a new documentary film ‘Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland.’ The film, made in collaboration with the 2021 Turner Prize winners the Array Collective and the charity Alliance for Choice, explores the […]

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OU academics to feature on the BBC’s Morning Live programme

OU academics to feature on the BBC’s Morning Live programme

Two Open University academics are to feature this week in the BBC’s Morning Live programme on Wednesday and Thursday 19 and 20 June to explore the psychology of climate change and  distracted driving. Dr Trudi Macagnino and Professor Gemma Briggs are the OU consultants involved in two short informative films due to air during the […]

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The Open University to host AI in Education Conference

The Open University (OU) is set to host the annual AI in Education conference at its Milton Keynes campus on Monday, 24 June. The event will bring together leading experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to discuss the current challenges in education and explore how AI can drive positive changes in the sector. […]

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Black students scholarship opens doors to new opportunities

Classically trained dancer Sharon Henry is looking forward to a new career and an exciting future thanks to The Open University (OU) Black Students’ Support Fund. The scholarship is funded by the generosity of donors and to date 97 Black students have had their lives changed because of the free-study opportunity. The fund sits at […]

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A million digital ‘tourists’ descend on ancient Pompeii

A million digital ‘tourists’ descend on ancient Pompeii

A digital team at The Open University are celebrating after learning their interactive online tour of Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius erupted has notched up more than a million online clicks. Designers within the OU’s Broadcast and Partnerships team were delighted when they learned of the interactive figures, just a month after the airing of the […]

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New OU / BBC series of Scam Interceptors returns to screens

New OU / BBC series of Scam Interceptors returns to screens

From Monday 10 June, a new ten-part OU/BBC series of Scam Interceptors starts on BBC One daytime and will run daily on weekdays at 10:45am. The new series will also be available on BBC iPlayer. In this season, presenters Rav Wilding, Nick Stapleton and the team return to hunt down the scammers plaguing the lives […]

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Actor and former OU student’s role in bringing to life the D-Day landings

Actor and former OU student’s role in bringing to life the D-Day landings

Actor and former Open University student Joshua Leese is reflecting on D-Day with a strong emotional appreciation of what the service personnel involved went through. Joshua, 31, who comes from Bedford, plays a central role in the BBC’s D-Day: The Unheard Tapes, a three-part Open University/BBC co-production documentary TV series to commemorate the 80th anniversary of […]

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A new season of Rare Earth begins on BBC Radio 4

A new season of Rare Earth begins on BBC Radio 4

Today, Friday 7 June, the OU/BBC co-produced radio series Rare Earth returns for a second season, presented by environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski. The new season begins on BBC Radio 4 at midday and listeners can continue to tune in weekly on Fridays at 12pm. The series will also be available on […]

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New TV documentary brings to life D-Day landings thanks to rare and previously unheard interviews

New TV documentary brings to life D-Day landings thanks to rare and previously unheard interviews

A new Open University/BBC co-production of a documentary TV series to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in northern France – D-Day: The Unheard Tapes – is about to begin. From 9pm on Sunday 2 June, BBC Two airs the three-part programme about the historic event on 6 June 1944 when 156,000 Allied […]

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