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OU’s Professor Teresa Cremin awarded CBE for ‘services to education’
Professor Teresa Cremin, Co-Director of The Open University’s Literacy and Social Justice Centre, has been awarded a CBE for ‘services to education’ in the New Year Honours list announced by the King. Professor Cremin initiated the OU’s highly successful ‘Reading for Pleasure’ Research and Practice Coalition that works with organisations, schools, policy makers, and many others to impact positively on children’s life chances through reading. The […]
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Watch The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Is There Life Beyond Earth?
Starting on 28 December 2025, a new three-part OU/BBC series, The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures with Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, starts on BBC Four at 19:00 and available for catch up on BBC iPlayer. The 2025 lectures are titled: Is There Life Beyond Earth? Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock begins her search for extraterrestrial life with an exploration of our nearest neighbour, and her favourite […]
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Centre for Protecting Women Online at The Open University responds to Government’s VAWG Strategy
The Centre for Protecting Women Online at The Open University has welcomed the Government’s recognition that online abuse and tech-facilitated violence are central to women and girls’ lived experiences, but warned that the new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy risks treating digital abuse as a peripheral issue. While the Strategy sets out an […]
Scheme to train more nurses wins prestigious prize
A unique partnership between the NHS and The Open University to give people the opportunity to study for a nursing degree while training on the job has scooped a top national award. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and The Open University joined forces in July 2024 to give local people who had always […]
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Mini course about mental health is fastest growing on OU free learning site
Bite-sized learning about mental health in the 21st century is capturing interest at The Open University by becoming one of its most popular free courses in the past year. The OU’s free learning site OpenLearn held an audit of its wealth of short online courses over the past 12 months and found an incredible 13.3 million visits recorded. Topping the list of the most popular free courses launched in […]
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New esports course launched by industry leader EStars in collaboration with The Open University
Leading educational esports company EStars is teaming up with The Open University (OU) to offer online CPD training for teachers, to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the esports sector. Esports is now one of the fastest-growing industries in the world — a multi-billion-dollar sector creating countless career pathways in game design, event production, marketing, […]
New Civic University Agreement to drive skills and innovation in Milton Keynes
A new Civic University Agreement for Milton Keynes, backed by some of the city’s biggest and most innovative organisations, is set to drive skills growth and innovation across Milton Keynes. Led by The Open University, Cranfield University and Milton Keynes College, the agreement seeks to foster deeper collaboration between the signatory organisations for the benefit […]
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The Open University commits to White Ribbon accreditation to end violence against women and girls
To mark White Ribbon Day on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, The Open University has committed to achieving White Ribbon accreditation. White Ribbon is the leading charity in England and Wales engaging men and boys to prevent men’s violence against women and girls. Each year in the UK, 2 million […]
Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future
In this new OU/BBC documentary airing Sunday, 23rd November, at 8pm on BBC Two and iPlayer, comedian Chris McCausland is on a mission to discover the future of technology, and what it might hold for him personally. Chris was born with a degenerative eye condition, where he gradually lost his eyesight, and by his early […]
OU wins International Collaboration of the Year
A project which supported the education of adolescent girls at greatest risk of exclusion in Zimbabwe, won International Collaboration of the Year category in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2025. The awards announced at Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Thursday 13 November 2025, announced the OU-led SAGE programme in Zimbabwe (Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education) […]
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