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BBC’s Forensics: The Real CSI shows the specialised work of police and forensic teams investigating a violent crime

BBC’s Forensics: The Real CSI shows the specialised work of police and forensic teams investigating a violent crime

The Open University has once again teamed up with the BBC for another episode of Forensics: The Real CSI that shows the work of police forensic teams investigating a woman’s death. The episode, titled ‘Murder in a Brothel’, airs at 9pm on Sunday, 2 March, on BBC Two and iPlayer, and will be available on […]

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Radio series Rare Earth returns for a new season

Radio series Rare Earth returns for a new season

Tune in weekly from today (Friday 28th February) to listen to the OU/BBC radio series, Rare Earth, return for its fourth season hosted by environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski. Listeners can tune in live on Fridays at 12pm or listen later through BBC Sounds. The new series takes us from the deepest […]

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OU appoints new Executive Dean for Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

OU appoints new Executive Dean for Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

The Open University (OU) is delighted to welcome Professor Michael Fernando who will be taking over as the university’s Executive Dean for Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in April 2025. Professor Fernando joins the OU from his most recent role as Dean of the School of Engineering and Computing at the University […]

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Students offered the opportunity to win a MacBook

Students offered the opportunity to win a MacBook

Students from The Open University and beyond are being given the opportunity from Santander to win one of ten MacBooks to assist in their studies. The computers are available in a prize draw being offered by Santander Universities, a global philanthropic organisation working in the higher education sector. Any UK student aged 18 or over, […]

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Honouring Jennie Lee’s Vision: “Arts for Everyone, Everywhere”

Honouring Jennie Lee’s Vision: “Arts for Everyone, Everywhere”

Culture Secretary, Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, gave the inaugural Jennie Lee lecture– Arts for Everyone – on Thursday 21 February which marked the 60th anniversary of the first ever arts white paper. Below, Professor Josie Fraser, Interim Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, took the moment to reflect on this remarkable women and what she […]

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Ahead of Valentine’s Day criminology expert shares top tips to stay safe when online dating

It is estimated that 11 million people in the UK are dating online and with Valentine’s Day approaching, it could prompt people to try online dating apps hoping to find love. There is, however, a dark side to online dating, and according to a survey by the BBC, 33% of people aged between 18 to […]

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OU academic awarded Accelerator grant from the Wellcome trust

OU academic awarded Accelerator grant from the Wellcome trust

OU academic Dr Jenny Douglas has been selected for a prestigious Accelerator Award from the Wellcome Trust. The grant of £ 153,273 will fund research into improving Black women’s health and wellbeing in the UK. The Wellcome Trust Accelerator Awards support researchers of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK to undertake activities that […]

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OU’s win for ‘Zelensky Story’ at prestigious Broadcast Awards gala event

OU’s win for ‘Zelensky Story’ at prestigious Broadcast Awards gala event

A three-part Open University/BBC documentary about Volodymyr Zelensky – comedian, actor and president – has won the Best Specialist Factual Programme category at the 2025 Broadast Awards. The powerful documentary featured interviews with his close friends, allies, wife Olena Zelenska, and, before the war, Zelensky in his previous entertainer role, interposed with Ukraine’s current reality […]

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The Open University produces an award-winning film that challenges perceptions of youth violence

The Open University produces an award-winning film that challenges perceptions of youth violence

The Open University has developed an award-winning film and a thought-provoking interactive quiz that challenges perceptions about knife crime and youth violence. Available on OpenLearn, which is the OU’s free learning platform, ‘Exploring Youth Violence: What would you do?’ aims to provide a better understanding of the complex lives and situations of young people who […]

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New treasures emerge from Pompeii in an OU/BBC TV programme

New treasures emerge from Pompeii in an OU/BBC TV programme

For the second time Open University academics have been working with programme makers for the BBC on the latest exciting finds in Pompeii: The New Dig, House of Treasures. The broadcast is due to air on Monday 20 January at 9pm on BBC Two and iPlayer. It will show the results of an archaeological excavation […]

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