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Open University students receive top scholarship awards from prestigious Gray’s Inn
Three Open University Law students have been awarded scholarships from the highly regarded Gray’s Inn – one of the four Inns of Court which has the exclusive right to call men and women to the Bar of England and Wales. The prestigious scholarships recognise merit, intellectual ability, advocacy and drive and determination to succeed at […]
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Virtual Degree Ceremonies 2021 – here’s how you can join in
We’ll be celebrating the fantastic achievements of some of our new OU graduates during six virtual degree ceremonies on Friday 22nd October (at 11am, 2pm, 4pm) and Friday 29th October (at 11am, 2pm, 4pm). Here’s how you can get involved with the #OUfamily celebrations during the ceremonies… 1) Watch the ceremonies LIVE All six virtual […]
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A Year to Change the World: Q&A with OU Professor Neil Edwards
The final episode of the three-part series, Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World, airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One. The documentary is co-produced by The Open University and BBC. In this episode Greta looks at how COVID-19 has posed a challenge for tackling the climate crisis. She meets with German Chancellor Angela […]
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BBC/OU co-pro Bad People podcast asks does ‘good cop, bad cop’ interviewing work?
The latest episode of the BBC Sounds podcast Bad People, features an interview with OU academic Dr Zoe Walkington and asks, does the ‘good cop/bad cop’ style of police interviewing ever work? Presented by criminal psychology scientist Dr Julia Shaw and comedian co-host Sofie Hagan, Bad People deconstructs true crime, turning to psychological science to […]
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The Open University joins forces with Avon and Somerset Police in ground-breaking new research project into rape and sexual offences
The Open University (OU) is collaborating with Avon and Somerset Police in a pioneering research project that aims to transform the police response to rape and sexual offences. Project Bluestone combines academic learning with professional practice and brings together leading academics from across the UK to work alongside police officers. Working across five different workstreams, […]
Art competition launched to highlight the plight of the nation’s floodplain meadows
Budding artists of all ages are being asked to take part in a national arts and crafts competition to help raise awareness of the UK’s diminishing floodplain meadows. The OU and the Floodplain Meadows Partnership have launched the competition encouraging people to visit a local floodplain and create a piece of art that represents the […]
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Greta Thunberg: A Year To Change The World
“I don’t want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the science,” says Greta Thunberg in the first episode of a new three-part documentary, co-produced by The Open University (OU) and the BBC. The series, set to air from Monday 12 April 2021 at 9pm on BBC One, follows climate activist […]
OU success at the 2020 Learning on Screen Awards
The Open University has won five awards at this week’s Learning on Screen Awards, which for the past 15 years has showcased the best educational film and television. Three of the OU’s BBC co-productions, David Harewood: Psychosis & Me; BBC Ideas: OU Playlist; and 8 Days: To the Moon and Back celebrated wins, with the latter also […]
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Award success for OU’s Open Justice Centre
The Education for Justice initiative (E4J) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in which The Open University has played a pivotal role, has won the United Nations Secretary-General 2020 Innovation award. The prestigious global award recognises the vital work that E4J does to directly engage children, youth, teachers and academics to […]
Funding award supports OU partnership to protect climate and restore floodplain meadows
The OU’s Floodplain Meadows Partnership has won a substantial grant from Ecover to help restore and protect 50 hectares of floodplain meadows along the banks of the River Thames in Oxfordshire. The team, which includes scientists from the OU and partners; Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust and Long Mead Local Wildlife Site, will work […]
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