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Thirteen brain-health ‘hacks’ to increase happiness

Thirteen brain-health ‘hacks’ to increase happiness

An Open University academic has provided 13 brain-health hacks to help us improve our happiness and has revealed all in a short film from a series of specials produced in partnership with the BBC for the This Morning Live show on BBC One. Dr Sinead Eccles is a Staff Tutor in Psychology at the OU […]

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New OU/BBC documentary looks back at the career of Linford Christie

New OU/BBC documentary looks back at the career of Linford Christie

A new OU/BBC documentary ‘Linford’ looks back at the extraordinary career of one of Britain’s most successful athletes, Linford Christie. Airing on 25th July at 8.30pm on BBC One and iPlayer, ‘Linford’ delves into the life of the man who was once the most feted athlete in Britain until his career closed with a scandal […]

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Changing your mind and the relevance of ‘confirmation bias’

Changing your mind and the relevance of ‘confirmation bias’

An Open University academic is behind a short film on the BBC’s Morning Live programme that featured a fascinating experiment before the General Election on ‘changing your mind’. Dr Jim Turner, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the OU, is one of a team of OU academics who has inspired one of six short films […]

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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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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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Wildlife lovers’ favourite, Springwatch, returns with a new season

Wildlife lovers’ favourite, Springwatch, returns with a new season

Join us for the return of Springwatch, a series co-produced by the BBC and The Open University (OU) celebrating a season full of new life and hope. This year, the series returns to BBC Two from Monday 27th May for three weeks of live programmes. Hosts Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan, and lolo Williams return to […]

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