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OU/BBC series ‘The Secret Genius of Modern Life’ returns
A captivating second series of the OU/BBC series The Secret Genius of Modern Life is returning to TV screens on BBC Two at 8pm on Wednesday 8 November. Series two of The Secret Genius of Modern Life follows Hannah Fry, mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter, as she uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous […]
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El Niño may be drying out the southern hemisphere – here’s how that affects the whole planet
Kevin Collins is a Senior Lecturer in Environment & Systems at The Open University. Here he gives his academic opinion on what effect the drying of the southern hemisphere will have the rest of the planet.It is a well-known fact that water is the key to life on Earth. But it is less well known […]
OU scientist to help define the science strategy for the next Japanese Mars mission
Juan Alday, a scientist in the Atmospheric Research and Surface Exploration research group at The Open University (OU), has been appointed by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a member of the Science Strategy Team for Mars Science of JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration mission (MMX). The MMX mission will launch in September 2024 and is […]
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Professor Sally Jordan awarded 2023 Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize
Professor Sally Jordan from The Open University (OU) has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize for her contribution to physics education, often as ‘a genuine unsung hero who works selflessly for others’. The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the professional body and learned society for physics, and the […]
OU Virtual Internship Project wins Student Engagement Award
The Open University’s ‘Virtual Internships for Underrepresented Students – exploring opportunities for student co-creation and partnership’ project has won the sparqs (Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland) Student Engagement Award in the ‘Diverse Voices’ category. For the past two years, this pioneering scheme has been offering unique opportunities for flexible, paid work experiences for Open University (OU) […]
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OU academic uncovers evidence that objects in James Webb Space Telescope’s mirrors are closer than they appear
Stephen Serjeant, Professor of Astronomy at The Open University (OU), and Dr Tom Bakx from Chalmers University in Sweden, have released a study today (3 October) in Nature Astronomy providing evidence that galaxies found by the James Webb Telescope (JWST) are closer than they seem. JWST has been finding galaxies much further away than has […]
Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research
David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University: Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within that, the metal) of which it […]
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OU’s OpenSTEM Labs celebrates its 10-year anniversary
The Open University’s (OU) world-leading online laboratory has celebrated its tenth anniversary, marking a decade of connecting students to authentic practical experiences and remotely operated equipment no matter what their location. The OpenSTEM Labs challenge the traditional methods of STEM teaching and the need to be in a lab during ‘office hours’ by offering learning […]
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OU academic publishes research confirming the continued shrinking of Mercury
A study led by an Open University (OU) research student, Benjamin Man, has been published today in Nature Geoscience, providing strong evidence that Mercury is continuing to shrink. It is widely confirmed that Mercury began to contract at least 3 billion years ago, and the rate of contraction has likely been decreasing since then. In […]
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OU joins the Turing University Network focussing on data science and AI
The Open University (OU) has joined a growing list of universities in The Alan Turing Institute’s network. The Turing University Network offers UK universities, with an interest in data science and AI, the opportunity to engage and collaborate both with the Institute and its broader networks in academia, industry and the public sector. It will […]
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