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Budget 2021: experts react
Rishi Sunak has unveiled his second budget as UK chancellor a year into the coronavirus pandemic and during the worst economic collapse in centuries. Our panel of experts offer their views on what he has announced. Edited version of the article to focus on the contribution from Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal […]
Wellbeing advice from one student to another
As we mark University Mental Health Day, it’s important that we all look after our wellbeing. OU graduate Liz Burnett champions mental health awareness in her blog and her cake business, following her own experience of a breakdown in 2014. Here, she shares some invaluable advice, to fellow students… Whether you deferred this academic year, […]
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OU academic’s research into extent and nature of dog theft in the UK
Dog theft has featured heavily in the media recently, with victims sharing the distress of having a much loved pet stolen. It’s an issue that hit the headlines last week when singer Lady Gaga had two French bulldogs stolen, with her dog walker actually shot during the robbery in Los Angeles. DogLost, a UK charity […]
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Women in Research: Making a Difference to the Wider World webinar
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March around the world, every year and is now in its 110th year. Events and activities are held worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements and rally for equality. As an institution with founding principles built on social justice, The Open University’s research portfolio has […]
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Next generation “will focus on social issues, amid online learning boom”
Global learning platform FutureLearn, part-owned by The Open University, has published an in-depth study on the future of learning. The report encompasses the UK, USA and Australia, including 15 industry expert insights and YouGov data, into the Future of Learning and how COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the learning landscape. Four core themes highlighted in the […]
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“The OU’s flexibility helped me achieve my career dreams”
OU graduate Antonio Grasso always dreamed of turning his passion for video games and love of learning into a career. He’s now working for PlayStation, has a BAFTA nomination under his belt and says he still uses the skills he learned during his Business Studies degree every day. As Technology Partner Manager for Sony Interactive […]
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Furlough scheme: UK has to extend it, but there are serious risks
Dr Alan Shipman, senior lecturer in economics at The Open University, writes about the risk surrounding another extension of the UK furlough scheme. Finance ministers usually rejoice when businesses and employees alike both plead for a signature scheme to be extended. But for UK chancellor Rishi Sunak, demands to continue the country’s Coronavirus Job Retention […]
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Red kites and ravens swooped through Elizabethan London – and helped keep the city clean
Dr Lee Raye, associate lecturer in arts and humanities, at The Open University, has written a piece which is based on their new report on wild creatures which inhabit London, focusing on red kites and ravens. We sometimes think of cities as concrete deserts inhabited only by humans, pigeons and rats. But that has never […]
Can the laws of physics disprove God?
Monica Grady, professor of planetary and space sciences at The Open University, discusses how the laws of physics might disprove God, as part of The Conversation’s ‘Life’s Big Questions’ series. I still believed in God (I am now an atheist) when I heard the following question at a seminar, first posed by Einstein, and was […]
Why the World Rugby guidelines banning trans athletes from the women’s game are reasonable
Looking at aspects of safety, fairness and inclusivity, senior lecturer in philosophy Dr Jon Pike at The Open University discusses World Rugby’s guidelines on participation in the women’s game published in 2020. In 2020, World Rugby undertook a painstaking policy process to address the issue of transwomen in rugby. This led to guidelines that exclude […]
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