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“Sport was always a part of me – it was in my DNA”
As The Open University continues to celebrate Black History Month, Darren Harris, blind Paralympian, footballer, public speaker and honorary OU graduate with a post-doctorate diploma in psychology, shares his inspirational story. A rare eye disease diagnosed after his first birthday would eventually take Darren Harris’ vision, leaving him completely blind by the time he reached […]
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Campaign to recognise the UK’s #changemakers
The Open University has launched a social media campaign in partnership with UK Parliament Week to highlight “changemakers” past, present or predicted in society. The OU’s student-focused POLIS Open Politics team and UK Parliament Week have partnered to launch the Changemakers project from 12 October until 30 November. The aim is to think about people […]
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Book Chat – OU partners with Macmillan Children’s Books to extend its Reading for Pleasure work to families
The Open University has launched Book Chat: Reading with your Child, a resource which comprises three short films and support materials to help parents, families and carers read books conversationally and creatively to children. Working with Macmillan Children’s Books, the films use a selection of their picture books and a poetry collection to support families […]
Coronavirus ‘excess deaths’: why England and Wales have been hardest hit in Europe – new study
Kevin McConway, Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics at The Open University, speaks on the numbers behind the global pandemic and explains why England and Wales have experienced ‘high excess deaths’ in comparison to other countries. To get through the COVID-19 pandemic, we need good information. One hugely important statistic is how many people have died […]
OU pays tribute to pioneering historian of crime and policing
Staff and colleagues around The Open University (OU) have been paying tribute to Emeritus Professor Clive Emsley, a founding member of the History Department at The Open University and one of the world’s foremost exponents of criminal justice history, who has died this month aged 76. Among his accolades Clive provided the first scholarly history […]
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Taxing financial winners from coronavirus to pay for the crisis – lessons from WW1
Janette Rutherford, Emeritus Professor of Finance and Financial History at The Open University, reflects on similarities made between the current UK Government’s actions during the current COVID-19 pandemic and those made by the Government at the time of the first world war. The enormous impact of COVID-19 on the world has drawn comparisons with the […]
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National roll out for successful OU and Jobcentre Plus scheme to upskill jobseekers
An initiative between The Open University (OU), the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and Jobcentre Plus (JCP) to tackle the common skills gaps among jobseekers is to be rolled out nationally following a successful pilot programme. Thanks to the pilots success the DWP have appointed the OU as a National Partner with a focus […]
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OU director awarded OBE for services to education and the arts
The Open University’s Director in Ireland, John D’Arcy, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours for his services to Education and the Arts. John has been The Open University’s National Director for Ireland since 2010, running its Belfast and Dublin offices. He is also a member of the University’s Council and […]
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NASA mission to asteroid Bennu set to return with new space rock samples
Space rocks returning from near-Earth asteroid Bennu on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will bring never-before-seen samples back to Earth. Open University (OU) researcher Dr Ben Rozitis, a collaborator on the OSIRIS-REx mission, asserts that the mission, if successful, will return with a large collection of space rocks not currently represented in existing collections on Earth. Launched […]
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OU’s partnership with Uber wins international education award
The Open University (OU) has won Public/Private Partnership of the year at the 2020 PIEoneer awards in recognition of its successful partnership with Uber. The winners were announced in a virtual awards ceremony on Friday 2 October and the OU was up against some very strong competition in its category. Accepting the award, Simon Tindall, […]
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