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OU family past and present celebrate 50 years of The Open University
Over the past fifty years, The Open University has touched millions of lives around the world. To celebrate this, honorary graduates, supporters, students and members of the OU family came together at a special 50th Anniversary dinner hosted by Chancellor Martha Lane Fox. Speaking at the event, Martha Lane-Fox expressed her delight at celebrating this […]
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BBC Radio 4 documentary charts history of the OU
This year The Open University celebrates 50 years of revolutionising access to higher education. Marking this milestone, BBC Radio 4 is exploring the remarkable story of how the UK’s largest university came into existence, the impact it has had since 1969 and why it is continues to be vital to the fabric of society today. […]
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Remove barriers to reduce nursing deficit by 13 per cent, says The Open University
The Open University is calling on higher education institutions (HEIs) and NHS employers to address barriers to the nursing profession that are contributing to the UK’s chronic shortage of nurses. This comes as data secured by The Open University under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000[i], reveals that one in 20 (6%) places available […]
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Jeremy Kyle Show: a psychologist explains the risks in reality TV and how aftercare should be done
John Oats, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at The Open University writes for The Conversation about the psychological risks of reality television, following the news that The Jeremy Kyle Show has been taken off air. The psychological impacts of participating in broadcast productions can be much greater than broadcasters and producers may realise. This was […]
BBC launch biggest ever citizen science project using the OU’s nQuire site
With BBC Two’s Springwatch returning to screens at the end of May, viewers will be invited to join in the series biggest ever citizen science project – Gardenwatch. Designed in conjunction with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), the Gardenwatch survey will sit on The Open University’s nQuire site. Academic Lead on the project, Professor […]
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Future business stars rewarded by OU
The winning businesses in this year’s Open University Student Entrepreneurship Competition range from a social enterprise focussed on helping former military personnel transition back to civilian life and work, to a web platform which helps nervous drivers cope with stressors. Now in its fifth year, the competition attracted the interest of over 100 students, spread […]
Looking Both Ways – spotlight on ageing and bisexuality
As we mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 May, Dr Rebecca Jones, Senior Lecturer in Health at The Open University discusses ageing and bisexuality as part of the Looking Both Ways research project, which she led alongside Professor Kathryn Almack (now at the University of Hertfordshire) and Dr Rachael Scicluna, a […]
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OU/ BBC co-production Psychosis and Me airs tonight
At 23 years-old, actor, David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned. As he puts it, he ‘lost his mind’. David Harewood: Psychosis and Me, co-produced by the BBC and The Open University’s Broadcast and Partnerships team airs on Thursday 16 May at 9pm on BBC Two. The one-off programme tells David’s full story – piecing […]
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How to write a novel – four fiction writers on Danielle Steel’s insane working day
Sarah Corbett, Lancaster University; David Bishop, Edinburgh Napier University; Edward Hogan, The Open University, and Liam Murray Bell, University of Stirling writing for The Conversation. She might be the world’s most famous romance writer, nay the highest selling living author bar none, but there’s little room for flowers and chocolates in Danielle Steel’s writing regime. […]
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The moon is still geologically active, study suggests
We tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity died out billions of years ago. Even the youngest lunar lava is old enough to have become scarred by numerous impact craters that have been collected over the aeons as cosmic debris […]
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