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From babel fish to skill pills – the future of technology in education?
Martin Hamilton, a futurist at JISC – providing digital solutions for UK education and research – shares his thoughts on the future of technology in education as part of our #TomorrowsEd series… Remember the Babel Fish in the Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? Just pop one in your ear and it will translate […]
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Video assistant refereeing (VAR) in sport: the good, the bad and the ugly
With the debate over Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) technology at the Men’s Football World Cup 2018 ringing in our ears, Ben Oakley and Alex Twitchen from the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport take a look at its effects. To date 18 high profile sports have introduced VAR technology, with Ice Hockey, American Football (partly) and […]
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Technology leading change
Technology is moving at a faster pace than ever before. Acknowledging this, and how all of us use technology, is vital to continued progress. Whether it’s how we deliver teaching and exams, or how we manage our finances; technology is involved in some way. Moving into the world of tomorrow means that technology will lead […]
The role of education in addressing the UK skills shortage
Reflecting on the Future of Education prompted me to think about the history of our sector a little, writes Jonathan Wylie, Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer at The Open University. It has been nearly two decades since, in a statement to Parliament about the government’s education proposals outlined in the Learning to succeed white paper, […]
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From cradle to grave – new model identifies factors that have shaped evolution
Research involving scientists from The Open University (OU) published today in Science brings us closer to understanding how the complex interactions between topography (especially mountain ranges) and climate change influence the evolutionary histories and biodiversity of species in the Earth’s natural ecosystems. In a major step forward, the international team of researchers from the University […]
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New series uncovers biggest engineering challenge for a generation
London’s Victorian sewer network is at bursting point and its tunnels are regularly pushed past their limit. A huge engineering project is underway to massively expand the capital’s capacity to deal with its own waste and a new three-part series co-produced by The Open University and the BBC follows the action. The Five Billion Pound Super […]
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OU lecturer selected as one of the top women in engineering
Senior Lecturer in Engineering and Innovation, Carol Morris, has been recognised for her efforts in challenging gender stereotypes in engineering with a Top 50 Women in Engineering Award (WE50). In competition with over 200 nominations, Carol was awarded the WE50 – Returners and Transferrers for being a passionate supporter of women in engineering and for being […]
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An ear to the coast for World Listening Day
Conservationist groups from around the UK joined together with broadcasters on Wednesday, 18th July 2018, to present the sound of the coast in a special event to mark World Listening Day. The Sounding Coastal Change research team did a 24-hour broadcast from Blakeney in North Norfolk, which included prerecorded documentary and music, live discussion and microphones […]
A journey to Mercury: TEDxLondon talk by Professor David Rothery
Professor David Rothery spoke at TEDxLondon in July 2018, talking about the upcoming BepiColombo mission, Europe’s first mission to Mercury. Setting off in October 2018, the mission will take seven years to reach its destination, with the spacecraft completing a complex trajectory to reach the planet before examining its surface and magnetic field in detail. […]
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Tropical forests can recover from destructive impact of human activity, suggests OU research
New research The Open University published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals that tropical forests may be more resilient to the effects of our behaviour than previously thought and offers hope that, if undisturbed, tropical forests may be able to recover from the harmful effects of human activity. Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) […]
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