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OU graduation stories: ‘The most extraordinary moment of my life’
Here we tell the incredible story of John Spence from Cardiff who has recently achieved his dream of gaining a BSc Honours degree, thanks to the OU. John has disabilities and severe dyslexia, and says he was mocked at school by his peers and told he would “amount to nothing” and “did not deserve to be […]
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£3 million mission to understand the dangers of space weather
A team of international scientists, including academics from the OU, have been awarded £3 million to develop an instrument to research how the Earth’s atmosphere responds to powerful solar winds. The funding, which is from the UK Space Agency, will support academics collaborating on SMILE (the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer), a European Space […]
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Blue Planet II academic consultants on the message that humanity cannot afford to ignore
As expected, the first episode of Sir David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II has been greeted with rapturous applause. But alongside the gasps of delight at the beauty of the natural world, the programme came with an urgent message for viewers which we can no longer afford to ignore. Produced by the BBC’s Natural History Unit […]
Catalonia declares independence – and Spain enters uncharted territory
Shortly after Catalonia’s parliament in Barcelona voted to declare independence from Spain on October 27, the senate in Madrid voted to trigger Article 155 of the Spanish constitution, removing Catalonia’s autonomy. In his speech to the senate requesting that deputies approve the proposal, the Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy justified his request in the face […]
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The Planet Building Mystery
Open University researchers have been investigating exactly how planet formation starts. Why do we need to know how planets form? Planets form as a by-product of star formation. Similar to asteroids, comets, and our Moon, planets are basically the left-over “junk” that isn’t incorporated into the star itself. However, planets (and other small bodies in […]
OU Vice-Chancellor tells universities to wake up to the digital future
Peter Horrocks, the vice-chancellor of The Open University, has warned that higher education is years behind in maximising the use of digital technology. In a speech to the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities conference in Milton Keynes, he said universities had a crucial role to play in developing the “digitally enabled citizens” of the […]
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Still a stigma: Abortion 50 years on
Fifty years on from from the 1967 Abortion Act, OU academic and researcher in abortion policy, politics and teenage pregnancy, Dr Lesley Hoggart, examines why there is still a stigma attached to women who have more than one abortion. Challenging the stigma associated with abortions “It’s been 50 years since the Abortion Act 1967 was passed, […]
What formed the recent Martian landscape? Latest research might have the answer
Scientists from the OU have discovered a new phenomenon that could explain the long-debated mystery of how recent land features on Mars are formed in the absence of significant amounts of water. Dr Jan Raack explains more: What is this research all about? “Experiments carried out in our Mars Simulation Chamber, which is able to […]
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Three things the OU is doing to make a difference for part-time students
Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, Peter Horrocks, updates our students in this video. He focuses on: Talking to students, meeting graduates at degree ceremonies and using social media What he is doing to fight for the interests of part-time students – you can read more about his views in this article Planning for the future of […]
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Brexit, academic freedom and where the law stands on universities being quizzed about what they teach
It started with a letter. A seemingly simple request for information, sent by the Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris to university vice-chancellors. But you don’t even have to read between the lines before alarm bells start to ring, because in the letter, Heaton-Harris requests access to university course documents as well as the names of professors […]
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