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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 […]
Harvey Weinstein, Sexual Harassment and 21st Century Living
Senior lecturer in psychology Lisa Lazard writes about sexual harassment and today’s society: Over the last year, the topic of sexual harassment seems rarely out of the news. The case of Harvey Weinstein is the most recent in a series of high profile sexual harassment cases that have been brought to public attention in 2017. In reverse […]
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#Iwas social media campaign wins UK award
A campaign celebrating the OU’s diverse student community won a UK-wide social media award. The #Iwas campaign was announced as winner of the Best Audience Engagement Campaign category in the UK Social Media Communications Awards, 2017. The campaign drew on the experience of the OU’s broad depth of students and alumni who took to social media […]
Age is no barrier to OU success as new graduates prove
From age 18 to 81, this year hundreds of our students – at all stages of life – have celebrated achieving their degrees. The wide range of ages shows the OU welcomes everyone to study, at any age and time of life. Teenager celebrates degree Among the delighted graduates this year was 18-year-old Imran Nasim from […]
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The real casualty of the 2012 tuition fees shake-up? Mature and part-time learners
This blog was authored by Vice-Chancellor, Peter Horrocks, and originally published on Universities UK We are at a rare moment in politics where the concerns of students have been thrust to the forefront of national debate I welcome the prime minister’s review of university funding because, amid the sound and fury of party politics, […]
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