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‘OU study is making a difference to my business already’
Surrounded by a family of academics, freelance artist and Open University (OU) student Princess, 26, was determined to revisit higher education having struggled to find the right study path after she left school. As the first year of her Design and Innovation degree draws to a close, Princess shares how OU study has “broadened her […]
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Open University competition awards £60k in grants to small businesses
The Open University (OU) has awarded a total of £60,000 to 18 aspiring business owners to support the next generation of student entrepreneurs. 350 people registered for this year’s Open Business Creators Fund competition that has been co-funded by Santander Universities, the Higher Education Innovation Fund and the Welsh Regional Innovation Fund. 90 people took […]
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‘The OU has given me the opportunity to pursue my dream career’
At the age of 17, Chido left school to start a family, putting her academic goals to one side. After years of feeling she’d missed out on the degree she yearned for, Chido is chasing her ambition of becoming a professor. Now 39, busy mum and mental health support worker, Chido, shares how she manages […]
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How the economics of oil could sway the US presidential election
Emily Rutledge is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at The Open University. Here she gives her view on the importance of oil in the upcoming UK election. Oil continues to influence global economics and politics like no other finite natural resource. In the 2024 US presidential election, the strategic commodity will be an important domestic […]
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The OU continues to exceed sector performance in teaching satisfaction – National Student Survey 2024
The results of the National Student Survey (NSS) 2024, commissioned by the Office for Students (OfS) have been published, with The Open University (OU) receiving scores higher than the sector average for teaching, organisation and management, assessment and feedback, and learning resources. The OU has continued to perform particularly well for its teaching and learning offer, […]
Changing your mind and the relevance of ‘confirmation bias’
An Open University academic is behind a short film on the BBC’s Morning Live programme that featured a fascinating experiment before the General Election on ‘changing your mind’. Dr Jim Turner, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the OU, is one of a team of OU academics who has inspired one of six short films […]
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‘I chose OU study when I left school, and it’s fast-tracked my career’
On A level results day Psychology graduate Joe, 22, had a lightbulb moment that changed the course of his future. When he finally listened to his heart, Joe carved his own path towards the career he yearned for and has never looked back. Now an assistant psychologist in a mental health hospital, Joe shares how […]
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Astronomers make new discovery about the grain structure of interstellar ice
Astronomers, including Open University (OU) academics Helen Fraser and Hugh Dickinson and OU PhD student Zak Smith, have discovered the spectral signature of water ice that reveals new information about how ice forms and evolves during the birth of stars and planets. Their findings have been published today in the journal Nature Astronomy. A spectral […]
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Honour for racial inequality activist and campaigner Lord Simon Woolley
Activist and campaigner Lord Simon Woolley, who has devoted his life to tackling racial inequality in British politics and society, has just received an honorary doctorate from The Open University. One of the many achievements of Lord Woolley, who was adopted at the age of two and grew up on a council estate in Leicester, […]
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OU becomes first UK uni to be granted Observer status at the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association
The Open University (OU) has become the first university in the UK to be granted prestigious ‘Observer’ status by the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association, cementing a partnership begun in 2019 in the ESCAPE and Cos4Cloud EOSC projects. The EOSC works to advance Open Science by creating new knowledge, inspiring education, spurring innovation and […]
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