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More women on company boards, but what about the public sector?
There are now no all-male boards in FTSE 100 companies, marking a watershed in women’s representation, according to the launch of the Female FTSE Board Report 2015. Since the Davies Report set a target of 25% of women serving on boards of FTSE 100 companies four years ago, women’s representation has almost doubled. But the […]
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#MY100: Celebrating the vision of one of University’s founders
The lifetime achievements – and lasting influence – of one of the founders of The Open University has been celebrated with a centenary conference in his name. The Young Foundation, established by Michael Young (1915 to 2002), hosted the Michael Young Centenary Conference 100 years after his birth. It was held at The Barbican, London, […]
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Investment boost for social learning platform, FutureLearn
The Open University will build on the early success of its social learning platform, FutureLearn, thanks to a £13 million investment to kick-start a new phase of development and establish its position as a world leader in free online learning. Since the first courses went live on FutureLearn in October 2013, the platform has seen rapid growth, […]
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Science Beyond Fiction: OU researcher speaks at first TEDxESA Conference
OU researcher from the Faculty of Science, Geraint (Taff) Morgan, was one of 12 keynote speakers at the launch of the first ever TEDx and European Space Agency (ESA) event. In his speech, entitled Down to Earth, Taff explored how technology from the Philae lander can be translated to daily life to uncover bedbugs in […]
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Bilingual pupils – a rich resource for future says OU academic
There are now more than 1.1 million children in our schools whose first language “is known or believed to be other than English” according to the latest government figures. This confirms a continuous upwards trend that shows no sign of abating. Many of the 300 or so languages spoken in schools have relatively few […]
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Microbiology Society accolade for OU student
An OU student has scooped a top prize for his achievements in microbiology. Michael Howard, 62, from Worcestershire, has been awarded the Undergraduate Microbiology Prize by the Microbiology Society. He’s been studying for an Open Degree with The Open University, focusing on biology, since March 2012, and was commended for the excellent progress he’s been making […]
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New sports science documentary asks: what makes a champion?
If the 1936 Olympic gold medallist Jesse Owens was to race against Usain Bolt today, he would be 14 feet behind him. Has the human race evolved so much since then to make sporting feats like this possible? Or we have a superior understanding of how get the most out of our bodies? A new […]
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Discover the life story of your T-shirt
Getting dressed takes little more than five minutes. But did you know it takes as long as six months to make and market a T-shirt? And that doesn’t include the six months it takes to produce the cotton. This week is the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Festival of Social Science week (7th to […]
Is there a link between youth poverty and crime? The answers may surprise you
Today, for a substantial minority of 16 to 24-year-olds, to be young is to be workless, poorly paid or just plain poor. Young people in this age group are among the most disadvantaged in the UK, according to a disturbing new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). But despite economic and other hardships […]
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Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy
The “uncanny valley” is a characteristic dip in emotional response that happens when we encounter an entity that is almost, but not quite, human. It was first hypothesised in 1970 by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori who identified that as robots became more human-like, people would find them to be more acceptable and appealing than their […]
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