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Rethink returns with a new series on society, technology and change
The fifth series of the BBC/Open University radio programme Rethink begins Thursday 15 January at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. The series continues its exploration of issues across politics, society, economics, technology and culture, asking how we might approach them differently in the future. The weekly four-part series tackles a diverse range […]
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OU’s Professor Teresa Cremin awarded CBE for ‘services to education’
Professor Teresa Cremin, Co-Director of The Open University’s Literacy and Social Justice Centre, has been awarded a CBE for ‘services to education’ in the New Year Honours list announced by the King. Professor Cremin initiated the OU’s highly successful ‘Reading for Pleasure’ Research and Practice Coalition that works with organisations, schools, policy makers, and many others to impact positively on children’s life chances through reading. The […]
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Watch The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Is There Life Beyond Earth?
Starting on 28 December 2025, a new three-part OU/BBC series, The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures with Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, starts on BBC Four at 19:00 and available for catch up on BBC iPlayer. The 2025 lectures are titled: Is There Life Beyond Earth? Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock begins her search for extraterrestrial life with an exploration of our nearest neighbour, and her favourite […]
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Centre for Protecting Women Online at The Open University responds to Government’s VAWG Strategy
The Centre for Protecting Women Online at The Open University has welcomed the Government’s recognition that online abuse and tech-facilitated violence are central to women and girls’ lived experiences, but warned that the new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy risks treating digital abuse as a peripheral issue. While the Strategy sets out an […]
Scheme to train more nurses wins prestigious prize
A unique partnership between the NHS and The Open University to give people the opportunity to study for a nursing degree while training on the job has scooped a top national award. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and The Open University joined forces in July 2024 to give local people who had always […]
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Mini course about mental health is fastest growing on OU free learning site
Bite-sized learning about mental health in the 21st century is capturing interest at The Open University by becoming one of its most popular free courses in the past year. The OU’s free learning site OpenLearn held an audit of its wealth of short online courses over the past 12 months and found an incredible 13.3 million visits recorded. Topping the list of the most popular free courses launched in […]
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Why Jane Austen readers still leave letters at her graveside
When Jane Austen died in July 1817, aged just 41, she was buried in Winchester Cathedral. I moved to the city in 2025. As a lecturer in English literature, I have long researched and taught Austen’s novels, so I was keen to visit her final resting place, says Naomi Walker, Associate Lecturer in English Literature, […]
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‘Now I’m a CEO – OU study gave me the confidence and skills I needed to get there!’
Describing his work experience as “eclectic”, Jack, 44, yearned for a role where he could lean into a diverse set of professional interests. Trusting that further learning would unlock the opportunity he craved, Jack juggled work, study and family life to achieve his MBA (Technology Management) with The Open University. Jack shares how OU study […]
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OU space researchers awarded £1.2 Million to advance imaging technology supporting the future human exploration of Mars
Professor Manish Patel from The Open University (OU) has been awarded £1.2 million in new funding from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to continue developing cutting-edge imaging technology that will play a central role in future human exploration of Mars. The funding supports the next phase of work on a combined visible-infrared (IR) imager for […]
“I love learning now – I hated education before, and the OU changed that.”
When Psychology Masters graduate Jonathan left home aged 18, he was looking forward to the adventures university life would bring. By his second year, what started as an occasional flutter for fun had descended into a serious gambling habit that took hold of Jonathan’s life. Now 30, Jonathan is free of gambling and works for […]
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