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Success for OU students at RCN Nurse of the Year Awards

7 July 2023

Open to all UK nurses, midwives, health visitors, nursing students and nursing support workers, the awards highlight excellence within the nursing profession and celebrate the contribution that nursing staff make to the health and well-being of their patients. The RCN Northern Ireland (NI) held their 2023 Nurse of the Year Awards ceremony in Belfast, whilst […]

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Education report highlights challenges of complex learning environments

6 July 2023

This year’s future of education report highlights 10 promising innovations facing learners and educators over the coming years. The Innovating Pedagogy 2023 report, produced by academics in the OU’s Institute of Educational Technology and the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching at the University of Cape Town, focuses on the challenges where learning takes […]

Celia shaking hands on stage while crossing the stage at the Poole graduation ceremony.

‘I loved the OU so much I came back 50 years later’

4 July 2023

Celia, 77 from Bristol returned to study with The Open University (OU) after nearly 50 years, as a way of keeping her mind active during retirement. No matter your age, Celia’s story shows that it’s never too late to learn. Pioneer student Celia was part of the first cohort of students to study with the […]

BBC broadcaster collects accolade from The Open University

3 July 2023

It was back to her roots for psychologist and broadcaster Claudia Hammond recently when she was awarded an honorary degree by The Open University. Claudia was a psychology tutor for ten years at the OU’s summer schools and has made a name for herself in broadcast journalism. She is now one of BBC radio’s most […]

Milton Keynes music stalwart is honoured by the OU for his work

3 July 2023

Well-known Milton Keynes musician Ian Smith has been honoured by The Open University as a Master of the University for his exceptional contribution to education and culture at a recent degree ceremony. The accolade comes after Ian’s long musical history working in schools in the area and beyond including Bridgewater Hall, Milton Keynes, Pilgrim Upper […]

Euclid Dark Energy Satellite Mission to Map the Universe Prepares for Launch, supported by OU scientists

30 June 2023

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid flagship Dark Energy Satellite Mission is due to Launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:11 a.m. EDT (4:11 p.m. BST) on Saturday 1st July 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Euclid’s 6-year mission is to map the dark Universe, using the positions of galaxies and images of […]

For the love of learning – father and daughter make it a double act to degree success

29 June 2023

Joanna McLenaghan walked quite literally in her father’s footsteps when she followed dad Ian across the stage to collect identical degrees recently at a ceremony staged by The Open University. The pair signed up for an OU MSc in Maths in the same year and there followed six years of “total rivalry” to see who […]

Employers missing out on hidden talent pool as a large skills gap remains

29 June 2023

Data from The Open University and British Chambers of Commerce shows the vast majority of organisations (73%) continue to report skills gaps More than half (54%) of organisations don’t have specific skills initiatives in place for specific talent pools, including those from underrepresented groups Business expert and Chancellor of The Open University, Martha Lane Fox, […]

Why the Bank of England’s interest rate hikes aren’t slowing inflation enough and what that means for mortgages

27 June 2023

Alan Shipman is a senior lecturer in economics at The Open University and here he shares his view on the mechanisms employed to slow down inflation, what the fallout means across a wide spectrum of society and why the Bank of England appears as a convenient scapegoat. Consumer price inflation stuck at 8.7% in May, defying […]

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Open University considers face to face offer alongside transformative move to city centre

26 June 2023

The Open University is to prepare a business case for a world class university based in a sustainable green campus in Milton Keynes city centre. The plans support the city’s wider vison to develop one of the UK’s most vibrant city centres. The University’s governing Council has agreed to initiate work on the strategic and […]

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