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Five books to read if you loved the Agatha Christie whodunnits
If you’re a fan of Agatha Christie Dr Anthony Howell, Senior Lecturer in English at The Open University, and the author of the free OpenLearn short course on the Queen of Crime has picked out five brilliant detective-fiction novels by other authors. Here’s his list. Almost fifty years after her death Agatha Christie’s books and […]
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Gaza campus protests: why understanding 1960s student demonstrations and police reaction is relevant today
For anybody interested in the history of the 1960s, the ongoing protests at US universities have a peculiar resonance. Dr Sinead McEneaney, Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in History at The Open University, tells us why. In the past weeks, riot police have entered several college campuses at the behest of administrators to break up […]
OU academic wins prestigious award for work in statistics and data science
Professor Rachel Hilliam, Head of the OU’s School of Mathematics and Statistics, has been awarded The Chambers Medal by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), a prestigious commendation of her significant contribution to data science. Each year, the RSS give medals, prizes and honorary fellowships to people who have made outstanding contributions in their field. The […]
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‘Financial nutrition’ podcasts set to help transform your money outlook
Two Open University academics on a quest to urge people to indulge in daily ‘financial nutrition’ have released a podcast series to provide exactly that. Their ‘Financial Five-a-Day’ podcast is a series of interviews with financial experts, who have excelled in their field. They share their expert tips to help ignite a rethink in the […]
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Professor Dame Nicola Dandridge to lead post-employment tribunal review
Professor Dame Nicola Dandridge has been appointed to lead an independent review at The Open University following the ruling of the Employment Tribunal in the case brought by Professor Jo Phoenix earlier this year. Formerly Chief Executive of the Office for Students, Universities UK and the Equality Challenge Unit, Professor Dame Dandridge’s independent review will […]
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Secrets, spies, and the nuclear war that was avoided
This latest Open University/BBC co production is something you might find from the pages of a thriller novel – but it’s a portrayal of real events that depict how a Soviet double agent helped the West avoid a nuclear war with Russia in the 1980s. The three-part dramatization series Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game, […]
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The Open University, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Greater Manchester Police unite to launch perinatal mental health toolkit
A toolkit has been designed to enhance support for maternal mental health in the workplace as a result of a research study conducted by The Open University (OU), Manchester Metropolitan University and Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Association of Women in Policing. The study, a collaboration between Dr. Sarah-Jane Lennie and Dr. Keely Duddin from The […]
China set to blast off to the far side of the Moon – here’s what it could discover
Ben Rider-Stokes, The Open University China is attempting to recover the first ever soil and rock samples from the lunar far side. The surface mission, Chang’e 6, named after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang’e, is a successor to the successful sample return mission, Chang’e 5, and a part of the Chinese lunar exploration programme. The […]
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Researchers use NASA’s Webb to map weather on planet 280 light-years away
An international team of researchers, including The Open University’s (OU) Joanna Barstow, have successfully used NASA’s JWST to map the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b. Precise brightness measurements over a broad spectrum of mid-infrared light, combined with 3D climate models and previous observations from other telescopes, suggest the presence of thick, high […]
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Cartoonists to get on board with conveying global challenges
Political cartoonists have been depicting global problems for centuries making make us laugh out loud, provoke action or leave us reeling in shock. Now a group of academics from The Open University, Kings College London and a Philippines cartoon collective called Pitik Bulag, are staging a competition to demonstrate world issues through cartoons. The history […]
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