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OU announces £3 million of support to help disadvantaged groups study during the cost-of-living crisis
The UK’s largest university, The Open University (the OU), has today announced £3 million of support through a series of scholarships to support individuals most in need and disadvantaged in accessing higher education. The scholarships package is the largest ever announced by The Open University and comes at a time when the cost-of-living crisis is […]
A brief history of the UK’s Winchcombe meteorite
Dr Martin D. Suttle is a Lecturer in Planetary Science at The Open University (OU): On 28 February 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the UK and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there’s an international effort to study this space rock and learn more about its place in […]
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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Rosemary Golding is a senior lecturer in music at The Open University who reveals here her fascinating research in how music was used to help patients in Victorian asylums with their mental health. Music has a powerful effect on the listener. It is linked to better mental health, and it has been shown to alleviate […]
OU academics feature on popular BBC podcast discussing matters unique to women’s sport
Four academics from The Open University are working with BBC Sport’s ‘The Sports Desk’ series in four unique specials, which launched to mark International Women’s Day. This week, the first BBC Sports Desk podcast episodes became available on BBC Sounds. The groundbreaking series is called ‘Women’s Sport Matters’ and will focus on some of the […]
Children and teenagers can carry out valuable wildlife research – here’s how
Dr Maria Aristeidou is a lecturer at The Open University in technology enhanced learning – here she talks about the part children and teenagers can play in wildlife research through citizen science projects. The environment is in crisis. Young people are calling for environmental action and requesting more education about the environment and the climate […]
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Lifelong Loan Entitlement critical to reskilling workforce, boosting growth and growing economy – OU
The Open University, the UK’s largest university, has today welcomed the Government’s proposals for the Lifelong Loan Entitlement in England. This important reform will enable more people to train, retrain and upskill throughout their working lives. Over the last decade, there has been a damaging decline in undergraduate part-time study in England, particularly among those […]
See the British Isles like never before in new OU / BBC series, Wild Isles
The highly anticipated natural history series, Wild Isles, presented by Sir David Attenborough, begins this Sunday (12 March) evening, taking viewers on a journey through some of Britain and Ireland’s most beautiful landscapes. The Open University (OU) and BBC co-production will begin on BBC One and iPlayer at 7pm on Sunday 12th March, informed by […]
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OU PhD student Emily Swaby awarded the prestigious Wollaston Fund by the Geological Society of London
Emily Swaby of the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences (EEES) at The Open University has been awarded the 2023 Wollaston Fund, presented by the Geological Society of London. The Wollaston Fund award is named in honour of William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) and has been bestowed annually since 1831. It is awarded to an […]
OU/BBC co-production goes behind the scenes of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Saving Lives in Leeds, a new BBC documentary, produced with the support of two OU academics, features the challenging work of doctors and surgeons at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHT Trust. The eight-part series airs on Wednesday 1st March, 9pm on BBC Two and shows the tough dilemmas that doctors face each day behind the scenes, […]
Delving deep into the history of Welsh music
Welsh Open University Music academics lent not just their individual expertise but their origins to help inform programme makers about Wales, ‘the land of song’, and the history of Welsh music in a BBC / OU co-production. ‘Wales: Music Nation with Huw Stephens’ looks at aspects of the musical history of Wales and is presented […]
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