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Scholarship and bursary support for Carers
The Open University’s Carers Scholarships Fund, which offers 10 successful applicants with funding to complete a full undergraduate qualification* of their choice, opens for applications from today. This year also sees the introduction of the Carers Bursary – a £250 award to support registered students with study costs. Carers Scholarships Fund The pandemic has seen […]
BBC/OU Co-Pro unveils the undiscovered life in sewage
A fascinating look into the world of sewage and how scientists are searching for ways to upcycle human waste comes to our television screens this week. The Secret Science of Sewage a BBC/Open University co-production, explores the biology, chemistry, and history of feces – looking inside the tanks of one of the UK’s largest and […]
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Truth about surrogacy explored in new series
The first episode of a new series exploring the reality of surrogacy starts tonight (17 March) on BBC One at 10:45pm. Co-produced by the BBC and The Open University’s (OU) Broadcast and Partnerships team, Surrogates is a three-part documentary, which follows the experiences of five young British women, all embarking on a complex journey to […]
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Fukushima: ten years on from the disaster, was Japan’s response right?
by William Nuttall, professor of energy, The Open University and Philip Thomas, professor of risk management, University of Bristol The world saw something never before caught on camera on March 12, 2011: an explosion ripping the roof off a nuclear power plant – Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi. The blast wasn’t actually nuclear, it was the result of […]
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How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a UK driveway – and what it could teach us
by Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary Sciences, The Open University As people in the UK were settling down to watch the late evening news on February 28, a fresh news story, quite literally, appeared in the night sky. A large and very bright fireball was seen over southern England and northern France at 21:54 GMT. […]
Digital picture books could harm young children’s learning
A comprehensive meta-analysis of prior research has found that children aged 1-8 are less likely to understand picture books when they read the digital, versus print version. However, when digital picture books contain the right enhancements that reinforce the story content, they outperform their print counterparts. The results were published today in Review of Educational […]
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Unimaginable: The first scientist to confirm and identify extremely rare meteorite that fell to Earth
Just over a week ago on Sunday 28th February at about 10pm a bright fireball lit up the sky. This was seen by over 1,000 eyewitnesses across the UK and northern Europe and the event was captured on meteor cameras and home surveillance systems. This created a flurry of excitement in the hunt for any […]
Tip top teaching – free resources to enhance classroom skills
With the return of children to school, teaching professionals need to be fully prepped for the busy and bustling classroom. The Open University’s free learning site, OpenLearn has created two dedicated resource hubs to support and develop subject and pedagogical knowledge for primary school teachers and teaching assistants, including a wide range of articles and […]
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OU scientists discover extra-terrestrial organic compounds on asteroid from space
A paper has just been published in the renowned science journal SpringerNature which highlights just how ground breaking our OU scientists are. The report looks into the painstaking analysis undertaken on particles from the Hayabusa space mission, that set off in 2003 and returned to Earth in 2010, after taking samples from asteroid Itokawa. Using […]
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Q&A: Dr Barbara Kunz – helping to advance our knowledge in Earth Sciences
Meet Dr Barbara Kunz – a Geochemist, Petrologist and Project Officer at the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences here at The Open University. Barbara is an expert in LA-ICP-MS analysis, which involves analysing trace elements of various geological material. As part of British Science Week 2021 Barbara shares an insight into the innovative […]
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