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Science isn’t for girls? How Amy proved her doubters wrong

From a young age, 26-year-old Amy King was fascinated by science. But she was told by her school that “science isn’t for girls” and by a traditional university at interview that she was “too glamorous to be a scientist”. She proved them both wrong, and is on track to achieve her dream of a degree […]

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Reading aloud to children: 7 steps to making it magical

Reading aloud to children: 7 steps to making it magical

There is no blueprint for reading aloud, but these simple steps from Professor Teresa Cremin will help you relax and enjoy the special time that is sharing a book with your child.  She says: “Reading aloud not only nurtures children’s pleasure in reading, it offers them models of how a book should sound and feel, […]

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Open University takes lead role in new Institute of Coding

Open University takes lead role in new Institute of Coding

More than 500,000 computer scientists are needed by 2022 The £40M Institute of Coding aims to give the UK an edge in the global digital economy It will deliver industry-focused, innovative Higher Education across the UK The Open University (OU) has been announced as a major partner in the UK’s new £40 million Institute of […]

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Computing graduate, Nathanial Lawrence

Open University helped Nathanial get his dream job in IT

‘’When I started my degree I was asked by a colleague what my dream job was, well my dream job is actually the job I’m doing now and there’s no way I would have got it without my OU degree.’’   Working full time, 34-year-old Nathanial Lawrence had set his sights on a networking and […]

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Sleeping teenager

The biological reason why it’s so hard for teenagers to wake up early for school

In societies the world over, teenagers are blamed for staying up late, then struggling to wake up in the morning. While it’s true that plenty of teenagers (like many adults) do have bad bedtime habits, researchers have long since proven that this global problem has a biological cause. In 2004, researchers at the University of […]

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