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Grenfell was not a state ‘failure’ – it was institutional violence
Following the findings of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry Victoria Cooper, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Criminology at The Open University and David Whyte, Professor of Climate Justice from Queen Mary University of London, examine how ‘institutional violence’ played a part. People are not used to thinking of decisions made in boardrooms or by […]
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Five disinformation tactics Russia is using to try to influence the US election
Russia is using more disinformation tactics to influence the US election, says Open University academic Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody, a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies. Here she lists the five methods she has researched that show this. The White House’s recent exposure of Russian attempts to influence this year’s US presidential election will come […]
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The OU’s Centre for Electronic Imaging celebrates its 20th anniversary
On the 4th September 2024, The Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI) held an event at the OU to mark two decades of pioneering research and development in advanced electronic image sensing technologies. The CEI is a unique industrial/academic partnership between Teledyne-e2v and the Open University. Based at the OU since 2008, the CEI has grown […]
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Why not knowing what to do isn’t always a bad thing for leaders
Lecturer in Work-based Learning at The Open University, Sarah Bloomfield, and Clare Rigg from Lancaster University write for The Conversation about why not knowing what to do isn’t always a bad thing for leaders. In 2002, after a Pentagon news briefing, the then US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld was widely ridiculed for his thoughts about […]
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Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker: a tumultuous examination of the impact of domestic abuse on motherhood
Sally O’Reilly is an Honorary Associate in Creating Writing at The Open University and here she gives her review of a new book just out by US writer Chelsea Bieker on Madwoman – about the long-term effect of domestic abuse on motherhood. Clove is a young woman with a seemingly good life. She has an […]
Celebrations as the OU wins ‘University of the Year for Teaching Excellence’ in Daily Mail awards
The Open University is celebrating its win in the Daily Mail’s second ever university guide for picking up the award for ‘University of the Year for Teaching Excellence’. The win comes barely two months after the National Student Survey (NSS) showed the OU received scores higher than the sector average for teaching, organisation and management, […]
The UK’s suspension of some arms exports to Israel was highly political – here’s how to understand it
Jamie Gaskarth, Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations at The Open University explains the politics behind the UK’s suspension of the arms export licence. The UK government has announced it is suspending 30 arms export licences to Israel for military equipment used in operations in Gaza. The rationale for this decision was “the clear […]
BepiColombo’s most astounding images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury overnight on 4/5 September, capturing images that include two special impact craters as it uses the planet’s gravity to steer itself on course to enter orbit around Mercury in November 2026. The closest approach took place at 22:48 BST […]
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OU to host The Business Agility Conference UK
This September, The Open University (OU) is to host an in-person event at its campus, Walton Hall in Milton Keynes, focusing on business agility and the theme of ‘Leading through Complexity’. The Business Agility Conference UK is a collaboration between the OU, The Business Agility Institute UK and The Cynefin Company. Pre-conference workshops are taking […]
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Zelensky: BBC programme charts his journey from comedian to president at war
A new OU/BBC three-part programme charting the journey of President Zelensky from young actor and entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet airs on Wednesday 4 September. In the first episode of The Zelensky Story, being aired at 9pm on BBC Two, we see how the former comic actor went from […]
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