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Researchers use NASA’s JWST to crack case of inflated exoplanet
Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers, including The Open University’s (OU) Dr Joanna Barstow, have an answer, published today in Nature. Data collected using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), combined with prior observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, show surprisingly little methane (CH4) in the […]
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‘My OU scholarship allows me to pursue my dreams, without the fear of debt’
After a tough start in life, Althea 20, moved into foster care. The stability of her new home allowed Althea to focus on her education, achieve impressive A level grades and bag a university place. Plans changed on finding out she was expecting her first child – Althea needed to devote her time and resources […]
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OU launches its Black Leadership and Empowerment Programme
The Open University (OU) has launched a new initiative designed to empower the next generation of Black leaders in business and the community. The Black Leadership and Empowerment Programme (BLEP) is a product of the OU Business School and will equip participants with the skills needed to thrive in leadership roles. The programme is being […]
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Success for OU Broadcast and Partnerships at the 2024 Learning on Screen Awards
The OU’s Broadcast & Partnerships team is celebrating as one of two OU Connect projects shortlisted won Best Online Educational Resource at this year’s Learning on Screen Awards. The awards take place annually and honour outstanding work in the field of education and television. Award winner ‘The unexpected places we choose to lay […]
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“OU study was the start of an amazing journey,” says celebrated dementia activist Gina
Since completing her BA (Hons) Health and Social care degree at The Open University, Gina Awad’s steadfast commitment to dementia awareness has earned her scores of awards and plaudits, including the British Empire Medal for voluntary service in the Queen’s 2018 Birthday Honours List. In Dementia Action week, Gina’s book United: caring for our loved […]
OU student wins apprenticeship award
Open University student Hannah Wright has won the Apprenticeship Determination of the Year award at the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Apprenticeship awards 2023/24. The annual awards recognise apprentices who have demonstrated outstanding work and commitment to their role. The Apprenticeship team at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership said: “Hannah has worked in […]
Best-selling author Kate Mosse speaks movingly about being a carer at OU event
Best-selling author and founder/director of the women’s prizes for fiction and non-fiction, Kate Mosse CBE, has shared her experiences of being a carer at an event at The Open University (OU) in Milton Keynes. Mosse, was talking in her capacity as an ambassador for The Open University’s carers’ scholarship, which offers unpaid carers the opportunity […]
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OU Chancellor’s Three Peaks Challenge
The Open University Chancellor, Baroness Martha Lane Fox, is taking on a momentous physically enduring test: tackling Britain’s Three Peaks Challenge in aid of four charities. And it’s an epic adventure for the 51-year old since she has endured 47 operations after breaking 28 bones in her body twenty years ago in a car crash […]
New OU/BBC documentary ‘Better Off Dead?’ explores assisted dying in the UK
*Content Advisory – this article contains references to assisted dying* Actress and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr presents this powerful documentary on legalising assisted dying in the UK. Airing on Tuesday 14th May at 9pm on BBC ONE and iPlayer, ‘Better Off Dead?’ follows Liz on a thought-provoking journey as she debates why we shouldn’t […]
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New project launched to train dogs in early diagnosis of bowel cancer
A new project, supported by academics from The Open University (OU) is to train dogs in the detection of colorectal (bowel) cancer in urine samples, using the power of their noses. The charity, Medical Detection Dogs, is looking into whether man’s best friend could help deliver an accurate, non-invasive and more sensitive method of early […]
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