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The Open University and The John Lewis Partnership launch new programme offering young people who have experienced care the opportunity for free study

21 April 2023

The Open University has launched a new programme in collaboration with the John Lewis Partnership, to offer young people with experience of being in care the opportunity to study an undergraduate qualification for free. Young people who have spent time in care can face many significant barriers to entering and succeeding in higher education. This […]

Putin’s visit to Kherson, electronic call-up papers and the latest dissenter deterrent

20 April 2023

Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody is a politics and international relations academic at The Open University and specialises in communication, misinformation and security, particularly in Russia. Here she talks about what Putin’s latest visit to Kherson means, his new plan for drafting men into the Russian army and how he continues to manage dissent. President Putin’s recent […]

Super-student mother notches up three degrees in six years while working

18 April 2023

When a mother-of-two climbed the stage at London’s The Barbican in celebration of passing her Open University degree the audience was left agog when they discovered she was there for not one degree but three. In fact, Diana de Vega de Ceniga, 50, from Surrey, doesn’t have just three degrees, but a total of FIVE! […]

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‘From a plane to a café in Paris, I can study anywhere with the OU’

18 April 2023

With the flexibility of The Open University (OU), Colm, 32, has been able to study whilst travelling the world. Originally from Ireland, Colm has spent the last eight years working towards a Bachelor of Engineering, alongside his adventurous life living in Budapest and Madrid. Earning and learning Colm was attracted to OU study, as he […]

The Open Futures Sanctuary scholarships offers refugees opportunity for free study

18 April 2023

An Open Futures Sanctuary Scholarship provides new, UK-resident students who have been displaced from their homeland or place of residence for political, economic, ethnic, environmental, or human rights pressures, the opportunity to study for free. Applications are now open, with 12 scholarships available in 2023/24. A scholarship covers up to 360 credits of OU undergraduate credit-bearing […]

Nicola officially ‘collects’ her Open University degree – 31 years after earning it

14 April 2023

Thirty-one years after passing her Open University degree, former Weymouth schoolgirl Nicola Willis-Jones finally ‘officially’ graduated at an OU degree ceremony. After living in three different countries, now settled in America, the 61-year-old hadn’t made time to ‘collect’ on her hard-earned work. But that all changed recently when she climbed the stage at the Milton […]

Space scientists investigate whether life could exist inside Jupiter’s moons

11 April 2023

UK scientists and engineers, including from The Open University (OU) are taking part in a mission that’s about to set off to study Jupiter, our largest planet, and investigate whether some of its icy moons are home to conditions that could support life. Funded by the UK Space Agency, the UK leads on one of […]

OU academic chosen out of hundreds for a broadcast project

5 April 2023

An OU academic has won one of the nation’s ten coveted places as a “New Generation Thinker” to bring fresh thinking to a range of topics on the world around us. The project is run by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3, and Dr Dan taylor, Lecturer in Social and […]

Podcasts from The Open University give a fresh perspective on the Good Friday Agreement

5 April 2023

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, The Open University in Ireland is launching a new 4-part podcast series exploring the impact the agreement has had on society beyond just politics. ‘A Peace of Us’ is hosted by Jordan Kenny, the Dromore-born BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat presenter and includes voices from […]

What to know about tax-free savings before the 5 April ISA deadline

31 March 2023

If you want to know about tax-free individual-savings account and why you may need to take one out now – see what Jonquil Lowe, senior lecturer in economics and personal finance at The Open University, has to say. The window for making the most of your savings this tax year is closing. As the final […]

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