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Open University graduate wins prestigious national nursing award

22 May 2025

Open University graduate, Fay Dudson has won the Student Innovation in Practice Award at the annual Student Nursing Times Awards. The ceremony, which took place in a glitzy ceremony on 2nd May in London, honoured the outstanding achievements of the upcoming generation of nurses and their mentors, recognising those who consistently go above and beyond […]

Powerful new OU/BBC documentary tells the story of the murder of George Floyd and the backlash that followed

20 May 2025

Airing on Wednesday 21st May on BBC Two at 9pm and BBC iPlayer, Blacklash: The Murder of George Floyd” tells the story of one of the most shocking and defining moments in modern history, one that not only exposed police brutality and birthed the Black Lives Matter movement, but also exposed deep divides in the […]

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The Open University celebrates International Nurses Day

12 May 2025

Today (12th May) marks International Nurses Day and to celebrate, we have shared the stories of some of the incredible nursing students and staff in the OU community who have dedicated their careers to helping others. Mairi Claire Davidson from the Outer Hebrides, gained her first-class honours Bachelor of Science Nursing (Adult) degree, through studying with […]

New series of Saving Lives in Cardiff

9 April 2025

A new six-part series of the OU/BBC co-production, Saving Lives in Cardiff, airs today, 9 April, at 9pm on both BBC One Wales and BBC Two. The new series follows the daily decisions made by clinicians at the Cardiff and Vale University Hospitals, as they seek to transform the lives of their patients in South […]

5 easy habits for a longer, healthier, happier life: the OU announces national challenge empowering the UK to Age Well

7 April 2025

The Open University (OU) is launching a UK-wide month-long national challenge, similar to Dry January but for ageing well, Take Five to Age Well. As our Ambassador Professor Rose Anne Kenny demonstrates in her book Age Proof, research has shown that until we reach 80 years, 70-80% of ageing rate is largely determined by environmental […]

New OU films for BBC Morning Live explore Dementia

26 March 2025

Two short films co-produced by The Open University and the BBC will feature on BBC One’s Morning Live programme as part of their Memories and Dementia season. Young Onset Dementia is expected to air on Wednesday 26th March, between 9:30am and 10:45am followed by Dementia Training on 28th March. In Young Onset Dementia, we hear […]

OU celebrates neurodiversity week

18 March 2025

To mark neurodiversity week, 17th -23rd March, The Open University has created a hub of resources on its free online learning platform, OpenLearn, designed to educate and inspire neurodivergent learners, allies, educators, and employers. The OU has a long history of teaching neurodivergent learners, such as those with ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, autism, dyspraxia, Tourette’s syndrome, […]

New Professor of Education, Policy and Practice

11 March 2025

In 2018, there were only 25 Black women professors in the UK, compared to 12,500 white men (WHEN, Women’s Higher Education Network). Today, that number has risen to 74, with the promotion of Dr Carol Azumah Dennis, SFHEA, to Professor of Education, Policy and Practice, within The Open University’s Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language […]

The Open University produces an award-winning film that challenges perceptions of youth violence

5 February 2025

The Open University has developed an award-winning film and a thought-provoking interactive quiz that challenges perceptions about knife crime and youth violence. Available on OpenLearn, which is the OU’s free learning platform, ‘Exploring Youth Violence: What would you do?’ aims to provide a better understanding of the complex lives and situations of young people who […]

New series of Inside Health

14 January 2025

A new fourteen-part OU/BBC radio series of Inside Health starts today, Tuesday 14 January, and runs weekly on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. The series airs at 9.30am each week and will explore a wide variety of health-related topics to bring clarity to conflicting health advice and separate fact from fiction There will be […]

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