{"id":22962,"date":"2023-02-21T14:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=22962"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:25:18","slug":"ou-joins-city-in-welcoming-king-charles-iii-to-milton-keynes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/around-ou\/university-news\/ou-joins-city-in-welcoming-king-charles-iii-to-milton-keynes\/","title":{"rendered":"OU joins city in welcoming King Charles III to Milton Keynes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Open University\u2019s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tim Blackman, joined civic leaders and well-wishers in welcoming King Charles III to Milton Keynes to formally mark its recently conferred city status.<\/p>\n<p>His Majesty recognised Milton Keynes as the \u201chome to innovation through The Open University\u201d celebrating its inhabitants at this moment in its history.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cOn behalf of The Open University, it was an honour to meet his Majesty who received his Honorary Degree from the University in 1982.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe King\u2019s lifelong commitment to the environment and his work through the Prince\u2019s Trust, encouraging young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into education and work, aligns strongly with The Open University\u2019s social mission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are extremely proud of our links to Milton Keynes, with our headquarters being based in the city since our establishment in 1969.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Picture credit: Jane Russell Photography<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Open University\u2019s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tim Blackman, joined civic leaders and well-wishers in welcoming King Charles III to Milton Keynes to formally mark its recently conferred city status. His Majesty recognised Milton Keynes as the \u201chome to innovation through The Open University\u201d celebrating its inhabitants at this moment in its history. Professor Tim Blackman, Vice-Chancellor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1525,1640,2209],"class_list":["post-22962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-news","tag-news-home","tag-ou-home","tag-the-open-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}