2019 - 2021

Events and seminars

MK Innovates Festival (October 2019)

The festival showcased Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics excellence in Milton Keynes on 11th October 2019.

Open University’s Health and Wellbeing Priority Research Area hosted a stand to showcase the breadth and depth of our research.

Explore the gallery below to view a few pictures posted from the event:

Video seminar series 2020 - 2021

• Professor Kelly Niles Yokum (University of La Verne, USA). Adventures in Aging: Gerontological Opportunities and Challenges in a New Era.

Forthcoming videos

• Dr Shannon Freeman (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
• Dr Deborah J. Morgan (Swansea University, UK).

Video seminar series 2019-2020

• Professor Joost van Hoof (The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Hague): Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands
• Dr Linda Shore (University of Limerick): Perceptions & Technology Acceptance of Exoskeletons by Older Adults
• Dr Amy Murray (Swansea University): Driving cessation in later life
• Dr David Lee (Manchester Metropolitan University): Sex and intimacy in later life, challenges for research & practice

The OU turning 50

The video series relates to the 50th Birthday celebrations of the Open University. Lynne Watson talks about the current Health and Wellbeing Research and as it is 50 years since the OU opened its doors, we take a look at some of the exciting research that is conducted by colleagues and members of the SRA. By undertaking to facilitate the vision of Walter Perry, the founding Vice Chancellor of the OU which in turn relates to the high quality research as much as to high quality teaching.