News

Dr Julie Robson from EEES has been working alongside colleagues from FASS as an academic consultant on a new OU/BBC series called Gold Town. Starting on Sunday 7 March (21.00), this series will be on BBC Scotland (a digital channel).

We are delighted to announce publication of the second edition of Introduction to Metamorphic Petrology, authored by Bruce Yardley and our very own Clare Warren.

Attached is a copy of the cover; the photo is of a garnet gneiss from Shetland.

Launched in 2012, our Virtual Microscope open-access website has been relaunched following a makeover in early 2021.

The relaunch coincides with the addition of around 200 more geological samples in three new university collections.

The OU's Floodplain Meadows Partnership is in the running to secure up to £180,000 of funding in Ecover's Fertilise the Future challenge and we need the help of the OU family to win!

Fertilise the Future provides grants for innovative green research and projects that can make a real difference to our planet. After making the shortlist, our Floodplain Meadows project is now going head to head with other eco-pioneers in a 'People's Choice' vote on social media.

We are delighted to announce that we have a new Professor in our School.

In recognition of her sustained & exceptional success, Clare Warren has been promoted to Professor of Metamorphic Geology.

Staff from EEES are working with others from across the Open University on a new engaged research project.

Tales from the Quadrat is a new blog by EEES Ecosystems PhD student Vicky Bowskill.

Welcome to our new and improved website. This new version is more accessible and easier to navigate.

Our mission is to provide a world-class centre for environment, Earth and ecosystems teaching, research and knowledge exchange that promotes social and environmental justice and empowers scientific citizens. This requires effective communication with up-to-date information.

In an initiative supported by EEES and the British Ecological Society, the first horizon scan of teaching and learning in ecology has been conducted. 

The outcomes of this work have been accepted for publication in Oikos.