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2021 is the 50th birthday of Systems Thinking teaching at The OU

2021 is the 50th birthday of Systems Thinking teaching at The OU

In the wake of the pandemic, confronted by human-induced climate change and exposure to wide-ranging vulnerabilities within our societies, many...

27th April launch of 50th birthday celebrations of systems thinking teaching at the OU

27th April launch of 50th birthday celebrations of systems thinking teaching at the OU

2021 is the jubilee year of Systems Thinking in Practice (STiP) at The Open University (OU). We welcome Dr Andrew Mitchell from De Montfort...

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Hardware upgrades at OpenScience Observatory in Tenerife

The OpenScience Observatory’s Tenerife facilities finally received their long-awaited hardware upgrade, one year late due to COVID travel...

Poster for "8 Days to the Moon and Back," featuring a lunar landscape and spacecraft imagery, highlighting the Apollo 11 mission.

Success at the Learning on Screen Awards

Congratulations to Professor of Planetary Science and Exploration Mahesh Anand and the team which produced '8 Days: to the Moon and...

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Congratulations to Heidi Thiemann at the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee’s STEM for Britain Awards ceremony

Congratulations to Heidi Thiemann who has just won the Bronze Medal in the Physics category at the 2021 Parliamentary & Scientific Committee’s...

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Congratulations to OU Space Science Club

We congratulate the Open University Space Science Club (@space_ou), which has won the National UK Students for the Exploration of Space (UKSEDS)...

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In Memoriam: Simon Clark

It is with great sadness that we share the news that our colleague, Simon Clark passed away suddenly last week. Simon was a Senior Lecturer in...

Book cover for "An Introduction to Metamorphic Petrology, Second Edition" by Bruce Yardley and Clare Warren set against a close-up, slightly blurred image of metamorphic rock featuring reddish mineral inclusions.

New book klaxon: Introduction to Metamorphic Petrology

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

Homepage for Virtual Microscope featuring basalt columns and navigation links for Earth and Extraterrestrial collections.

Virtual Microscope – revised and relaunched

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

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Paul Lidgett Memorial Prize winner announced

We are delighted to announce that Oliver Murray has been awarded the Paul Lidgett Memorial Prize for an outstanding performance and innovative...

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Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell awarded RAS Gold medal

We are delighted to announce that Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, has been awarded the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal. This...

Moon Night 2020

Moon Night 2020

https://youtu.be/QqcBY1a1feg We recently celebrated Moon Night 2020 with three linked events from December 7-9th. Now in its 4th year, Moon...