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Moon Night

Wednesday 30 November, 5:00pm - 9:00pm Re-emerging as a live, face-to-face event, Moon Night will give you an insight into the university's...

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New BBC Ideas videos

A brand-new collection of BBC ideas videos, featuring six of which are co-produced by The Open University, will be launched on Thursday 3...

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The Secret Genius of Modern Life

From Thursday 10 November a new six-part OU/BBC series, The Secret Genius of Modern Life, will be shown on BBC Two at 8pm. Each...

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COP27

CCG is co-organizing five days of side events during COP27 bringing global experts and policy practitioners together for discussion. The broad theme...

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OU academic urges community involvement as the Japanese Government prepares to release ‘treated water’ from Fukushima

While over a decade has passed since the accident at the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear power plant in Japan, the most contentious aspect of bringing...

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Vital developments in battery recycling

The theme of Recycle Week 2022, which runs from 17 to 23 October, is 'Let's Get Real about recycling' and will challenge perceptions and myths...

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Asteroid Day 2020: a celebration of our asteroid research

Asteroid Day To mark Asteroid Day, we have spent some time pulling together the various threads of asteroid research that take place within The...

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Civilisations beyond our galaxy

How many civilisations might there be in our Galaxy, and how could we find out? To celebrate the 90th birthday (28th May 2020) of Frank Drake,...

5 Big Questions About the Universe

5 Big Questions About the Universe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DAvWnWKDeI Last year, the BBC broadcast “The Universe” TV series, which several SPS Astronomy staff were...

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22nd February: Andy Lane’s Farewell lecture

Professor Andy Lane retires from The Open University at the end of February 2022 after nearly 40 years of service. To mark his retirement, Andy...

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Application of Space Resources Research for Mining Waste Remediation

OU researchers Dr Richard Windmill and Prof Mahesh Anand have obtained SPRINT funding for a project investigating...

Lighting it Up: The Physics of Imaging Space

Lighting it Up: The Physics of Imaging Space

https://youtu.be/Kr036HaTkrE The School of Physical Sciences (SPS) Outreach and Public Engagement (OPE) team have spent the last year working...