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New research: exploring the reproductive complexity of plants
New research published in the high-profile journal Science has explored the reproductive complexity of plants. The researchers found...
Horizon Europe – Climate Smart Advisors
On 5th March 2025, Kevin Collins attended and facilitated sessions at the UK national meeting of climate smart agricultural advisors as part of...
Applied Smouldering Combustion for Supporting a Circular Economy
Sustainable waste management requires significant increases in the proportion of waste and its components being reused, repurposed, and recycled...
BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds – Rare Earth
This month, the BBC science documentary series Rare Earth returns with a fifth series. Academics from the OU STEM Faculty, including the...
The Remarkable Story of Carbon
Dr Gareth Neighbour recently presented a paper related to The Remarkable Story of Carbon at Carbon 2025 (The World...
KMi at the Palace of Westminster: Exploring Blockchain for Society and Economy
On 3rd December, KMi’s Aisling Third was invited to take part in an International Roundtable on Blockchain and Digital Assets at the Palace of...
OUAnalyse at the Digital Ethics Summit 2025: Advancing Responsible AI in Education
KMi is proud to see Prof Miriam Fernandez present at the Digital Ethics Summit (#DigitalEthics2025), showcasing the OUAnalyse team’s work on...
KMI: The Early Years
It is hard to recall – still less to imagine, if you weren’t there – the ferment of innovation between the late ’80s and the mid-’90s....
Connecting Ideas: FBL Visits KMi
On Tuesday 25th of November, the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) joined us at KMi for an inspiring afternoon packed with collaboration, discovery,...
KMi takes centre stage at landmark Milton Keynes event
On 28 November 2025, Unity Place hosted the signing of the Milton Keynes Civic University Agreement, a milestone in fostering collaboration for...
Celebrating KMi’s 30th Birthday
In 1995, two truly visionary academics from The Open University (OU); Prof Marc Eisenstadt from Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Social...
International Colloquium of the Distance Learning Institute
In September 2025, Dr Nicole Lotz gave a keynote speech at the 4th International Colloquium of the Distance Learning Institute (DLI). Here, Nicole...