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

We are delighted to announce that we have a new Professor in our School. In recognition of her sustained & exceptional success, Clare...

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Engaging with space technology to address malaria in Guyana

Staff from EEES are working with others from across the Open University on a new engaged research project. Titled, “Integrated Space Technology...

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New Blog: Tales from the Quadrat

Tales from the Quadrat is a new blog by EEES Ecosystems PhD student Vicky Bowskill. The blog will feature content inspired by Vicky’s...

Catch-up with “Things that go bump in the night…sky!”

Catch-up with “Things that go bump in the night…sky!”

https://youtu.be/HSimn3wXc0A "Things that go bump in the night...sky" features three OUSTEM Academics sharing their research and their...

IoP lecture video: What’s Quantum Technology? – Sir Peter Knight

IoP lecture video: What’s Quantum Technology? – Sir Peter Knight

https://youtu.be/5lXOLvfIeDI The UK National Quantum Technology Programme has induced a step change in the UK's capabilities for pushing...

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Welcome to the new and improved EEES website

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...

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Ecologists publish a ‘roadmap’ of the future of teaching and learning

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

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SPS Researcher involvement on NASA mission to sample asteroid Bennu

Space rocks returning from near-Earth asteroid Bennu on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will bring never-before-seen samples back to Earth. Open...

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Groundbreaking discovery could signal life on Venus

Scientists from across the globe, including Dr Helen Fraser of The Open University, have detected a rare gas – phosphine – in the...

Living on the Moon’ return to The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2020

Living on the Moon’ return to The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2020

https://youtu.be/_rzfROZP7sE On Friday 17th July the ‘Living on the Moon’ team took part in The Royal Society’s Summer Science...

Applications for Ernest Rutherford Fellowship within SPS

Applications for Ernest Rutherford Fellowship within SPS

The Science and Technology Facilities Council offer a number of Fellowships each year to early-career researchers working in research that...

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International scientists discover a pair of dancing planets

An international team of scientists, including Dr Ulrich Kolb and Professor Carole Haswell of The School of Physical Sciences at...