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Celebrating our new Professor of Planetary Mineralogy, Susanne Schwenzer
We are celebrating a new Professor in EEES. Dr Susanne Schwenzer has recently been promoted to Professor of Planetary...
BBC Co-pro: Scam Interceptors
From Mon 10 June, a new ten-part OU/BBC series of Scam Interceptors starts on BBC One daytime and will run daily on weekdays at 10:45am and will be...
Professor Mark Brandon awarded The Polar Medal
Mark Brandon, Professor of Polar Oceanography, has been awarded The Polar Medal by His Majesty King Charles III in recognition of his ...
Lift-off planned for historic mission to the Moon
Peregrine Mission One, which successfully launched today (8 January 2024), marks a historic journey from Florida to the Moon. The mission is a...
Celebrating Innovation: Professor Clara Mancini receives ACI Outstanding Career Impact Award
The 10th Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) conference, held at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, USA, became a milestone not only for its...
Ask the Expert: Generative AI at the OU – Thursday, 21 September- 12:00-13:00
Ask the Expert: Generative AI at the OU - Thursday, 21 September- 12:00-13:00 In this session we will first quickly give an overview of the...
BBC Co-Production: More Or Less returns
Starting on Wednesday 24 May, a new six-part OU/BBC series of More or Less will be aired on BBC Radio 4 at 9am. Tim Harford explains - and...
OU study could provide first ever timeline of Jupiter’s origins
A new study by an OU academic has provided a ground-breaking new insight into a huge Solar System event, the formation and migration of Jupiter. The...
Professor Theo Zamenopoulos’ Inaugural Lecture
The making of design creatives: Unlocking design capabilities to address societal challenges Date: Thursday 20 April 2023, 12:00 –...
Supporting students with dyslexia: an academic’s perspective
10% of the population are dyslexic. My name is Dr Anne Jay, and I am dyslexic. Dyslexia brings challenges that have a...
Congratulations to Lois Damptey
Lois Damptey, a GCRF funded PhD student at the school of Engineering and Innovation, under the supervision of Professor Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Prof...
Double award win for BBC/OU co-productions
Two programmes co-produced by The Open University and BBC have won accolades at this year’s Grierson Awards. The Green Planet: Tropical...