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Celebrating Graduation in Manchester
On 22 November Professors Clare Warren, Mark Brandon and Richard Holliman, and Dr Barbara Kunz travelled to Manchester for an OU Graduation...
EEES researcher to lead £800k project to improve global climate change predictions
EEES researcher to lead £800k project to improve global climate change predictions An EEES researcher is leading a new Natural...
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...
New book ‘Deciphering Earth’s History: the Practice of Stratigraphy’
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new book Deciphering Earth's History: the Practice of Stratigraphy. The book is a practical...
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...
OU researcher to lead £800k project to improve global climate change predictions
A new OU-led project hopes to improve our ability to predict climate change using cutting-edge analysis of fossilised algae molecules. Dr Marcus...
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...
COP27
CCG is co-organizing five days of side events during COP27 bringing global experts and policy practitioners together for discussion. The broad theme...
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...
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...
Professor Carlton Wood, our new Head of School
We have a new Head of School, and a new Professor in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Open University. And they’re...
Asteroids: Sometimes good, sometimes bad – always amazing
Asteroids often get a bad press. Not surprising really as scientists think that a 10 km wide space rock that hit Earth 66 million years ago was...