Previous Events

Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00

Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, The Open University, MK6 7AA

The Open University is a longstanding hub for interdisciplinary, critical, and forward-looking research on international development. Celebrating its work and engaging with current debates, the University launched the OU Global Development Annual Lecture series in 2024.In the second annual lecture i...

Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 18:30 to 19:30

Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, The Open University, MK6 7AA

The inaugural lecture of Professor Joan Simons, Head of School for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care in the OU’s Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, will focus on how her experience as a burns nurse instigated a career long interest on improving the management of children&rsq...

Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 18:00 to 19:15

Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, The Open University, MK6 7AA

The inaugural lecture of Carol Azumah Dennis, Professor of Education, Policy and Practice in The Open University's Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, will look at decolonising education, offering a manifesto which envisions an alternative vision of what the sector might be. A...

Friday, March 28, 2025 - 13:00 to 13:45

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Our final talk on Open Research Week is from the team at COnnecting REpositories (CORE), a not-for-profit service delivered by The Open University. CORE’s mission is to index all research worldwide and deliver unrestricted access for all. In doing so, we enrich scholarly data using state-of-...

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 10:00 to 10:45

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On day four of Open Research Week, our second talk of the day is about publishing books Open Access Book Publishing with Scottish Universities Press. The book I am publishing with Scottish Universities Press will be free to all, epitomising the transformative potential of open access publishing an...

Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 09:30 to 10:00

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Day four of our Open Research Week is about open access publishing. The first talk of the day is about publishing in journals. Since its inception in 2012, the Open Arts Journal has published material from a wide range of stakeholders in the Arts and Humanities, including scholars, arts and herita...

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:00

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On day three of Open Research Week, the final talk of our citizen science showcase is about using the nQuire platform. Open research is significant as it can showcase how evidence is produced helping the public to make informed decisions about what is true/fake information. Professor Christothea H...

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 11:00 to 11:45

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On day three of Open Research Week, our second talk of our citizen science showcase is about biodiversity. Open research is at at the heart of iSpot and how it has been developed and implemented. iSpot provides a platform that is open and accessible to all; this acknowledges the important role and...

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - 10:00 to 10:45

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Day three of Open Research Week showcases our citizen science projects. The first talk of the day is from the Arts and Humanities discipline. I believe that building an open association can help support work across different disciplines, avoid reinventing the wheel, and facilitate workflows and to...

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 11:00 to 11:45

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Join us for day two of Open Research Week, which is about AI and collaboration in producing open education resources. In the long run, there is no progress in research without open research.Dr Paul Piwek Dr Paul Piwek About this session The talk describes a couple of contributions, over the...