Previous Events

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 19:00 to 20:00

Berril Lecture Theatre,Walton Hall, Open University, MK6 7AA

In his inaugural lecture, Professor Leslie Budd will explore the recent increase in public interest in space exploration and the future of using urban and regional economics for assessing its impact.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00

MS Teams

The Sanctuary at The Open University team are pleased to announce our upcoming Seminar Series: Displacement, Education, Integration.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 18:00 to 19:00

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

In her inaugural lecture, Professor Sarah Crafter will explore what it means for children and young people to be ‘brokers of care’ in the context of migration. What does it mean for young people to provide care for others, such as family members, peers and the local community? What does ...

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 18:00 to 19:00

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

Stephen Lewis, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, delivers his inaugural lecture on the atmospheres, weather and climate of other planets in the Solar System.

Friday, July 9, 2021 - 10:30 to 19:00

Online

You are invited to join the 5th Black and Minority Ethnic Early Career Researchers Conference, ‘Moving on up’, hosted online by The Open University and the University of West London.

Thursday, May 27, 2021 - 11:15 to 13:30

Online

You are invited to join the OU COVID-19 Research: Online Learning and Education seminar, an online showcase of OU-funded projects presented by researchers from across the University who have led research to improve and support aspects of online learning and education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 13:30 to 15:00

Microsoft Teams - please register via Eventbrite

We are delighted to announce that Professor Funmi Olonisakin, Dr Moses Tofa and Dr David Mwambari from the African Leadership Centre, Kings’ College, London will be joining us for April’s International Development and Innovation Seminar. The session will speak to how African states indi...

Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 14:00 to 16:00

Online seminar (Microsoft Teams)

We are delighted to invite you to “(Re)thinking racisms: The recursive and the new”, the third in a series of events hosted by the OU’s newly-created Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Researchers Group to discuss research and scholarship around race, ethnicity, coloniality and decolo...

Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 09:00 to Friday, March 20, 2020 - 17:00

Institute of English Studies, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London

Open University English researchers will headline a 2-day conference, ‘The Reader in the Book: Books, Reading and Libraries in Fiction’, at the Institute of English Studies, Senate House London, on 19-20 March 2020.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - 09:00 to Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 17:00

Loyola University, New Orleans

The AHRC-funded Heritage in War Project, led by Helen Frowe and Derek Matravers, explores the moral value of cultural heritage and how we ought to incorporate this value into our accounts of the ethics of war, and how to deal with damage to heritage in the aftermath of conflict.