How OU research impacted on the world in 2018

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As 2019 begins, OU research looks back on its impact on 2018, which ranges from discovering a new planet, to tackling fake news, to understanding reading habits from the past to today.

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£309k funding to explore how AI can identify breakthrough science

Dr Angelo Salatino, from the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), has secured £308,702 (£186,028 to the OU) in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for a project that aims to identify potentially transformative research earlier and more effectively.