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OU graduate launches revolutionary AI platform to map plastic pollution in the world’s oceans

An Open University graduate has developed the world’s first AI-powered platform designed to comprehensively detect and monitor marine plastic debris.

25th November 2024
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Rethinking collective decision-making in the age of social media

In her inaugural lecture, on Thursday 21 November 2024, Anna De Liddo, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Director of Research at the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University, pointed out that the biggest problems of our time call for collective action.

21st November 2024
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Living Roof project wins Open Societal Challenges funding for urban green roofing initiative

In a significant stride towards sustainable urban development, Bridgman & Bridgman LLP and The Open University have secured Open Societal Challenges funding for their innovative project, the “Living Roof Live Lab.”

21st November 2024
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New research report looks at political understanding of young people in Wales

A report, based on one of The Open University's Open Societal Challenges, shows that young people in Wales are more likely to be dissatisfied with democracy and less likely to participate in formal politics.

20th November 2024
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The UK government wants to shake up pensions – but it can’t guarantee that ‘megafunds’ will want to invest in Britain

The UK chancellor Rachel Reeves talks a lot about achieving better growth. And the latest figure – economic expansion in the last quarter of just 0.1% – suggests plenty of room for improvement.

20th November 2024
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Launch of new toolkit to promote health across generations

Open University researchers are launching a toolkit (21 November 2024) which will help people across generations to keep healthy together.

19th November 2024
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Thames Life wins grant for community infrastructure initiative

Thames Life, a community development charity based in Barking and Dagenham, has secured a grant from The Open University’s Open Societal Challenges fund to tackle urgent social infrastructure needs within the borough.

13th November 2024
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A distant planet seems to have a sulphur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to discover new worlds goes on, we’re steadily learning more about the exoplanets we’ve already detected: their sizes, what they’re made of and whether they have atmospheres.

12th November 2024
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How the gender pay gap evolves into a gender pension gap

European Equal Pay Day is the date when women – symbolically at least – start working for free because of the gender pay gap. This gap, of about a month and half of salary per year between men and women, means that from November 15 2024 women will effectively stop earning while their male counterparts continue to get paid.

12th November 2024
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BPAS secures funding to explore AI chatbots to improve at-home abortion services

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) has received funding to launch a project aimed at improving the experience of at-home medical abortion through the integration of AI chatbots.

7th November 2024

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MK Community Foundation leads Open Societal Challenges grant to launch community innovation hub

Funding through the Open Societal Challenges programme at The Open University will support the MK Community Foundation in an ambitious project called Prototyping Community Innovation Hubs.

20th December 2024
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