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An OU academic has received a British Academy/Leverhulme Grant to help humanitarian workers to understand complicated legal environments.

Findings from the first study of the impact of COVID-19 on the UK self-employed highlights the need for support for this sector in the wider recovery.

An OU researcher is collaborating on a mission which will bring back new space rocks to Earth.

An OU COVID-19 grant has been given to a project to research senior policing decision-making in the context of the radical uncertainties of the pandemic.

An OU academic has fed her research into relationships into a new app which aims to deepen intimacy through 10 minutes of focus a day and has been selected by Google Play as one of the Best Apps of 2020. 

An OU academic is building on the OU’s track record in stress engineering to develop future smart manufacturing processes for space applications.

An OU COVID-19 Rapid Response funding scheme is supporting the creation of a Race and Ethnicity Hub to showcase research and teaching in this area.

An Open University (OU) COVID-19 Rapid Response funding scheme is supporting research which considers the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing and progress of PhD students.

A report, co-authored by an OU academic, which forecasts clear trends for engineering design for the next 20 years, has been published by the Design Society.

An OU academic has won EU funding for a research project which aims to enhance the lives of migrant children and young people in education.