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An OU academic has been shortlisted in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2024 for research into the gender pension gap.

UK charities and Milton Keynes businesses have challenged The Open University to collaborate with them to solve some of society’s most pressing issues.

Professor Advaith Siddharthan's new project, 'Feeling the Untouchable: Haptic touch experiences for naturalistic learning' has just received a £922,000 grant through round one of UKRI’s highly competitive cross-council responsive mode scheme to explore how children could experience and learn about the natural world through touch.

In an effort to challenge long-held misconceptions about the physical capabilities of transplant recipients, a team led by Professor Bart Rienties from The Open University is conducting innovative research that could transform the medical and public understanding of transplant recipients' potential for physical activity. 

An Open University initiative aimed at fostering multilingual and multicultural spaces for political deliberation has secured a grant of £375,000.

Dr Chiaki Crews and her team have secured a £270,000 grant from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) for the next phase of their project aimed at using cutting-edge technology to study the X-ray aurorae.

A new project at The Open University looking at fostering equitable partnerships in Africa has received a £283,000 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

The Butterfly Conservation charity’s big butterfly count asks the UK public to record butterflies wherever they see them each summer. In 2024 so far, sightings are the lowest in the survey’s 14-year history.

Thanks to a new Galaxy Zoo project launched today, the public can help identify the shapes of thousands of galaxies in images taken by ESA’s Euclid space telescope. These classifications will help scientists answer questions about how the shapes of galaxies have changed over time, and whatcaused these changes and why.

The top 10 innovations that researchers at The Open University (OU) and Vanderbilt University believe will influence the future of education, are outlined in a new report now live.