News & articles

An Open University academic is researching the link between maternal obesity and the risk of their offspring developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in later life.

Dr Sharif Haider from The Open University discusses an event he attended at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, a 'safe space' workshop for researchers from across Europe to discuss the challenges and opportunities of doing research on migrants while being a migrant

An OU academic is part of a €1 million research project to develop digital tools to find out what people read from 18th century to the present day.

Dr Fidèle Mutwarasibo highlights what is known as the 'Weaving Trust' methodology that he and others in Milton Keynes have been using in partnership with Citizens:MK, to promote integration and social cohesion within communities

OU researchers have found that Mars once had large seas on its surface and a water cycle similar to Earth. In a paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Encouraging contacts between all members of society including ethnic and religious minorities can help a great deal in promoting social cohesion. Find out about an inter-faith community café run by Muslim women which has been set up to build positive relationships

The purpose of the Year of Mygration is to highlight how we are all affected by issues of migration. If not personally, then those close to you, as today’s post demonstrates. We highlight an OU employee's fight to prevent her daughters from being deported

In 2015, a three part OU/BBC co-production gave cameras to some of the millions of refugees fleeing to the shores of Europe. Follow their journeys, told through their own eyes, in these award winning documentaries

The number of migrants who end up homeless on the streets of Britain is on the rise. Dr Clare Kinsella explains a recent court ruling in Liverpool that could have implications for rough-sleeping migrants, while exploring how we understand the notion of ‘home’

‘Learning a new language is, for many of my students, the first attempt to be included – to try to fit into and adapt to their situation’ says Fotini Mitsou, an English teacher working with refugees on Lesvos Island. Read more in her blog.