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The Open University has secured a significant funding boost of more than £900,000 from the European Space Agency to further its cutting-edge work on space imaging technology.

The Open University Atmospheric research and Space exploration group, led by Professor Manish Patel, has been awarded a £2.3 million grant from the European Space Agency to help develop instrumentation for the EnVision mission to Venus in 2032.

This month’s (April 2025) research image of the month is from Dr Dan Taylor. Dan told us all about his vibrant research and how it is reflected in this colourful research image of the month picture.

In her inaugural lecture, on Thursday 3 April 2025, Carol Azumah Dennis, Professor of Education, Policy and Practice in The Open University’s Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, looked at decolonising education, offering a manifesto which envisions an alternative vision of what the sector might be.

The Open University has awarded funding from its Open Societal Challenges programme for a new project, titled ‘Sustaining Bournemouth: The Changing Face of Our Foodbank During Financial Crisis’.

The Open University has secured over £500,000 in funding to support pioneering research to solve one of the longest-standing mysteries in plant evolution - the early origins and diversification of angiosperms (flowering plants).

Dr Alexandra Okada’s research for CARE-KNOW-DO has been recognised as one of the top 10 publications in the field, earning a finalist spot for the prestigious “Research Worth Reading” award by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST).

When you hear the name Kellogg, Corn Flakes might be the first thing that comes to mind. But John Harvey Kellogg is famous for more than just breakfast cereals.

A groundbreaking initiative, led by the Welsh Refugee Council in collaboration with Open University’s Professor Marie Gillespie, has secured £25,000 in funding to break down barriers for refugee women in Wales.

March's research image of the month is from Precious Chatterje-Doody and Paul-François Tremlett.