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An OU academic has been awarded over £330,000 to research symmetries in mathematics.

Research has revealed that romance is found more in routine daily interactions than in sweeping gestures performed on Valentine’s Day.

The OU has received funding to expand the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and to share best practice case studies.

A research project which will develop a system to detect coronavirus in sewerage systems has received funding from the OU’s Rapid Response to Coronavirus scheme.

OU researchers have received funding to construct a digital historical archive of the European musical world by using innovative artificial intelligence.

A research project which will allow people to debate with artificial intelligence chatbots called Argumentation Bots or ArguBots has just received funding.

Research funded by the OU’s Rapid Response scheme has looked at the impact of COVID-19 on children.

Funding from the OU’s Rapid Response to COVID-19 is making it possible to explore the development needs of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) leaders.

A new study into the impact of COVID-19 on access to higher education in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) has received funding from the OU Rapid Response scheme.

OU expertise which has led to the development of mass spectrometers used to monitor space environments will now be used to analyse food waste powders.