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OU researchers are exploring how autonomous robots were used to support people during COVID-19 to propose how they can be best used in other emergencies.

An Open University (OU) COVID-19 Rapid Response funding scheme is supporting the data analysis of survey to find out what has been of importance to children during COVID-19.

A new platform launched today (15 October 2020) will foster debate about the role of the arts in social justice in a post pandemic world.

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.