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The Open University establishes new centre for protecting women online following £7.7 million grant from Research England

The Open University (OU) has launched a pioneering Centre for Protecting Women Online, made possible by a substantial £7.7 million grant from Research England.

18th October 2024
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Lingo Flamingo wins award for innovative dementia work

Lingo Flamingo, a Scottish charity providing language lessons to older adults and people living with dementia, has been named one of the winners of The Open University’s ‘Challenge Us!’ competition.

18th October 2024
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Generative AI and argumentation skills project launched in collaboration with HKMU

A research initiative exploring the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing students' critical thinking and argumentation skills was launched on 7 October 2024.

17th October 2024
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Abolition and International Aid and Development: Retreat, Repair and Dignity

The Open University launched its Global Development Annual Lecture series on 17 October 2024.

17th October 2024
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Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group for its efforts to free the world of nuclear weapons

The 2024 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese grassroots organisation created by survivors of the two US atomic bombs that were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

14th October 2024
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Open University launches research project to drive sustainable farming and climate resilience in Malawi

At the recent Shaping the future: OU Research showcase, The Open University (OU) awarded an ambitious new project funded by the Open Societal Challenges (OSC) platform.

9th October 2024
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Tackling the UK’s housing crisis means addressing one key problem: affordability

The UK government has serious ambition when it comes to solving England’s housing crisis. Shortly after the 2024 general election, it pledged to build 1.5 million new homes over the next five years.

9th October 2024
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Floodplain meadows project wins OSC Challenge Us! competition funding award

The National Trust’s "Tools to Realise Socio-Economic Benefits from Floodplains Under Restoration" (TREASURE) project has won one of The Open University’s Open Societal Challenges (OSC) Challenge Us! competition funding awards for 2024.

3rd October 2024
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The Open University joins new European astrophysics project

The Open University’s Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), including Professor Stephen Serjeant, is taking part in a major new EU-funded initiative aimed at advancing multimessenger astrophysics.

3rd October 2024
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OU Research: Together, we shape what happens next

“Research is just the first step. It’s all about collaboration and applying what we find to see real benefits unfolding in society”, that is how The Open University is approaching research according to Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation.

27th September 2024

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Food poverty: Bournemouth foodbank wins OU funding to research issue

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’.

3rd April 2025
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