News & articles

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.

Are vulnerable citizens being neglected by the elite who can decide their fate? Dr Dave Middleton, a Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer in Politics at The Open University in Wales, investigates

'It is time for higher education institutions to respond & provide learning opportunities for those who need it the most'. In today's post, Dr Koula Charitonos from the OU outlines its engagement with the UNHCR's 'Connected Learning in Crisis Consortium'

Despite the current discourse of fear informing popular perceptions of immigrants & refugees, historically, Western culture has viewed foreigners from Africa, Asia & the Middle East with curiosity. Professor Ingrid Piller explains 'Orientalism'. 

In today’s post, Dr Emma Barker discusses the immigration of Savoyards to Paris in the 18th Century as depicted through art at the time as a way of reflecting on the issue of contemporary illegal street vendors