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A project which is assessing the impact of COVID-19 on Emergency Responders (ER) has been funded by the OU Rapid Response to COVID-19 scheme.

A home-schooling project geared towards inspiring hope and celebrating Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) diversity has been awarded funding from the OU’s COVID-19 Rapid Response scheme.

Chatbots were named in this year’s Innovating Pedagogy report as one of the top 10 practices that will influence education and are already been trialled to support OU students.

‘Enriched realities’ and ‘Using chatbots in learning’ are two of the top 10 new approaches to learning and teaching in this year’s Innovating Pedagogy report from The Open University.

A new Black and Minority Ethnic Researchers (BME) Group has been made possible by the OU’s Rapid Response to COVID-19 scheme.

OU researchers have researched the importance of digital badges in support of teacher development in India to decide how they can be developed further.

New research recommends using citizen science data to decide on the best pollinator-friendly plants for creating urban garden habitats.

A research project which looks at supporting social workers during the pandemic, has received funding from the OU’s Rapid Response to COVID-19 scheme.

The OU has been awarded a grant for advances in mathematics which could lead to smart materials and new applications including bespoke orthopaedic implants.

A new digital exhibition which chronicles the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in different parts of the world during COVID-19, launches on International Migrants Day (18 December 2020).