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In her inaugural lecture, on Thursday 12 June 2025, Professor Joan Simons, Head of School for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care in The Open University's Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, focused on how her experience as a burns nurse instigated a career long interest on improving the management of children’s pain in hospital.

The Open University has been awarded £139,539 in research funding from Sarcoma UK to lead a transformative project which seeks to revolutionise the treatment of sarcomas — a rare and challenging group of cancers — through a novel light-activated approach.

Giving marginalised young people access to a youth-led, innovative and flexible education programme delivered by frontline youth workers in their local areas can change lives and lay the groundwork for long-term, peaceful change.

The Open University has been awarded over £129,000 in funding to support a pioneering research project aimed at transforming how seawall policies are developed and implemented in response to climate-driven sea level rise.

The Open University has secured an estimated further £500,000 in funding to continue its work as the delivery partner for learning within the prestigious FCDO UK AID Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme.

The UK might have accepted the idea of youth mobility with the EU, but it’s not happening any time soon

Mathematics is often described as the universal language, yet for many, it feels more like an insurmountable barrier. This month’s research image (May 2025) of the month encapsulated that feeling and the research of Dr John Morgan.

The Open University (OU) has been awarded £116,000 to lead the third phase of an ambitious international research project that explores how collaborative "learning teams" within education systems can drive better learning outcomes for marginalised children.

The Open University has been awarded £112,000 to lead a pivotal research component of the ILMpact Service Delivery Programme – a major education development initiative designed to strengthen education systems in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, Pakistan.

The Open University has been awarded £172,000 to lead an ambitious new research initiative titled The ‘ART’ of Finding Hope: Indigenous Art Methods (I AM).