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Data (Science) is everywhere and for everyone – but only if we are professional

In her inaugural lecture, Rachel Hilliam, Professor of Statistics in the OU’s Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, explored the role played by Data Science in ensuring that data is being used ethically, stored safely and analysed robustly.

13th July 2023

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Education report highlights challenges of complex learning environments

This year’s future of education report highlights 10 promising innovations facing learners and educators over the coming years.

6th July 2023

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OU researchers support Euclid Dark Energy Satellite Mission to Map the Universe

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid flagship Dark Energy Satellite Mission launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Saturday 1 July 2023, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

4th July 2023

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Hat trick for OU International Development research at Ely Graduation

Three postgraduate research students from the OU’s International Development research area graduated at Ely Cathedral in May and are already excelling in their careers.

27th June 2023

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Expanding gay sex pardons to women won’t help most prosecuted lesbian

More than a decade after launching a scheme to disregard and pardon convictions for historic “gay sex” offences, the government has now announced the scheme will apply to women.

26th June 2023

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An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn’s moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core onto the ocean floor – potentially providing nourishment for microbial life.

16th June 2023

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Why learners, politicians, practitioners and users are not the enemy and how to listen to them!

Professor Anne Adams, Professor of Engaged Practice and Research at the OU’s Institute of Education Technology, delivered her inaugural lecture on: Why learners, politicians, practitioners and users are not the enemy and how to listen to them! on 13 June 2023.

13th June 2023