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A new study into the impact of COVID-19 on access to higher education in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) has received funding from the OU Rapid Response scheme.

OU expertise which has led to the development of mass spectrometers used to monitor space environments will now be used to analyse food waste powders.

Research which will improve the ability of autonomous systems to make decisions has received new funding.

The OU Rapid Response to COVID-19 funding scheme has made it possible to enhance the use of technologies in a hospice during the pandemic.

A project which is assessing the future workplace as a result of COVID-19 has received funding from the OU’s Rapid Response scheme.

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.