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An Open University (OU) COVID-19 Rapid Response funding scheme is supporting new research into how language can shed light on how “right” and “wrong” is defined and redefined in relation to government guidance on social distancing and face-covering.

An Open University (OU) COVID-19 Rapid Response funding scheme is supporting updates to an existing digital therapy program in order to better support the mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/trans, intersex and questioning (LGBTIQ+) youth.

A new method to simulate how artificial tissue can be grown in the lab to repair injuries and to provide better ways of testing new medicines without using animals has been developed by an OU researcher.

A research-informed interactive which challenges users to see if they can drive safely and work effectively at the same time, has been launched during Road safety week.

An OU academic has received funding to research the impact of COVID-19 on young Black Britons.

An OU academic is researching the experiences of migrants in the workplace in the Aosta Valley region in Italy, an area with an increasing migrant and refugee population.

An OU academic has joined the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel to share his international research and expertise on education systems in Africa.

The US election has led Dr Kesi Mahendran, a social and political psychologist at the OU, to shed new light on this crucially important vote and specifically its headline player Donald Trump.

A collaboration between the OU and H E Stringer Flavours (HESF) will enable HESF to develop protocols that will accelerate the evaluation of new products and materials for commercialisation. 

A report calling for universal access to healthcare and raising the needs of migrants denied healthcare has been co-authored by an OU academic.