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As The Open University celebrates its 50^th anniversary, Mark Brandon, Professor in Polar Oceanography, delivered his inaugural lecture on the polar oceans and global climate and looked ahead to what could happen during the next 50 years.

An OU academic is calling for the UK Government to prioritise the role of inequality and poverty, of illicit drug markets and to inject more funding into youth services when he provides evidence to the Youth Select Committee this week (Friday 12 July).

The OU Law School’s Open Justice Centre has received $10,000 funding from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to help deliver its Education for Justice (E4J) initiative.

As the 50^th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing approaches, OU researchers are building a miniature laboratory to search for water on the lunar surface.

An OU researcher has received funding for a solution to combat the effects of drones on the safety of air travellers and on businesses.

Until recently, it seems likely that only dedicated tennis fans had heard of Cori Gauff: the second youngest winner of the Junior French Open in 2018, she was one to watch – but it’s unlikely anyone predicted just how fast her star would rise.

An OU researcher has received funding to deliver the first course for students in secure environments which involves them in the design.

An OU researcher are researching the bias that can arise through traditional Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based decision-making processes and will develop fairness-aware algorithms to counteract it.

OU researchers are part of a project which is investigating the extent to which robots can play a meaningful role in assisting elderly people in their homes.

The OU is to train a new cohort of PhD students to become a new generation of experts for the nuclear energy sector.