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Milton Keynes Development Partnership has been awarded an Open Societal Challenges grant from The Open University for its groundbreaking project, Milton Keynes: A Dementia Friendly City For All.

A new doctoral training initiative, the Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Landscape Award (ILESLA), has been launched to address pressing societal and environmental challenges.

White Ribbon UK, a leading UK-based charity committed to preventing men’s violence against women and girls (VAWG) by engaging men and boys, has been awarded an Open Societal Challenges grant to fund an innovative research project.

An Open University graduate has developed the world’s first AI-powered platform designed to comprehensively detect and monitor marine plastic debris.

In her inaugural lecture, on Thursday 21 November 2024, Anna De Liddo, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Director of Research at the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University, pointed out that the biggest problems of our time call for collective action.

In a significant stride towards sustainable urban development, Bridgman & Bridgman LLP and The Open University have secured Open Societal Challenges funding for their innovative project, the “Living Roof Live Lab.”

A report, based on one of The Open University's Open Societal Challenges, shows that young people in Wales are more likely to be dissatisfied with democracy and less likely to participate in formal politics.

The UK chancellor Rachel Reeves talks a lot about achieving better growth. And the latest figure – economic expansion in the last quarter of just 0.1% – suggests plenty of room for improvement.

Open University researchers are launching a toolkit (21 November 2024) which will help people across generations to keep healthy together.

Thames Life, a community development charity based in Barking and Dagenham, has secured a grant from The Open University’s Open Societal Challenges fund to tackle urgent social infrastructure needs within the borough.