News & articles

In the days since an alleged chemical attack outside Damascus, the pressure in Syria has risen dramatically. With outside powers launching missile strikes on Syrian ground targets as the Assad government’s backers warned them against it, here’s a rundown of who the major players are.

Written by Dr Alena Pfoser, Loughborough University and Dr Sara de Jong, Open University.

The ethics and politics of the migration and refugee crisis: OU collaborations, written by Dr Giota Alevizou.

OU academics are to present at this year’s ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, which takes place in Montreal from 21-26 April 2018.

Who’s caring for the front line workers? Dr Vita Terry puts forth the idea of using an ethics of care perspective to explore the pressures frontline workers face in the voluntary sector.

Today the Open University organises a public roundtable at the Migration Museum in London on ‘Technology-enabled Language Education for Migrants and Refugees in the UK’ led by Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology.

OU research reveals that the needs of children whose parents or carers are seriously ill, are often neglected.

An OU academic has created a new global online resource which pulls together research evidence relevant to those who require carer-related research information.

The rise of Nazism in twentieth-century Europe undoubtedly triggered a mass migration that affected people of all walks of life. For Jewish composers with an international reputation, who thus had the means to escape, the relative safety and opportunities offered by the United States were compelling.

Written by Marie Gillespie, Professor of Sociology at the Open University, Souad Osseiran, and Margie Cheesman.