Tackling Inequalities news

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.

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.

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.

Saferworld, a charity dedicated to creating safer communities by preventing armed violence, has secured funding for an ambitious research project aimed at improving the transparency and accountability of UK national security policy.

“Research is just the first step. It’s all about collaboration and applying what we find to see real benefits unfolding in society”, that is how The Open University is approaching research according to Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation.

In a significant step towards improving pandemic preparedness in Africa, a project at The Open University titled "Strengthening and Reimagining Health-Industry Policy Linkages for Pandemic Preparedness in Africa" has just received funding of £200,000.

“Creating Solutions, Inspiring Minds”, that is how The Open University (OU) is tackling climate change through open research according to Professor Nick Braithwaite.

OU researchers have highlighted the need for the scrutiny of any new proposals around employment leave for early pregnancy endings.

A new OU research platform is open for collaboration on some of the most important challenges of our time.

Researchers from The Open University have carried out the UK’s largest ever study into societal attitudes and experiences of online violence against women and girls across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.