Tackling Inequalities news

The Open University has awarded funding from its Open Societal Challenges programme for a new project, titled ‘Sustaining Bournemouth: The Changing Face of Our Foodbank During Financial Crisis’.

Dr Alexandra Okada’s research for CARE-KNOW-DO has been recognised as one of the top 10 publications in the field, earning a finalist spot for the prestigious “Research Worth Reading” award by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST).

A groundbreaking initiative, led by the Welsh Refugee Council in collaboration with Open University’s Professor Marie Gillespie, has secured £25,000 in funding to break down barriers for refugee women in Wales.

CONNECT 2030, an international project led by Dr Alexandra Okada from The Open University, earned UNESCO recognition as a top three global initiative in digital education transformation at the 2024 Global Education Meeting in Fortaleza.

CHIVA Africa, a leading charity focused on supporting children and adolescents living with HIV, has been awarded an Open Societal Challenges funding grant to advance its project in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to address barriers to antiretroviral therapy.

Dr Keely Duddin, a celebrated researcher at The Open University and winner of the Research Excellence Award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher, is at the forefront of addressing pressing issues within UK policing.

Funding through the Open Societal Challenges programme at The Open University will support the MK Community Foundation in an ambitious project called Prototyping Community Innovation Hubs.

Alzheimer’s Society, in partnership with a team led by Dr Samara Banno from The Open University, has been awarded an Open Societal Challenges funding grant for their innovative project titled "Detecting the Early Signs of Dementia in the Down Syndrome Population Using Intelligent Modelling."

The Patients Association has been awarded an Open Societal Challenge’s grant from The Open University, securing £24,900 to embark on a project aimed at embedding Shared Decision-Making into patient care pathways.

The second wave of funded ‘Challenge Us!’ challenges has recently been announced with charities and businesses partnering with The Open University to tackle some of society's most critical challenges.