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Róisín Watson, Lecturer in History, has been awarded the Gerald L. Strauss prize by The Sixteenth Century Society for her first monograph The Beauty of Belief.

The Open University's Classical Studies journal, ‘New Voices in Classical Reception Studies’, has been selected as the pilot journal for Scottish Universities Press’s (SUP) new journal publishing programme.

Three Open University Sociology students won the Stuart Hall Dissertation 2026 Prize for outstanding sociological research and fresh thinking on society.

'Why do we do that?' explores everyday behaviours and relationships through accessible psychology conversations inspired by real student questions.

The new English and Creative Writing podcast: re: reading – The OU Literature Podcast is now live and available from all major podcast services.

Emily Bullock, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, has been shortlisted for the Aurora Metro Virginia Prize for Fiction with her manuscript: For Always Only.

Creative Writers in the department of English & Creative Writing are involved in research and writing projects that draw attention to local effects of climate change and focus public attention on the environment.

Art History academics Professor Clare Taylor and Dr Andrew Murray consult for OU/BBC series Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, which returns on BBC Two & BBC iPlayer Friday 15 May at 21:00.

Prof. Elizabeth McKellar presented the annual lecture of The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, held at The Artworkers’ Guild in London.

Academics from The Open University’s Art History department shared their work at a special study morning held at Tate Britain.