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Inaugural Lecture: Rose Capdevila, Professor of Psychology

In her inaugural lecture, Rose Capdevila, Professor of Psychology at the OU, will discuss research around the gendering of power in three contexts: activism, the history of psychology and social media.

28th February 2024

Economistic Thinking and Environmental Breakdown: The limitations of pricing nature loss and stress-testing climate disaster

This OU Economics Seminar, joint with IKD, will explore the direction economists are taking in with environmental breakdown. 

26th February 2024
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Hard-hitting series wins Best Documentary Award

OU/BBC co-production ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ won Best Documentary at the Broadcast Awards 2024.

26th February 2024

OCA Board of Trustees welcomes Sir William

The Open College of the Arts (OCA), our partner institute dedicated to the Creative Arts, is delighted to welcome Sir William Atkinson to its board of Trustees. Sir William, who was knighted in 2008 for Services to Education and Community, served as a headmaster for more than 24 years and is an Honorary Doctor of The Open University. In recent years Sir William has also been a member of several UK government groups, focusing on education and youth crime reduction.

23rd February 2024

The Long and the Short of it: MK Lit Fest

"The Long and the Short of it” is an OU series of discussions online in-person as part of MK Lit Fest. 

21st February 2024
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Prison rehabilitation documentary film wins Award

‘Served’, a film about prisoners learning catering skills which features Professor of History Rosalind Crone, has won a Public Relations and Communications Association’s Public Affairs Award.

21st February 2024
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The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences celebrates students’ success with its Student Awards

The Open University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences presented its Student Awards for outstanding achievement and performance.

5th February 2024

Economics seminar series - Inflation: Price Shocks, Profits and Conflict

Inflation in the UK reached their highest rates in 2022 and 2023 for three decades, putting an end to over a decade of historically low interest rates and pushing many into a cost of living crisis with poverty deepening for many. Drawing from recent publications, the seminar explores evidence based understanding of recent hikes in inflation and the distributional conflict between wages and profit that ensue.

30th January 2024

Open Psychology Research Centre publishes third annual review

The Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) has published an annual review on its third year (2022-2023).

26th January 2024

Open Politics webinar series: Can we make migration reporting better? If so, how?

Rob McNeil will explore how migration is reported, the challenges around doing so, and whether it can be improved.

26th January 2024

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