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OpenARC held its first ever Festival, celebrating the research, broadcast work, public engagement and impact in the School of the Arts and Humanities.

Open University Classical Studies academic Dr Jessica Hughes has curated an exhibition, ‘The Other Pompeii: religion and archaelogy in the nineteenth century’, as part of this year’s British Academy Summer Showcase (20-21 June 2025)

Criminologist Dr David Scott secured funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to commemorate the bicentennial of the Chatterton Massacre.

Psychology academic has won EU funding for a research project which aims to enhance the lives of disadvantaged children through the active participation in art in education.

OU/BBC co-production 'The Zelensky Story' wins Best Specialist Factual Programme at the Broadcast Awards 2025.

Open University researchers Francesca Benatti, Siobhan Campbell and Alessio Antonini awarded £29,657 for 'Immersive Online Reading for Mental Wellbeing' project

Art History have secured a funded PhD studentship, ‘Art on the Underground’ with the Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership.

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

A new OU/BBC short film on Armchair Detectives featuring the OU’s Professor Kesi Mahendran will air as part of Morning Live on BBC One and iPlayer between 09:30 and 10:45, on Friday 8 November.

OU Music academics Naomi Barker and Helen Coffey create interactive ‘show’ supporting OU/BBC co-production “Mozart: Rise of a Genius”