News

Challenging the narrative on climate crisis
30th July 2024
FASS academic insight and expertise has been used to help create new learning resources to challenge the narrative around the climate crisis.
Hard-hitting series wins Best Documentary Award
26th February 2024
OU/BBC co-production ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ won Best Documentary at the Broadcast Awards 2024.
Society’s biggest challenges explored by third annual SSGS magazine
26th September 2022
The new SSGS magazine showcases the most up-to-date teaching and research from the school, delving into everything from the cost-of-living crisis to space ethics, via the science of long-term love and decolonising religious studies.
Behind the scenes event - Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
29th April 2021
In ‘Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World’, film crews tracked climate change activist Greta Thunberg as she embarked on a year-long mission that would take her across the globe.
India and the search for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines
2nd February 2021
We were delighted to have Dr Rory Horner from the University of Manchester join us in January to discuss 'Between globalisation and nationalism: India and the search for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines'. The webinar is now available to view again.
£2.2 million funding secured for Decolonising Education for Peace in Africa (DEPA)
24th November 2020
Announced as part of a £147m package of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding, The Open University’s Decolonising Education for Peace in Africa (DEPA) project has received £2.2 million of funding. Projected outcomes will include the development of training for educators using decolonised learning pedagogy and content.
An Introduction to the Arctic – A British Museum collaboration
6th November 2020
Climate change is placing unprecedented pressure on Arctic Peoples, and the threats that they face are the precursor to those that will affect us all. This free event introduces the diverse landscapes and complex histories of the peoples and their region.
The new SSGS magazine
4th November 2020
We're pleased to announce the publication of SSGS Magazine, which offers insight into the breadth of work across the School's eight disciplines.
International Development research and COVID-19
8th July 2020
In a recent Open University webinar, a panel of researchers and practitioners explored the numerous issues faced by those conducting research with mobile populations in a time of lockdown and social distancing. Now available to watch again
India's Employment and Migration Crisis in the wake of COVID-19
16th June 2020
Dr Aditya Ray, a Research Fellow in Geography at The Open University, speaks to Dr Amit Basole, Associate Professor of Economics at Azeem Premji University in India, about India's employment and migration crisis in the wake of the pandemic