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the NEW ABC UK team members (from left to right: Stavropoulou, De Abreu and Crafter) during a dissemination event, June 2024

Psychology researchers celebrated in OU Research Excellence Awards 2024

Professor Sarah Crafter and Dr Nelli Stavropoulou from the School of Psychology & Counselling have won this year’s 2024 Open University Research Excellence Award (REA) for ‘Outstanding Open Research’.

18th September 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky smiles at the camera

Politics lecturer consults for new OU/BBC series “The Zelensky Story”

Open University’s Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody consults for OU/BBC co-production The Zelensky Story

2nd September 2024
A woman wearing a hijab, looking at a painting in the National Gallery, Indonesia

New paper shows the value of arts and humanities degrees

A new paper has challenged misconceptions of arts and humanities (A&H) degrees, showing the value they bring to the economy and society.

15th August 2024
A field with five wind turbines with the sun setting in the background

Challenging the narrative on climate crisis

FASS academic insight and expertise has been used to help create new learning resources to challenge the narrative around the climate crisis.

30th July 2024
Gemma Allen and Adrienne Scullion facing forwards smiling, standing in front of a OpenARC pull-up banner

Togas, truncheons, and terrific panellists – OpenARC Research Centre launches

The new research centre for the School of Arts and Humanities, OpenARC, launched on 10 June with a lively on-campus and online event. 

11th July 2024
BBC Morning Live presenters Helen Skelton, Gethin Jones, and Michelle Ackerley

FASS academics feature on the BBC’s Morning Live programme

Two Psychology academics from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) feature in the BBC’s Morning Live programme.

21st June 2024
Explosion scenes on "Sword Beach", soldiers under fire as they run from the landing craft onto the beach through Czech hedgehog anti-tank obstacles

History academic consults for 80th Anniversary series D-Day: The Unheard Tapes

History Lecturer Dr Frances Houghton consults for OU/BBC co-production 80th Anniversary series D-Day: The Unheard Tapes.

31st May 2024
'We are not witches' Parents talk of their living nightmare text in the style of newspaper headline over an aerial shot of Manchester

Religious Studies academic appears as expert on Rochdale Satanists documentary

Religious Studies Senior Lecturer David Robertson provides expertise for Rochdale Satanist scandal documentary.

26th April 2024
A man wearing a red top attempting to cycle a bike through knee high flooding

OU Academic contributes to scoping new special report on climate change

Dr Arabella Fraser, Senior Lecturer in Development, was among UK experts nominated by BEIS to contribute to the IPCC’s scoping exercises on the structure of a new special report on climate change and cities.

25th April 2024
UK Young Academy announcement of newest members with head portrait pictures of the some of the members

Politics academic appointed to UK Young Academy

Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody has been inducted as a member of the prestigious UK Young Academy.

3rd April 2024

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