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OU/BBC co-productions supported by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences academics dominate the evening schedule of 7 April on BBCTWO with two new series Secrets of the Museum and Art That Made Us.

Development Policy and Practice have secured 15 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for Ugandan development practitioners to study the MSc in Global Development, starting in October 2022.

Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations, Jamie Gaskarth, comments on growing tensions between Ukraine and Russia and the history of appeasement in European conflict in this opinion piece for UK in a Changing Europe.

Broadcast on 23 and 24 February on BBCTwo at 21:00, new two-part OU/BBC series We Are Black and British explores the issues and debates around being black in Britain from a unique perspective.

An exciting programme of free online events organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences kick-starts in February, featuring external speakers from BBC Cumbria and UK Parliament.

Broadcast on 25 January and 1 February at 21:00 on BBCTwo, two-part series The Decade the Rich Won talks to insiders about the 2008 financial crash and its far-reaching repercussions.

The UK Government’s latest data shows UK price inflation has risen by 4.8% year-on-year, but for many the jump in the cost of the weekly shop and household bills is much higher than that. Jonquil Lowe discusses the impact.

Dr Emma Claire Sweeney, Lecturer in Creative Writing for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), will be among the fantastic line-up of speakers for this year’s Creative Coalition Festival.

The FASS Student Awards, led by the FASS Student EDI Team, presented the inaugural Joan Armatrading and Sir Lenny Henry awards in November 2021.

On International Migrants Day 2021 we spotlight some research that shows that migrant health workers are most at risk from COVID, highlighting some of the imbalances in global health care systems.