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Skill upgrade for counsellors with new OU short courses

Four 25-hour short online courses especially for professionals in Psychotherapy and Counselling have been launched.

9th January 2024
Presenter Gregg Wallace, wearing protective clothing, holds up a small Yorkshire Pudding next to a conveyor belt full of Yorkshire Puddings, in a factory in Hull

Economics academic advises on OU/BBC’s Inside the Factory

Dr Emilie Rutledge, Senior Lecturer in Economics, was academic consultant for new OU/BBC co-production series 8 of Inside the Factory

20th December 2023

GCSJ Seminar series: Irreversible enlightenments

At least from Hegel on, indeed perhaps since Plato and Aristotle, philosophers have cherished the idea of a form of rational progress that is rationally irreversible

12th December 2023
Pictured at the ceremony for his Honorary Doctorate, Benjamin Zephaniah, the late Baroness Boothroyd (a former OU Chancellor) and Professor Walder.

Remembering Benjamin Zephaniah

Emeritus Professor Dennis Walder remembers his experience of working with Benjamin Zephaniah at The Open University and presenting Benjamin with his Honorary Doctorate.

8th December 2023
Kae Tempest sits comfortably in a chair next to a radiator between a small table and a full bookcase

Prof Nicola Watson consults on OU/BBC co-production ‘Being Kae Tempest’

Professor Nicola Watson consults on OU/BBC co-production Being Kae Tempest which delves into the life of one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today.

30th November 2023

Sociology & Criminology academic consults on OU/BBC co-production ‘Drugs Map of Britain’

Dr Stuart Taylor consults on OU/BBC co-production Drugs Map of Britain, cutting through the headlines, and exploring the real world of drug users and dealers in the UK today.

30th November 2023

Global Extinction Rebellion Research

The seminar invites short papers from scholars across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences who are currently researching and writing about the Extinction Rebellion movement, as well as cross-fertilising and intersecting climate activist networks, like Fridays for Future or Just Stop Oil.

22nd November 2023
A brightly coloured graphic that reads “UK Parliament Week 6-12 Nov 2023, The Open University, Get Involved #UKPW”, with designs including the Houses of Parliament, the British Isles, and a thumbs up emoji.

This UK Parliament Week find out how anyone can make change

UK Parliament Week (UKPW) 2023 is the annual event that aims to remind people what the UK Parliament is.

7th November 2023

Community-led Policy Innovation for Local Food-Growing

Community-led Policy Innovation for Local Food-Growing is a seminar that will present a pilot study funded by the OSC programme.

31st October 2023

Online Drama Festival: Nick Dear, Frankenstein (Royal National Theatre 2011)

We warmly invite you to attend this year’s Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) online drama festival. The event will feature a discussion and viewing of Frankenstein, Nick Dear’s stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

30th October 2023

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