Economics Senior Lecturer Martin Higginson consulted on hard-hitting series OU/BBC co-production Britain’s Housing Crisis: What went wrong? which interviewed key decision makers and influencers.
OU/BBC co-production ‘The Met’ returns for series four, advised by Head of Social Policy and Criminology Professor Louise Westmarland
Introducing Local & Global, the digital magazine for new debates and fresh ways of thinking from experts in the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies.
Kyle Andrews realised he no longer wanted to pursue his longstanding dream and sought a new purpose. After graduating with a Combined Social Sciences degree from The Open University (OU), Kyle knew he could achieve anything he wanted and is now in a career he loves.
A former FASS graduate is named as one of a select few researchers to gain a Kennedy Scholarship in the United States to pursue her studies into autism. Heather Annan’s research focuses on philosophy of mind, perception, and attention.
Open University Professor Simon Usherwood gave evidence to two Parliamentary Committees on the Windsor Framework and the future of the UK’s relationship with the EU.
New MA in International Relations and BA (Honours) Sociology courses have just launched, offering the chance to explore some of the big questions about the world around us.
A new course from Oxford University and the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) will help journalists get right to the heart of stories that deal with migration and its effects, and avoid errors in reporting. The free course, on the NCTJ website, was launched with input from Dr Donna Smith, Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Politics at The Open University.
OU academic Dan Taylor has won one of the nation’s 10 coveted places as a “New Generation Thinker” to bring fresh thinking to a range of topics on the world around us.
Professor John Wolffe, Religious Studies, writes on how Mothering Sunday has evolved over the centuries from its origins as a break in lent to a secular celebration of family.
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