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What’s love got to do with it?
11th February 2021
Hot on the heels of the traditional January ‘divorce spike’ comes Valentine’s Day. Do our relationships need more work in 2021 and how can we celebrate this year?
The Spectre of Trump Haunts Biden’s Inauguration
20th January 2021
Sinead McEneaney, Historian, on the day of Joseph R. Biden’s inauguration as 46^th President of the United States, and inauguration like no other.
Has US politics reached crisis point?
7th January 2021
As we continue to watch events unfolding at the Capitol, Dr Sinead McEneaney, Lecturer in History, and David Galbraith, Lecturer in Politics, share their thoughts and consider what might come next.
£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.
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.
OU Relationship Research behind $1m Paired App
6th October 2020
OU Research is behind a newly-launched relationship app designed to tackle the fact that two-thirds of us don’t talk about our relationships with anyone.
Social scientific research in the time of COVID-19
4th May 2020
School of Social Sciences and Global Studies launches informed blogs on social scientific research in the time of COVID.
International Development and Inclusive Innovation in Astrobiology OU
5th February 2020
A £6.7m investment from Research England in OU’s Astrobiology research group has enabled transdisciplinary collaborations at the OU and FASS academics are delighted to be part of the collabrations.
FASS join OpenMinds to debate What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
31st March 2017
As Article 50 was triggered and Britain and prepares to leave the European Union three Open University academics explored the implications in a live debate.