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MK LitFest Moderator Training event at Walton Hall
16th April 2025
MK LitFest and the OU welcomed journalist Julia Wheeler to Walton Hall for a session of training in moderation skills.
Building bibliotherapy project awarded £29,657 by the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy
27th January 2025
Open University researchers Francesca Benatti, Siobhan Campbell and Alessio Antonini awarded £29,657 for 'Immersive Online Reading for Mental Wellbeing' project
‘Poetry and Performance’ nominated for award
17th May 2024
‘Poetry and Performance’ interactive for ‘Being Kae Tempest’ nominated for Learning on Screen award.
OU Creative Writing partner with MK Lit Fest for fiction writing series
19th April 2024
OU-sponsored MK Lit Fest series The Long and Short of It: From flash fiction to the doorstop novel brings new audiences to ground-breaking Creative Writing research and offers PhD students valuable public engagement experience.
Remembering Benjamin Zephaniah
8th December 2023
Emeritus Professor Dennis Walder remembers his experience of working with Benjamin Zephaniah at The Open University and presenting Benjamin with his Honorary Doctorate.
Prof Nicola Watson consults on OU/BBC co-production ‘Being Kae Tempest’
30th November 2023
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.
Powerful textile art inspired by psychology research now on display
25th August 2023
A piece of textile art inspired by a Psychology research project has gone on display at Northern Ireland’s Linen Biennale. ‘The Belfast Quilt’ was the brainchild of Heather Richardson, Staff Tutor in English and Creative Writing.
Launch of Arts Council anthology of women writers from migrant backgrounds
30th June 2023
OU Creative Writing lecturer Dr Emma Claire Sweeney celebrates launch of anthology by women from migrant backgrounds produced during a year-long Arts Council-funded mentoring programme run by The Ruppin Agency Writers’ Studio, which she directs.
The OU and University of Zagreb launch the first Croatian chatbot about reading
9th February 2022
A collaboration between academics from The Open University (OU) and the University of Zagreb has launched the first Croatian chatbot about reading.
Stitches and Stories: Transforming Psychology research into textile art
18th January 2022
Inspired by Professor John Dixon’s ESRC-funded Belfast Mobility Project (BMP), The Belfast Quilt, devised by Dr Heather Richardson, is a stunning piece of collaborative textile art - in the form of a patchwork quilt made of upcycled Irish linen.