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OU academic shares secret to ageing well in series of free public lectures
Academic, Dr Jitka Vseteckova, Senior Lecturer in Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University (OU) is giving a series of public talks about ‘Ageing Well’. The talks will…
OU academics get funding for Mars research
Martians may be the preserve of 20th Century science fiction writers but planetary scientists are still fascinated with Mars and the possibility that primitive life-forms once existed – and if…
Liz Truss: three areas where the new foreign secretary will have the most influence
Written by Jamie Gaskarth, Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations at The Open University. In naming her as the new foreign secretary, Boris Johnson has handed Liz Truss a…
Geronimo the alpaca – the case for animals having the same legal rights as people
Written by Fred Motson, Lecturer in Law, at The Open University. The fate of Geronimo the alpaca was seemingly sealed in the UK’s high court recently when the appeal against an order…
New OU/ BBC co-pro charts the rise of the Premier League
As English football entered the 1990s, the game was in crisis. The golden days of…
OU partners with Russell Group to launch resource hub for students starting university this autumn
The Open University (OU) and Russell Group, which represents 24 leading UK universities, have launched…
