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Future business stars rewarded by OU
The winning businesses in this year’s Open University Student Entrepreneurship Competition range from a social enterprise focussed on helping former…
Appendix removal: does it really increase your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease?
Kevin McConway, The Open University writing for The Conversation. Recent scary press reports suggest that having your appendix out could triple your risk of getting Parkinson’s disease. Given that there…
The moon is still geologically active, study suggests
We tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity died out billions of years ago. Even…
Globalisation was rife in the 16th century – clues from Renaissance paintings
Leah Clark, The Open University,writing for The Conversation. For many, the Renaissance was the revival or “rebirth” of Western classical antiquity, associated with great artists painting the Sistine Chapel and…
OU’s free law clinic takes awards tech honour
The Open University’s Open Justice Centre’s Law Clinic, has won the Best Legal Tech Contribution in the Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards. The centre, which offers free online legal…
Innovative, modern and impactful: The OU Library wins information literacy award
The Open University Library’s Live Engagement Team has won the information literacy award at the…
Open University and colleges extend Functional Skills partnership
Free Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English are now being offered by The…
