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![Field of dreams? How some professional cricketers continue to pay the price for sporting excellence](https://ounews.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cricket-player-holding-leather-ball-326x205.jpg)
Field of dreams? How some professional cricketers continue to pay the price for sporting excellence
Helen Owton, Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University What comes to mind when you think of cricket? Perhaps it’s an idyllic scene of an English village green –…
![BepiColombo’s most astounding images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby](https://ounews.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BepiColombo_says_goodbye_to_Mercury_for_the_fourth_time-326x205.jpg)
BepiColombo’s most astounding images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury overnight on 4/5 September, capturing images that include two special impact craters as it…
![‘My confidence is the best it’s ever been, thanks to the OU’ Kyle looking aside from the camera, smiling with floral wallpaper behind him.](https://ounews.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC03703-326x205.jpg)
‘My confidence is the best it’s ever been, thanks to the OU’
Hampered by low confidence, Kyle, 36, rejected the place he was offered at a campus university, despite his lifelong dream of achieving a degree. Now studying Arts and Humanities at…
![OU research identifies key areas for improving trans healthcare in the UK Open University Campus in Milton Keynes](https://ounews.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OU-Campus-2-326x205.jpg)
OU research identifies key areas for improving trans healthcare in the UK
A new study published today and led by The Open University (OU) has identified significant areas for improvement in the care for transgender adults within the NHS. The report, titled…
![Zelensky: BBC programme charts his journey from comedian to president at war](https://ounews.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Zelensky_BBC_Promo_Still_002-Leo-Fawkes-72-Films-336x200.jpg)
Zelensky: BBC programme charts his journey from comedian to president at war
A new OU/BBC three-part programme charting the journey of President Zelensky from young actor and…
![The Open University unveils new research on post-conflict theatre in Northern Ireland: Advocacy Theatre: Activist as Authors in Northern Ireland](https://ounews.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Performers-from-Um-Mundo-theatre-company-in-the-play-One-World-v3-336x200.jpg)
The Open University unveils new research on post-conflict theatre in Northern Ireland: Advocacy Theatre: Activist as Authors in Northern Ireland
The Open University in Ireland is proud to announce the upcoming publication of Advocacy Theatre:…