Christine is a manager in the Media Relations team within the Marcomms Unit at the OU with an extensive background in media and PR. A former national BBC journalist, sub-editor and news editor, she also has a grounding in regional newspapers. Her PR experience includes working in-house as press officer in the busy Marcomms unit at the Zoological Society of London. At the OU, Christine covers widening access in HE, corporate news and campaigns, as well as stories from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She has just completed an MA in Philosophy with the OU.
Dr Cristina Chimisso considers the constraints placed on all of us across the world to live in isolation and confinement and keep a social distance, yet…
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The necessary restrictions imposed during the Coronavirus pandemic are likely to put pressure on our relationships and family life. Professor Jacqui Gabb, who has researched and…
The Open University has seen a huge spike in visitors to its free online learning platform OpenLearn to access its health, wellbeing and educational content in…
In the five decades since we first started sending spacecraft to Mars, exploration of the red planet has had a poor record of success. It is…
Research by an OU psychology academic has helped produce a toolkit of resources for police forces to use in a campaign for safer driving. The social…
The Open University’s Deputy Vice-chancellor Josie Fraser reflects on why International Women’s Day is so important to her. “The world is celebrating International Women’s Day. An…
A fascinating look at how the image has developed across the ages and transformed our lives comes to television screens in March 2020. The Age of…
The Open University is among some of the most innovative universities in the world launching seven new microcredentials on its part-owned FutureLearn.com site, the leading social…
An exquisite 18th century portrait, a colourful Dior dress and dozens of delightful curiosities. These are just some of the fascinating secrets revealed in a new…
