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The Open University maintains high ratings for student satisfaction
The Open University is in the top three places for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK for student satisfaction, maintaining its position at the forefront of the National Student Survey ratings since they began in 2005. Over 30,000 OU students were surveyed – the sample size more than trebling since l ...
New generation of part-time learners focus on career progression: 1 in 4 of new OU students is under 25 - 55% work full-time
A whole new generation is joining the 39% of UK students who choose to study part-time¹. Over 29,000 of Open University students are now under 25, making up 1 in 4 of all OU new undergraduates², and most work while they study with 55% of the OU's 18-24 year old students in full-time employment³.89% of part-time student ...
New Open University Director in Ireland, John D'Arcy
Mr John D'Arcy has been named as the next Director of The Open University in Ireland. He succeeds Dr Rosemary Hamilton and joins the University on 4 October. John is currently Chief Executive of the Association of Northern Ireland Colleges, a post he has held since 2003, in which he has led the organisation and the se ...
Open University to play a role in next stage of Mars exploration
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have embarked on a joint programme to study the chemical composition of the atmosphere of Mars from 2016. They have just announced the providers of five scientific instruments for the first mission, including a consortium in which The Open University has a major role.The ExoMars ...
Damned in Hell in the Frescoes of Venetian-dominated Crete (13th- 17th centuries)
Frescoes from the island of Crete depicting scenes of Hell and the punishments of the damned are the focus of a new research project led by Angeliki Lymberopoulou, The Open University, UK and Vasiliki Tsamakda, University of Mainz, Germany.The research team aims to place and assess these representations within a wider ...
Virtual world conference will address core issues in contemporary society
The use of virtual worlds for learning, collaborative work and business ventures will be explored in a unique conference on 15 September 2010. The Virtual World Conference 2010 will follow the sun and is hosted over a 24-hour period entirely in Second Life – a three-dimensional space where millions of users can c ...
Paranoid parents, media hysteria and the myth of childhood in crisis
Research conducted by Dr Mary-Jane Kehily, an expert in childhood and youth at The Open University, suggests that the current perception that childhood is 'in crisis' is essentially a media construct and not a new phenomenon. Researching into the issue over the past six years, Dr Kehily argues in the paper, 'Childhood ...
Wanted: Cyber Experts to Defend UK Online
Minister for Security declares Cyber Security Challenge UK Open: First competitions go live today26th July 2010: Leading higher education organisations are at the heart of the UK's first national hunt for future cyber security professionals launching today in central London. The Cyber Security Challenge UK is a series ...
In Their Own Words: British Novelists
Tx 16 August at 9pm, BBC Four This is the story of the British novel in the 20th century told by those who know it best – the authors themselves. Plundering the BBC archive, In Their Own Words, produced in partnership with The Open University, reveals Britain's greatest novelists talking candidly about their life ...
Coast returns for a fifth series, exploring our shores and beyond
TX: Sunday 25 July, 9pm, BBC TWO; Wednesday 28 July, 9pm and subsequent episodes from Wednesday 4 August at 8pm on BBC TWOThe Bafta-winning Coast returns this summer with a fifth series journeying around the British Isles and abroad to see how shared seas unite us with our neighbours across the water. Produced in part ...
The Open University is the first university worldwide to reach 20 million downloads on iTunes U
The Open University (OU) today reached a milestone as the first university to hit 20 million downloaded tracks on iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com). With an average of over a quarter of a million downloads per week*, the OU's popularity has soared si ...
What is Black British Jazz?
A team of researchers from The Open University is examining the cultural identity and emergence of Black British Jazz (BBJ). The project asks how far it can be considered a distinct tradition within British music and is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UKP 495,643). This is the first time research ...
The Open University Business School honours outstanding student achievement
The Open University Business School's annual awards took place at the House of Commons on Friday 18 June, recognising the outstanding achievements of its students. The award recipients include an international MBA student and young mother who transformed a small national tourism show in Moscow into the second largest i ...
OpenLearn wins Times Higher Award
OpenLearn won the ICT Initiative of the Year Award at the Times Higher Leadership & Management Awards ceremony last night (Thursday, June 17th) in London. OpenLearn, an open educational resource which gives anyone in the world free access to Open University course materials, has had over 12 million visits since it beg ...
How sweeping your hedge can help scientists protect important wildlife havens
From September 2010, Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) is asking people all over England to 'sweep' the nation's hedges so that the condition of these important habitats can be mapped for conservation. The OPAL Biodiversity Survey, led by The Open University, aims to find out more about the importance of hedges to nature by ...
Research suggests an active Icelandic volcano is likely to erupt
Dr Hazel Rymer, a volcanologist at The Open University, presented scientific evidence today suggesting that Askja, an active volcano in North Iceland, is showing signs of a build up to an eruption. Dr Rymer has measured gravity at Iceland's Askja volcano since 1985, with help from volunteers at environmental charity E ...
Lava flows could have altered Earth's climate
New research led by The Open University suggests that the volcanic birth of America's Northwest Columbia Plateau happened much more quickly than previously thought and with an intensity that may have changed the earth's climate and led to the extinction of some plants and animals.The lead author of the report published ...
OU technology research explores theatre experience of visually impaired
The Question, Extant's cutting edge immersive theatre installation using specially developed haptic technology in partnership with The Open University's Computing Department, will be launched at Battersea Arts Centre in June 2010. The Question is partly inspired by the published dialogues between sighted philosopher Br ...
OU team finds planet being devoured by its star
An international team of astronomers led by a group at The Open University has found that the hottest planet ever discovered, WASP-12b, is being consumed by its host star. Their observations confirm previous theoretical work that the gas on the surface of WASP-12b is being dragged towards its host Sun-like star. This ...
Grant awarded for new method of soil strength testing
The Open University is leading a UKP 680k project to develop a new method to measure the strength of soil. Soil strength and the availability of water are the main factors determining crop yields. Water shortages are already a major threat to food production in many countries, which makes better soil management practic ...
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