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Asteroid killed off the dinosaurs, says international scientific panel
The Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth, was caused by an asteroid colliding with Earth and not massive volcanic activity, according to a comprehensive review of all the available evidence, published today in the journal Science. A panel of 41 ...
Open University renews partnership with UNISON
The Open University (OU) and UNISON this week (2 March) formally renewed their partnership to increase participation in education among public sector workers.The OU and UNISON have been working together since 1997, and the signing today of a Memorandum of Understanding by Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor of the OU, and Dav ...
Social networking threat to language learning
Research into the impact of technology on language learning has found that the growing use of English in social networking sites is creating a threat to the learning of other languages, of more formal English and even to learners' first languages. The researchers, from across Europe, also found that the use of gaming h ...
OU academic to referee Monty Python- style Philosophers' Football match
Open University academic Dr Nigel Warburton has been appointed match referee for the 2010 re-staging of the classic Monty Python 'Philosophers' Football' clash of 'Greeks' versus 'Germans'.'Socrates Wanderers' versus 'Nietzsche Albion,' is scheduled to take place on Sunday, 9 May 2010 at Wingate & Finchley's Harry Abra ...
OU helps bring electric car charging infrastructure to Milton Keynes
Electric cars, vans and buses could be on the streets in Milton Keynes thanks to a UKP 4.9m award from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles to develop a charging infrastructure for electric cars. The Open University is a partner in the programme and part of the Milton Keynes Council Consortium.The programme, Plugged in ...
Research suggests that autism and intellectual disability have largely independent causes
New research by The Open University, King's College London, the University of Cambridge and Birkbeck College suggests that the causes of autism and intellectual disability are mostly distinct.The researchers found that behavioural and personality characteristics related to autism (also called 'autistic traits') are str ...
Open University online research repository gets one million visitors
Open Research Online (ORO), the Open University's online research repository, has had one million visits. After only three and a half years, ORO is currently ranked the fourth best higher education repository in the UK by the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR), having been launched in September 2006 as part of ...
Open University academics are new Review Editors of Ageing & Society
Academics from The Open University (OU) have again been appointed Review Editors of the international journal, Ageing & Society. Dr Caroline Holland, research associate, and Dr Josie Tetley, senior lecturer in nursing, work within the OU's Health and Social Care Faculty and replace Julia Johnson and Professor Joanna Bo ...
The Virtual Revolution - 20 years of the world wide web
20 years on from the invention of the world wide web, this major new BBC Two series, produced in partnership with The Open University, takes stock of its profound impact - how, for better and for worse, the digital revolution is reshaping all our lives.Over four themed episodes that criss-cross the globe, journalist an ...
Birkbeck and the OU make joint submission to HE Review
The Open University and Birkbeck's joint submission to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance highlights the undervalued contribution of part-time students to the economy and to serious funding problems that the sector faces in the future. The Review, led by Lord Browne, is currently exa ...
100th Survey of Small Business finds 7 out of 10 firms seeking face to face advice
Small firms are turning to trusted sources for advice as the economic climate, cashflow and bad debt become their dominant problems according to the 100th Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain released today by The Open University Business School. Most (71%) want face-to-face contact for new advice and informat ...
Syrian School: real life in the Middle East
TX: Wednesday 10 February, 9pm, BBC FOUR 5 x 60minutesA unique portrait of life in the heart of the Middle East is shown in a new documentary coming to BBC FOUR. Syrian School, produced in partnership with The Open University, explores the lives of ordinary people in close up – from the Palestinian refugee rappe ...
Seven Ages of Britain
The story of our nation told through its treasures TX Sunday 31 January, 9pm, BBC ONEDavid Dimbleby charts a landmark history of Britain's greatest art and artefacts over 2000 years in Seven Ages of Britain (7x60) shot in HD.Produced in partnership with The Open University, Seven Ages of Britain looks at our extraordin ...
10M visits to OU's OpenLearn site: free university course materials for everyone
OpenLearn gives anyone in the world free access to Open University course materials and today had its 10 millionth visit. Since launch in October 2006 it has attracted 8 million unique visitors, 80% of them are new to the OU, and to date, has resulted in 13,000 OU course registrations.The OU is the first UK university ...
UNICEF provides $4million for the OU and partners to train community health workers in Ethiopia
The Open University's HEAT (Health Education and Training) programme and its partners have been awarded $4 million by UNICEF to help train Ethiopia's 31,000 rural community health workers. Starting in 2010, a pilot cohort of 1,000 community health workers (known as Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia) will begin study ...
Open University partners with leading charity to offer professional training for foster carers
A UNIQUE range of courses to help foster carers with their personal and professional development is now available through a new partnership between the Fostering Network and The Open University (OU).The launch comes at a time of growing demand from foster carers for more learning opportunities. Learning as they go, a r ...
The NHS climate change challenge
The Open University is a partner in a new research project to design and deliver hospital environments that respond to our changing climate. The NHS, which manages more than 14,000 sites, is facing a particular challenge. It needs to protect patients, carers and visitors from excess temperatures, but standard mechanica ...
Scientists aim to develop “early warning system” for bowel cancer
Scientists have announced plans to develop a simple urine test that could tell people they are at increased risk of bowel cancer.The researchers at The Open University, whose two-year project will be funded by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), hope the test will enable them to detect DNA damage in urine using an inexp ...
French COP15 analysis tool developed with Open University expertise
The Open University has taken a role in helping French officials assess climate negotiations and decisions at the COP-15 climate change conference.The SynsCop15 programme, which was initiated by the French Ministry of Environment through the GICC programme (managing climate change impacts), brings together three modell ...
Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes?
TX: Tuesday 8 and 15 December, BBC2 9pm – 2 x 60minsIn the next 20 years over a million of us will have dementia, yet dementia care is something we are often reluctant to think about. Gerry Robinson, whose father had the disease when he died, returns to our screens in a new series that highlights this important i ...
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