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John D’Arcy said he felt like the right time to go after 15 years at the helm of the Open University in Northern Ireland.

Angie Bird, who lives in Ardfern, Argyll and Bute, was speaking after the benefit was increased to £40 a week for families with a child under one.

Co-creator of an Open University course that had a profound effect on the study of design history in Britain

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Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within that, the metal) of which it is composed must have…

Other lives: BBC TV producer who made Open University arts programming, helping to inspire public interest in art history and architecture

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core onto the ocean floor – potentially providing nourishment…

Amateur astronomers have taken images of Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE as it commenced its journey to the largest planet of the solar system.

Mature student Charlie Brooks pleaded with fans to send her a new brain after falling behind on her study after heading to university as she stepped back from acting