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More students should study shorter courses – former Open University boss

More shorter courses would suit learners at different life stages better and enable them to spread costs, Professor Tim Blackman argues

The Independent UK

Deacon Blue singers recognised by Open University with honorary degrees

Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross joined hundreds of graduates at the ceremony in Glasgow on Friday

Evening Standard

Open University’s first Belfast graduates return for this year’s celebrations

They include former PE teacher Jim Mulholland, 84, who was part of the first graduation ceremony in 1975.

Evening Standard

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‘I didn’t realise the game’s impact for years’: the making of the original Football Manager

When Kevin Toms created the first footie tactics simulation in the early days of the gaming industry, it became a phenomenon – and a source of cherished memories

The Guardian - UK

Five simple questions that could reveal how well you’re ageing

Experts have identified five key areas that form a strong foundation for staying well and thriving in later life

The Independent UK

Steven Rose obituary

Neuroscientist, author, political activist and advocate for social responsibility in science

The Guardian - UK

NI university leaders unite to call for political agreement on tuition fee rise

Queen’s University, Ulster University and The Open University have warned that the current funding arrangements are ‘no longer sustainable’.

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On my radar: Naomi Alderman’s cultural highlights

The author of the bestselling The Power on her favourite video game, the courses she takes with the Open University, and why she is addicted to George Saunders’s substack

The Guardian - UK

Ditching monarchy would represent ‘a loss of identity’ to many Brits, argues new study

Brits believe Queen Elizabeth II represented ‘something of who we were’

The Independent UK

Gill Stoker obituary

Other lives: Teacher of English as a second language whose YouTube channel became a worldwide hit

The Guardian - UK

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows

The Guardian - UK

Phillip Williams obituary

Other lives: Pioneering educational psychologist who sat on the committee of the 1978 Warnock report on special needs

The Guardian - UK

Vindictive, cowardly leaders bowed to the gender bullies and failed Jo Phoenix

A tribunal has attacked Open University staff for waging a campaign of harassment against her

The Guardian - UK

The law is now clear: you can’t be punished for having gender-critical views. So why does it keep happening?

A slew of employment tribunals shows many women have been wrongly disciplined for expressing beliefs on gender and sex, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

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Open University academic wins tribunal case over gender-critical views

Prof Jo Phoenix who was compared with ‘racist uncle at the Christmas table’ wins unfair dismissal claim

The Guardian - UK

Labour can be green, spendy and cheerful

Brief letters: Starmer, Galbraith and Dury | The Open University | Bookshelf arrangements | Tax us our fair share

The Guardian - UK

University of York to accept some overseas students with lower grades

Staff told to take ‘more flexible approach’ in move university says will bring rules into line with those for UK offer-holders

The Independent UK

Probe carrying British technology could become first private mission to the moon

Simeon Barber from The Open University developed the sensor on the Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer which will be onboard Peregrine Mission One.

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The Independent UK

Space probe carrying instrument built by UK scientists set for moon mission

The device will analyse the thin lunar atmosphere as well as find out more about how water might be moving around the moon.

The Conversation

Six space missions to look forward to in 2024

It’s going to be a bumper time for space missions in 2024 – especially to the Moon, our nearest neighbour. And that’s following on from an already epic 2023.

The Guardian - UK

Pat Coombes obituary

Other lives: Lecturer who helped to set up a controversial social sciences degree course at the Open University

The Independent UK

Research suggests Mercury continues to shrink

Mercury’s radius may have decreased by as much as 7km, models and observations indicate.

The Guardian - UK

The UK has over 1,000 tax reliefs: why doesn’t the government know how many billions they cost?

You’d think a tax-obsessed Tory party would want to know what these exemptions add up to, says Dr Rajiv Prabhakar, a senior lecturer at the Open University

Inverse

Why the Evidence for Interstellar Materials Found on the Ocean Floor is Flimsy

The discovery was quite interesting because, although such spherules are distributed globally, it is not easy to recover them from the depths of the ocean bed – requiring a dredging operation with a powerful magnet.

The Independent UK

‘Sobering’ survey finds 17% of Scottish women have suffered online violence

The Open University has carried out the UK’s largest study into attitudes to and experiences of online violence against women and girls.

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