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KMi participating in COP26 green zone event

01 Oct 2021

See Full programme here: https://ukcop26.org/the-conference/green-zone-programme-of-events/ Ancient Knowledge and Modern Thinking: Climate Perspectives in Folk Art 13:00 – 14:30, 07 Nov 2021 The Open University and Glasgow Life How can art…

KMi Admin Team Set Sail on an Away Day

29 Sep 2021

Since the pandemic the Admin Team have been working from home, like most staff and students at the Open University. Now we are permitted to meet, last week the team…

How does CORE substitute Microsoft Academic Graph?

17 Sep 2021

The forest chatter has been clamorous since Microsoft’s announcement to retire Microsoft Academic (MAG) at the end of 2021. Like many others, at CORE, we have used MAG for a number of…

Celebrations for three Open University Astronomy & Planetary Science students

14 Sep 2021

Each year the OU awards a prize to the top performing student(s) in level 2 Astronomy (S284) and level 2 Planetary Science (S283), funded by a gift bequeathed by Eric Tomney, an OU graduate…

Tiff’s Summer Spotlight: Working in the Software and Innovation Engineering Service team

14 Sep 2021

What can you tell us about your role? I work on all kinds of projects with the researchers here at the OU; this means I can be working on project…

Asteroid is officially named after The Open University

13 Sep 2021

Academics in the School of Physical Sciences are celebrating after learning that an asteroid situated more than 126 million miles from Earth has finally been named after The Open University.…

KMi team win at the SciRoc 2021 challenge

13 Sep 2021

Last week, from the 6th to the 10th of September, the 2nd International Smart Cities and Robotics Challenge (SciRoc) was held in Bologna (Italy) in the historic location of Palazzo…

One step closer to building habitats on the Moon

28 Aug 2021

A team of lunar scientists from The Open University (OU) and the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) are making advances in building permanent structures on the Moon’s surface. OU researchers Dr Sungwoo…

Joseph Kwarteng’s Spotlight Story on Misogynoir

24 Aug 2021

What could you tell us about your research? My research is about intersectionality in hate speech detection, focusing on "Misogynoir" – a particular kind of hate that black women experience.…

60 second adventures in Artificial Intelligence

23 Aug 2021

Colleagues within the School of Physical Sciences have been involved in the production of a new set of 60 second adventures centred around the theme of Artificial Intelligence. The new set of four…

Partnership Announcement: ADRI and CORE

19 Aug 2021

We’re delighted to announce a new partnership between CORE and Arabic Digital Reform Institute (ADRI), providing services to researchers to store, share and access Arabic academia online. The partnership will provide…

27th July fourth of 50th birthday celebrations of systems teaching at the OU

06 Aug 2021

The School of Engineering and Innovation takes a broad, interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary approach to Engineering and Innovation. We have a long history of innovation in teaching and research critical to…