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OUAnalyse among 4 Best Projects for using AI in Education by UNESCO

26 May 2021

OUAnalyse, The Open University Predictive Learning Analytics system, was selected as a finalist and among the four best projects for the 2020 edition of the UNESCO Prize in education. Since 2005,…

New qualification: Single Honours Geology

19 May 2021

Discover how our planet works and decipher the clues to its remarkable history. Read the record of past climates, volcanic eruptions, extinction events and the history of life, while exploring…

Changes in global rainfall in the past give future climate change insight

18 May 2021

Open University (OU) researchers from the School of Environment Earth and Ecosystems in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Drs Katrina Nilsson-Kerr (previous OU PhD student), Pallavi Anand (project lead)…

Special Issue on Blockchain-Based Decentralised Solutions

13 May 2021

KMi’s Alexander Mikroyannidis is the managing guest editor of a special issue on Blockchain-Based Decentralised Solutions for Learner Empowerment, Education Reengineering and Public Sector Transformation. This special issue will be published…

EEES Secures Athena SWAN Bronze

06 May 2021

We are delighted to announce that the School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences has secured our first Athena SWAN Bronze award. The Self-Assessment Team was led by Elaine McPherson and Helen Payne,…

Three KMi Researchers Ranked in the Top 25 Most Influential International Scholars

27 Apr 2021

Prof. Harith Alani, Prof. Enrico Motta, and Dr. Francesco Osborne are among the top 25 most influential scholars in Knowledge Engineering, according to the AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Annual…

KMis First Apprentice Success!

23 Apr 2021

Congratulations to Kiran Parmar on passing his Level 3 Digital Marketer Apprenticeship. Kiran began his apprenticeship with the OU in September 2019 and due to the pandemic, he has had…

Anna is President-elect of the SIG on Cognitive Science Research

15 Apr 2021

Dr Anna De Liddo (Senior Research Fellow and lead of the IDea research team) has been invited to become President-elect of the SIG (Special Interest Group) on Cognitive Science Research in…

Flowcite Expands its Knowledge Library with 210 Million Research Papers from CORE

09 Apr 2021

Flowcite has teamed up with CORE, the world’s largest aggregator of open access research papers. The partnership will provide Flowcite users with free and unlimited access to millions of open…

Hardware upgrades at OpenScience Observatory in Tenerife

08 Apr 2021

The OpenScience Observatory’s Tenerife facilities finally received their long-awaited hardware upgrade, one year late due to COVID travel restrictions. PIRATE is now sporting a 24-inch astrograph, while its 17-inch predecessor has…

Successful Conclusion to the MK:5G Project

06 Apr 2021

A final virtual consortium meeting celebrated the successful conclusion of the MK:5G project, a flagship city initiative centred around the deployment of 5G technologies in Milton Keynes. In particular, MK:5G…

A Seed for Tackling Violence Against Women in Sierra Leone

30 Mar 2021

Dr Lara Piccolo has received a seed funding award from the Royal Academy of Engineering to tackle violence against women in Sierra Leone. Gender-based violence (GBV) is widespread in Sierra…