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Studio Properties: A Field Guide to Design Education

21 Aug 2025

Authored by six internationally recognised experts in design education, Studio Properties: A Field Guide to Design Education serves as an essential reference for scholars and educators in the field. Among the contributors…

KMi wins OU recognition of Excellence in Teaching Award

22 Jul 2025

KMi has won a 2025 OU Recognition of Excellence in Teaching (RET) Award for its work on the Student Facing Dashboard (SFD), demonstrating the valuable support that technology can provide…

Flood Resilience, Community Voices, and a Panoramic Perspective

04 Jul 2025

The Open University’s Research Image of the Month for June 2025 highlighted the research of PhD student Claude Nsobya, based in the School of Engineering and Innovation. The image and…

Durability and Innovation

19 Jun 2025

School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Professor Claudia Eckert was recently invited to deliver a keynote talk at the International Conference and Innovation in Engineering (ICIE) in Prague, where she discussed the…

Alexander Mikroyannidis appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by A3ES

09 Jun 2025

Dr Alexander Mikroyannidis, Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), The Open University, UK, has been appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by the Agency for the Assessment and…

Digital 3D Modelling Through Touch

09 Jun 2025

School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Lisa Bowers is leading efforts to ensure that The Open University is at the forefront of accessible education. In a 2022 study featured during British Science Week, a…

Methods as a Form of Engineering Knowledge

05 Jun 2025

Methods comprise a significant part of the knowledge engineers are taught and that they use in professional practice. However, methods have been largely neglected in discussions of the nature of…

Engineering Applications of Honeycombs

03 Jun 2025

Honeycombs have long been known to offer interesting properties, such as low mass-weight ratio, energy absorption, and mechanical and acoustic damping; but historically have been limited in geometry due to…

KMi congratulates David Goddard on successfully passing his Viva!

03 Jun 2025

We are delighted to announce that David Goddard, one of KMi’s dedicated PhD students, has successfully passed his viva. David’s PhD, titled “Designing a Personal Awareness Agent to Ameliorate Information…

To Touch is To Know – Haptic Inquiry for Primary School Citizen Science

28 May 2025

School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Lisa Bowers is co-author on a recent paper which introduces a new approach to citizen science in primary schools. The paper posits that integrating haptic technologies will considerably…

Co-production and Community Involvement in Flood Risk Management

28 Apr 2025

Over recent decades, flood risk management has often involved communities adopting decentralised and people-centred approaches. This includes the emergence of property flood resilience, sustainable urban drainage systems and nature-based solutions. As…

Transport Innovation, Complexity, and Resilience

16 Apr 2025

Work by researchers in the School of Engineering and Innovation has informed recent horizon scans on Transport Innovations and Transport System Resilience by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology…