| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.08.2024 | Empowering Change: Women Entrepreneurs and AI in Education | In a world that spins faster every day, two initiatives are emerging as beacons of hope. One champions women in entrepreneurship, while the other aims to lighten the load for teachers through artificial intelligence. Both are about progress... |
| 28.08.2024 | AI to Ease Teacher Workloads by Marking Homework | A new government backed project will bring teachers and tech companies together to develop and use trustworthy AI tools that can help mark pupil’s work and save teachers time.
The project, funded by £4 million of government investment, will... |
| 27.08.2024 | Ana Stewart’s Pathways Forward Announces 2nd Pledge Cohort | Pathways Forward has announced its second cohort of Pledge partners, with Converge, The Open University in Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, SIS Ventures, Social Investment Scotland, South of Scotland Enterprise, and th... |
| 20.08.2024 | CodeBase and Open University Partner to Accelerate Startup Activity | CodeBase has partnered with The Open University in Scotland to drive co-learning opportunities, including the co-creation of educational content, and to accelerate startup and entrepreneurial activity.
As part of the tie-up, distance learni... |
| 05.07.2024 | WHO Cancer Agency Labels Talc 'Probably Carcinogenic': What You Need to Know | By John Lopez
Published Jul 5, 2024 9:07PM EDT
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The World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm recently classified talc as &qu... |
| 19.06.2024 | Over Half of Scottish Businesses Still Reporting Skills Shortages | New data from this year’s Business Barometer report published by The Open University in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce, has found that over half (56%) of Scottish organisations are still reporting worrying skills shortage... |
| 22.05.2024 | EVs Are Twice as Likely to Hit Pedestrians Than Fuel Cars: Study | By Jace Dela Cruz
Published May 22, 2024 3:43AM EDT
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A recent study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggest... |
| 12.04.2024 | 'Assuming that I'm just a little old lady was your first mistake': Retired boomers are rejecting the idea they're lonely or sad | Careers 'Assuming that I'm just a little old lady was your first mistake': Retired boomers are rejecting the idea they're lonely or sad
Polly Thompson
2024-04-12T09:59:49Z
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| 22.03.2024 | The Stark Reality of Online Violence Against Scottish Women | A report from The Open University has pulled back the curtain on the realities of online violence and abuse against women and girls in Scotland – the report’s data points to nothing short of an endemic.
Drawing from an extensive survey, the... |
| 03.08.2023 | The incredible life story of Sophia Duleep Singh, the Indian princess who fought for women's right to vote while exiled in the UK | Entertainment The incredible life story of Sophia Duleep Singh, the Indian princess who fought for women's right to vote while exiled in the UK
Mikhaila Friel
2023-08-03T17:42:09Z
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| 22.07.2023 | The world's top alien hunters explain why a Harvard physicist's discovery of 'alien' tech is likely a false alarm | Science The world's top alien hunters explain why a Harvard physicist's discovery of 'alien' tech is likely a false alarm
Adam Barnes
2023-07-22T13:59:01Z
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| 11.04.2023 | Поддержка Tech специалистов в Великобритании: Менторинг, Комьюнити, Программы Обучения и Развития | 0 Обсудить
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В последние годы британская технологическая индустрия переживает стремительный рост и трансформацию. Поскольку отрасль продолжает развиваться, крайне важно поддерживать специалистов в области технологий, чтобы они о... |
| 11.04.2023 | IT-сертификация, курсы или высшее образование. Какой вариант лучше и как их комбинировать | Сегодня на рынке IT-образования можно выделить 3 основных направления:
ВУЗы. Самый классический вариант. Долгое, дорогое и глубокое обучение фундаментальным понятиям, на которых построены основные инструменты IT.
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| 11.02.2022 | Britvic blog: Phil Sanders on championing apprenticeships | Why I will always champion apprenticeships
There are many reasons why I'm proud to work at Britvic. Our apprenticeship scheme is right up there with the best of them.
Right now, 74 apprentices are working, learning and earning at Britvic lo... |
| 02.02.2022 | Legal & General : launches a Midlife MOT course to support those aged 40 to 60 | Legal & General Group Plc
2nd February 2022
Embargoed for 00.01 on Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Legal & General launches a Midlife MOT course
to support those aged 40 to 60
Regular Midlife MOT check-ups now will lay the foundations f... |
| 13.01.2022 | Arctic Shores takes aim at global skills shortage after latest Silicon Valley Bank funding | HR tech pioneer Arctic Shores is targeting further growth in 2022, supported by £1.5m in venture debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank.
The raise follows rapid new customer acquisition in 2021, including leading employers like Vitality, Xer... |
| 17.12.2021 | Inside sad disappearance of British Mars lander 'designed on back of a beer mat' | TechInside sad disappearance of British Mars lander 'designed on back of a beer mat'
Britain almost ruled the waves once more thanks to the Beagle 2 – the ill-fated Mars lander built in the UK which almost discovered alien life but crash-la... |
| 01.10.2021 | UK Cyber Security Council Appoints Four Additional Trustees | London - October 1st 2021 – The UK Cyber Security Council – the charitable, self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector – today announced the appointment of four additional trustees, taking the total to eight. Th... |
| 03.06.2021 | How the Digital Skills Gap is Hampering Tech Adoption Among UK SMEs | The digital skills gap in the UK is hampering small businesses from implementing new technology, a report was warned.
According to the Skills for Success: supporting business leaders with digital adoption report from the Open University and... |
| 30.03.2021 | Sponsored | Helping Scottish Employers Bridge the Digital Skills Gap | CodingSkills+ by The Open University launched in Scotland earlier this year and if you are planning to hire for software development, data analysis or related roles, it could be just what you’re looking for.
Under the scheme, 100 unemployed... |
| 08.02.2021 | Comment | The Importance of Long-term, Proactive Investment in Skills | What does the skills landscape look like in Scotland now and for the year ahead? That’s a big question at the best of times, let alone this year, when you factor in the ongoing impact of Covid-19 and lockdown restrictions, digitisation and ... |
| 22.01.2021 | Tech Execs Short On Tech Talent Should Consider Thinking Elastic, Not Agile | Callum Adamson is Co-Founder and CEO at Distributed. Helping companies build better software faster with on-demand engineering teams. |
| 03.12.2020 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | November 2020 | Investment & Funding Mocean Energy
Green energy startup Mocean Energy has secured major new investment to accelerate the development of its wave energy tech.
The Edinburgh-based startup has raised £612,000 of seed funding, as well as £2... |
| 17.11.2020 | Open University in Scotland to Boost SME Skills Training | The Open University has received a £1 million grant to support Scottish SME’s with skills training in response to Covid-19.
Announced yesterday, the new funding will enable SMEs across the country to access up to £5,000 of online training, ... |
| 27.08.2020 | The Coronavirus-Fueled Trend For Learning New Skills Is More Than Fleeting | Google searches for "free courses" hit a historic high in April 2020 as people were forced to ... [+] protect their earning potential but also as people sought to use their time in lockdown wisely; while the frenzy has subsided it... |
| 01.09.2019 | Counterproductive Counterinsurgency: Is Mozambique Creating the Next Boko Haram? | Editor’s Note: Mozambique has a small terrorism problem, but the government’s response threatens to make it a big one. Hilary Matfess of Yale University and Alexander Noyes of RAND Corp. contend that Mozambique is overreacting to the danger... |
| 09.07.2018 | How Tech is Helping to Solve the Refugee Crisis | This article is supported by World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge, where you live out of a backpack for 40 hours and go through a series of challenges which represent hardships a refugee may experience after being forced to flee... |
| 11.08.2016 | UK banking “shake-up” relies too much on customers shopping around | Carl Court/Getty Images reader comments 11 with 8 posters participating
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| 20.05.2016 | The Open University Trends in Learning 2016 report identifies seven key trends | The Open University Trends in Learning 2016 report identifies seven key trends
20-05-2016
The Open University (OU) launched its annual Trends in Learning report at the CIPD Learning and Development Show at London Olympia last week.
There ar... |
| 01.04.2016 | Rachel Blackburn nominated for Open University Award | Rachel Blackburn nominated for Open University Award
01-04-2016
Rachel Blackburn of US2U Consulting has been nominated for the Open University Business School Alumni of the Year Achievement Award 2015-16.
Coinciding with US2U Consulting's 1... |
| 24.03.2016 | How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country's health | How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country's health
24-03-2016
Denmark reclaimed its place as the happiest country in the world, according to the latest annual World Happiness Report. Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Finla... |
| 16.03.2016 | The more we learn about Mercury, the weirder it seems | The more we learn about Mercury, the weirder it seems
16-03-2016
For such a tiny planet, Mercury is a pretty big puzzle for researchers. NASA’s MESSENGER probe has already revealed that the planet is surprisingly rich in elements that easil... |
| 23.04.2015 | New OU Vice-Chancellor calls for action on part-time study | New OU Vice-Chancellor calls for action on part-time study
23-04-2015
The incoming Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, Peter Horrocks, has used his first address since his appointment to make a direct appeal to politicians to tackle a d... |
| 22.04.2015 | OU Business School invites Milton Keynes business leaders to attend Briefing Breakfast | OU Business School invites Milton Keynes business leaders to attend Briefing Breakfast
22-04-2015
Making sense of climate change: the role of personal values in understanding business engagement.
Local business leaders in Milton Keynes and ... |
| 20.04.2015 | Flagship project aims to unleash the potential of the UK’s historic religious buildings | Flagship project aims to unleash the potential of the UK’s historic religious buildings
20-04-2015
Researchers at The Open University (OU) are looking for those who use and have responsibility for historic religious buildings to work with o... |
| 27.03.2015 | Personal qualities more important than gender in support services for vulnerable young men | Personal qualities more important than gender in support services for vulnerable young men
27-03-2015
Commitment, consistency and the ability to form relationships of mutual care and respect are of greater importance than gender in recruiti... |
| 23.01.2015 | Rosetta Mission: new results reveal comet 67P is an ‘icy dirtball’ covered in ‘goose bumps’ | Rosetta Mission: new results reveal comet 67P is an ‘icy dirtball’ covered in ‘goose bumps’
23-01-2015
Scientists at The Open University (OU) have played an important role in the first results from the historic European Space Agency mission... |
| 16.01.2015 | Beagle 2 Lander found on Mars | Beagle 2 Lander found on Mars
16-01-2015
The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, the brain-child of the late Emeritus Professor at The Open University, Colin Pilinger, which was thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found partially deployed on the su... |
| 15.01.2015 | Early bird or night owl? New free psychology app analyses brain performance | Early bird or night owl? New free psychology app analyses brain performance
15-01-2015
A new research-focused psychology app, from The Open University (OU) and recruitment leaders Reed, will test just how well your brain performs at differe... |
| 12.01.2015 | New academy aims to help Europe meet big data skills gap | New academy aims to help Europe meet big data skills gap
12-01-2015
Open University (OU) researchers are behind an innovative project to establish a European Data Science Academy (EDSA) – a new online platform for training data scientists a... |
| 05.01.2015 | Policy makers must 'get religion' to prevent violence | Policy makers must 'get religion' to prevent violence
05-01-2015
‘Mistakes’ in policy-making can be avoided by learning how religion causes or cures violence.
So says Professor John Wolffe of The Open University, whose report, funded by Res... |
| 18.12.2014 | Open University combines open access with research excellence | Open University combines open access with research excellence
18-12-2014
The Open University’s (OU) results in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) published today (Thursday 18 December) demonstrate world leading research excellence in m... |
| 17.12.2014 | 30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’ | 30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
17-12-2014
The digital revolution and the recent growth of mobile technologies have been key drivers of change for SMEs over the past three decades, according to the 30t... |
| 15.12.2014 | Peter Horrocks appointed new Vice-Chancellor of the Open University | Peter Horrocks appointed new Vice-Chancellor of the Open University
15-12-2014
The Open University (OU) has appointed Peter Horrocks, Director of the BBC’s World Service, as its new Vice-Chancellor.
Peter Horrocks has been responsible for l... |
| 12.12.2014 | The Open University launches mobile toolkits to engage budding young scientists | The Open University launches mobile toolkits to engage budding young scientists
12-12-2014
The Open University is supporting young people around the world to develop their skills in group research as it unveils a new open crowd-sourced scie... |
| 09.12.2014 | New partnership delivers world-class tailored learning to business and governments | New partnership delivers world-class tailored learning to business and governments
09-12-2014
The Open University - the UK’s largest university and a global leader in distance-learning - and leading learning technologies firm, LEO, have lau... |
| 20.11.2014 | OU supports Lunar Mission One – the world’s first crowd-funded mission to the Moon | OU supports Lunar Mission One – the world’s first crowd-funded mission to the Moon
20-11-2014
The Open University (OU) is one of a number of organisations supporting Lunar Mission One – a crowd-funded project to fund a lunar mission that wi... |
| 13.11.2014 | Learning is embracing social networks, finds OU report examining global trends in education | Learning is embracing social networks, finds OU report examining global trends in education
13-11-2014
Education can be dramatically enhanced by social networks, a report from The Open University claims today [13 November]. The so-called ‘n... |
| 11.11.2014 | Rosetta mission – the countdown begins… | Rosetta mission – the countdown begins…
11-11-2014
Tomorrow (Wednesday, 12 November 2014), OU space scientists will be waiting with bated breath, both in Milton Keynes and at the European Space Agency (ESA) control centre in Germany, to see... |
| 07.11.2014 | Open University warns of risk to UK economy of ignoring benefits of part-time study | Open University warns of risk to UK economy of ignoring benefits of part-time study
07-11-2014
British industry cannot afford to overlook the benefits of part-time study, according to The Open University, as new research shows the economic ... |
| 30.10.2014 | OU academic recognised for ‘pivotal’ role in sustainable forestry development | OU academic recognised for ‘pivotal’ role in sustainable forestry development
30-10-2014
The Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) has awarded Honorary Fellow titles to two leading figures in the forestry industry, including Dr David Humph... |
| 21.10.2014 | NASA astronaut's mission to The Open University | NASA astronaut's mission to The Open University
21-10-2014
Pupils from local secondary schools, academics and students had an opportunity to meet a real life NASA astronaut in a special public lecture at The Open University (OU) on Tuesday ... |
| 25.09.2014 | Is there life beyond Earth? World Space Week at the OU | Is there life beyond Earth? World Space Week at the OU
25-09-2014
If you’ve ever wondered if there was life on other planets, now’s your chance to hear from some of the UK’s leading space scientists.
For this year’s World Space Week (4-10 O... |
| 30.06.2014 | A Distemperate Response to Silicon Valley’s ‘Edtech Revolution’ | This is a dis-temperate response to a recent EdSurge op-ed, “Silicon Valley and the Edtech Revolution.”
Beginning with the bold claim, “Silicon Valley is once again leading the charge in a technology revolution, and this one might just have... |
| 06.05.2014 | How to secure a great job in big data | Big data jobs are some of the most well-paid jobs across all sectors, and in honor of Big Data Week 2014, we thought we'd put together a guide on how you can get in on the action.
There's been a predicted shortfall of 243 percent of skilled... |
| 13.12.2012 | UK Universities Forge Open Online Courses Alliance: FutureLearn Consortium Will Offer Uni-Branded MOOCs Starting Next Year | The dynamic online learning space is about to get a little more crowded, thanks to the arrival of another group of established learning institutions who are joining forces — or rather pooling resources — to get into the brave new world of M... |
| 07.11.2012 | Distance Learning University, The Open University, Repackages Course Materials For The App Generation | U.K.-based distance learning university, the Open University, is developing a series of apps to deliver undergraduate course materials to students’ smartphones and tablet devices, starting next year. The OUAnywhere app will allow undergradu... |
| 25.12.2011 | The State of Online Courseware With The UK’s Open University | The announcement of the MITx initiative last week has several important aspects, but it is nowhere near what we have been doing at the Open University in the UK for decades. It is somewhat premature, lacks any real understanding of the issu... |
| 08.08.2008 | The OU launches world’s first ‘free university course’ iGoogle Gadget | The OU launches world’s first ‘free university course’ iGoogle Gadget
08-08-2008
In extending its vision of free online education, The Open University has again used leading-edge web technology to spread its brand of learning.
The Open Univ... |
| 08.04.2008 | University funding changes: the OU responds to Select Committee report | University funding changes: the OU responds to Select Committee report
08-04-2008
The report by the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee into the withdrawal of funding for equivalent or lower qualifications (ELQs) endorses... |
| 18.01.2008 | Email bullying, online fraud, electronic identity theft: guard against cyber crime with new course | If a malicious employee stole data from your organisation, would you have the skills to detect it? Could you gather evidence that would help the authorities prosecute a criminal case? Would you be able to produce the evidence to handle a di... |
| - | Сначала я подумал: «Это безумие»: реальный план использования романов для предсказания войн | Три года назад небольшая группа учёных из немецкого университета начала беспрецедентное сотрудничество с военными, используя литературные произведения, чтобы попытаться спрогнозировать следующие мировые конфликты. Они что-то задумали? К ста... |
| - | 5G Accelerator Opportunity for SMEs | Connected Places Catapult is pleased to be working with True Altitude to deliver the MK5G Accelerator, part of the MK5G testbed, which is now open for applications.
The MK:5G Accelerator is in partnership with the Milton Keynes Council, fu... |
