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Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you

The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignore, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Open University transformation ‘to Northern Ireland’s third university’ hailed

John D’Arcy said he felt like the right time to go after 15 years at the helm of the Open University in Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard

Child payment rise ‘step in right direction’ but more help required, says mother

Angie Bird, who lives in Ardfern, Argyll and Bute, was speaking after the benefit was increased to £40 a week for families with a child under one.

Evening Standard

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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

I tested ChatGPT Study Mode vs NotebookLM — here's which one came out on top

ChatGPT's new Study Mode is the talk of the town, so we set it up against NotebookLM to find out which is better to help you learn.

Tom’s Guide

SGOU launches ‘Bibliotech’ to preserve Guru’s legacy

Sree Narayanaguru Open University (SGOU) has started Bibliotech, a book collection drive to amass works on Sree Narayana Guru.

The Hindu

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Charlotte Benton obituary

Co-creator of an Open University course that had a profound effect on the study of design history in Britain

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

Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research

Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within that, the metal) of which it is composed must have…

The Conversation

Nick Levinson obituary

Other lives: BBC TV producer who made Open University arts programming, helping to inspire public interest in art history and architecture

The Guardian - UK

An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn's moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core onto the ocean floor – potentially providing nourishment…

The Conversation

Watch Europe's Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft speed away from Earth in these photos by amateur astronomers

Amateur astronomers have taken images of Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE as it commenced its journey to the largest planet of the solar system.

Space

EastEnders icon Charlie Brooks unrecognisable after swapping Albert Square for studies

Mature student Charlie Brooks pleaded with fans to send her a new brain after falling behind on her study after heading to university as she stepped back from acting

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The Conversation

Venus: proof of active volcanoes – at last

Venus is almost the same size, mass and density as Earth. So it should be generating heat in its interior (by the decay of radioactive elements) at much the same rate as the Earth does. On Earth, one of the main ways in which this heat leaks out is via…

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Lady Boothroyd as OU chancellor

Gina Bridgeland writes: Betty Boothroyd brought humour and natural authority to bear as chancellor of the Open University

The National (Scotland)

Kilmarnock midfielder Brad Lyons determined to repay Derek McInnes for show of faith

The 25-year-old hasn’t always enjoyed as many first-team appearances as he would have liked and knows that when they come around, he has to take…

The Conversation

Black holes may be the source of mysterious dark energy that makes up most of the universe

Black holes could explain a mysterious form of energy that makes up most of the universe, according to astronomers. The existence of “dark energy” has been inferred from observations of stars and galaxies, but no one has been able to explain what it is, or where it comes from.

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Even pound shops don’t sell things for a pound any more. I’m juggling three jobs just to get by

I’ve always had a second job, but things are so tough now I’ve had to take another, says Sharron Spice

Evening Standard

‘We feel for lecturers — but we want our fees back’: what students really think about the university strikes

Lecturers, librarians and administrative staff are among the 70,000 university workers set to strike for 17 days this term — so is Generation Covid right in asking for compensation? Katie Strick reports

Daily Record

Perthshire curlers representing Great Britain at Winter World University Games

Holly Wilkie-Milne, Laura Watt and Mark Watt have all jetted out to the event being held in America

The Conversation

What does Mars sound like? Rover microphone has recorded the red planet's dust devils

A dust devil looks a bit like a tornado, but is weaker and rarely lasts more than about a minute. It is a twisting column of warmed air scooting across sun-heated ground, made visible by the dust that it lofts upwards. Although usually benign, occasionally dust devils can kill.

Nottingham Post

Meet the Nottingham teacher inspiring children to pick up a book

Amy said she found reading difficult herself when she was a child

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP sponsoring Scottish Parliament exhibition for the Open University

Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson wants constituents to consider a course through the Open University

The National (Scotland)

Three individuals honoured with honorary doctorates for contributions to society

THE Open University in Scotland has awarded honorary doctorates to three individuals for their significant contributions

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