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🎧 Did you know OpenLearn is on Spotify?
Explore free podcasts from The Open University covering science, technology, nature and more 👇
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A plaque will be installed at the OU campus to celebrate Beagle 2 - the 1st British & European spacecraft to land on another planet.
The Beagle 2 project was spearheaded by the late Prof Colin Pilinger who worked at the OU for many years. 🚀
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The @openuniversity does a lot of research to help protect our oceans. Have you got what it takes to be an oceanographer? Play our interactive game and find out! 👇
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#WorldOceanDay
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🌿 It’s World Environment Day! Did you know you can explore The Open University’s Weston OpenLiving Lab online?
Access wildlife footage, live environmental data and virtual field trips from real urban ecology research in Milton Keynes.
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🤖 Explore the AI Hub from Microsoft and The Open University.
Free, accessible courses to help you build confidence and skills in artificial intelligence, whether you’re just starting out or building on existing knowledge.
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📣 OU STEM students, have your say in the OpenSU Annual Membership Survey.
Your feedback helps shape future student support, activities and communities. Plus, complete the survey for a chance to win a £400 shopping voucher 👇
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Happy Graduation Day to all our incredible OU students who are graduating in Manchester today! 🎓🎉
Enjoy every moment, you’ve worked so hard for this 👏🥂
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🪐 A funded PhD at The Open University will support ESA’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission.
The successful candidate will help develop new ways to study the Martian environment using rover images and scientific data.
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Faculty of STEM, The Open University retweeted
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☀️ The UK is HOT but so is your skin! 🫠
Ever wondered why we tan, burn, or need SPF in the first place? Discover the #science behind UV rays and the difference between sunblock and sunscreen – so you can enjoy the sunshine safely.
open.edu/openlearn/science-m…
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🪨 NASA’s Bennu mission is still revealing new surprises, and OU researchers are helping uncover them by shedding more light on the asteroid’s composition and what it tells us about the early Solar System.
Read more 👇
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🔢 It’s National Numeracy Day!
Maths is everywhere. It helps us understand the world around us and solve real-world problems.
Explore free maths learning resources on OpenLearn. OpenLearn is free and open to everyone 👇
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🚀 A major international space mission launched today, and Open University experts are at the heart of it. The SMILE spacecraft will study how solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field.
Read more 👇
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ESA/CNES/Avio/Optique vidéo du CSG–J. Georget
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Heading to the Big Doggie Do at Willen Lake this weekend? 🐶
Professor Clara Mancini will be speaking in the Club Tent about Dogosophy and the OU’s Animal-Computer Interaction Lab.
You can also visit the team’s stand. Come and say Hi!
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🌿 The Open University’s Weston OpenLiving Lab is exploring urban biodiversity through wildlife cameras, environmental sensors and habitat restoration projects in Milton Keynes.
Users can now explore the lab online through OpenSTEM Labs 👇
openliving-lab.open.ac.uk/
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Explore free courses, videos, games and learning resources with the OU's Online Mathematics Discovery Centre on OpenLearn, and discover the patterns, structures, discoveries and applications behind mathematics.
OpenLearn is free and open to everyone👇
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Congratulations to all of our STEM students who are graduating at the Birmingham Symphony Hall today, enjoy your moment! You did it and we are so proud of you all! 🎓🥳
#OUFamily
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Happy 100th Birthday Sir David Attenborough! 🌍
From supporting the launch of the OU in the 1960s to decades of landmark OU/BBC collaborations, Sir David has inspired millions through the natural world.
Explore 25 years of OU/BBC series with Sir David 👇
connect.open.ac.uk/100yearso…
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The Open University’s BSc (Hons) Cyber Security qualification has been officially certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
The certification recognises the programme’s quality and its alignment with industry needs.
Find out more 👇
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Design a School of the Future with Balfour Beatty 🏫
OU STEM students can work in teams to tackle a real sustainability challenge, take on industry roles and pitch ideas to professionals.
📅 30 June – 9 July
📝 Apply by 1 June
Find out more 👇
ow.ly/btah50YTf6U
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🏔️ Don’t miss the final episode tonight of Secret Garden from the OU and BBC.
Tonight’s episode is based in a remote Scottish garden where pine martens & barn owls battle to survive.
🔍 Explore OU Connect: ow.ly/jnVo50YTekF
@ouscotland
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