As children head back to class this week, another school will be opening its doors for the autumn term as an academy – in spite of opposition from parents and the community. From early September the Hewett…
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Democratising the sharing economy might reduce profits but it would probably benefit people and the environment more.
Most African countries lack legislation to protect people from online crime and abuse.
One of the world’s top weather forecasting services just lost a major contract.
Stunning returns from Bolt, Farah and Ennis-Hill make the competition in Beijing one of the best yet.
Older people aren’t all lonely for the same reasons – we need different solutions to help them feel socially included.
Ice is everywhere in the solar system and there may even be liquid water beneath the surface of a number of planets. But could we ever get to it?
If Labour really is turfing “infiltrators” out of its purportedly open leadership election, it’s only proving that moderate centrism is often no such thing.
Corbyn has proposed giving the Bank of England a new mandate to invest but the track record of this approach makes it hard to swallow.
Your guide to the events to watch and the athletes to follow in Beijing.
Teenagers need to make friends outside their own cliques – and schools should help them.
Yeast can produce opioid from sugar but although a proof of concept, we’re still far away from production at scale.
From a meteor shower to 67P’s closest approach to the sun: prepare to be amazed by comets.
A dedicated group of forward-looking experts have crunched the numbers on human progress. There’s good news, and there’s bad news.
Climate change leads to increased likelihood of drought, but strategies for mitigation could make things even worse. How can we resolve the conundrum?
The average age of survivors is now 80. In five years, very few of these first-hand witnesses will be around to remember the event. Many of their stories are in danger of being lost forever.
HD 219134 b may not be a catchy name - but our new planetary neighbour deserves just as much attention as Earth’s cousin, Kepler-452 b.
One day in 1995, one man jumped farther than anyone else, before or since. How did he do it?
We should stop teaching students to suppress their emotions.
Our morbid interest in the macabre never vanished – it was just displaced.
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Academic Lead, Access Participation and Success Faculty of Business and Law, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financial Management, The Open University
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Lecturer in Biomedical Health Science, The Open University
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Associate Lecturer, The Open University
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Visiting Academic, The Open University
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Lecturer in Social Work, The Open University
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Research Fellow, School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, The Open University
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Visiting Fellow in History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer In Popular Music, The Open University
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Visiting Fellow, The Open University
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of Transport Strategy, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Art History and Heritage, The Open University
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Professor of Finance, The Open University