Monday, April 29, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:00
MS Teams
Contact: Dr Manik Deepak Gopinath
Join us on 29 April to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted people’s use of technology in several countries across the world.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
Join the Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD) for a seminar discussion with Dr Sebeka Plaatjie on development studies.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online - MS TEAMS
Contact: Dr Mirjam Hauck (series convenor)
In conversation with The Open University’s Dr Bill Alder (School of Languages and Applied Linguistics), author Simon Brett will lead us on a journey of discovery of crime fiction’s past, present and future.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
In this talk, we hear from Dr Sinéad Eccles who introduces a new way of improving our individual eating behaviours.
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
In this CSGD seminar, Dr Becky Faith will discuss digital poverty and the digitalisation of government service delivery; drawing on her research in the UK and Nigeria.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us in a talk with Lynne Watson and Marina Postlethwaite-Bowler as we explore how positive wellbeing and a proactive approach to life can enhance our lives.
Monday, February 26, 2024 - 10:00 to 11:30
Microsoft Teams
Contact: Manik Deepak-Gopinath
Join us on the 26th of February and for the next seminar in the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies' public seminar series 2022-23 to hear from Dr Elena Moschini (London Metropolitan University, UK) and Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves (Monash University, Australia).
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for a webinar with Dr Declan Ryan as we look at how we can exercise as we age even as life becomes more sedentary.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 14:30 to 16:30
Online
Contact: Children's Research Centre
Join us for a seminar that aims to inspire and inform, as well as provide a shared space to discuss.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
In this webinar, Dr Jitka Vseteckova will be in conversation with Ellie Broad of The Parks Trust to discuss preserving memory and the outdoors.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online
Contact: Professor Erica Borgstrom
Join the Open Thanatology research group for a panel discussion which will seek to unpack the assumptions and implications of the notion that communities should be and are prepared to help in death, dying, and bereavement.
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 09:30
In December, the Ibali team came together from Nigeria, South Africa and the UK to hold a Learnin
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
In the next edition of the 2023/2024 Ageing Well Public Talks Series, Dr Inma Alvarez and Dr Lesley Boyd share the motivations behind taking on the ultimate study challenge – doing a doctorate – later in life.
Thursday, December 7, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00
Thursday, November 30, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Teachers' professional identity is a critical aspect of their lives.
Monday, November 27, 2023 - 17:30 to 18:30
Online - Microsoft Teams
Contact: Chrispina Odunewu
What does Eating, Drinking, Moving, Connecting, and Thinking have to do with ageing well? Join us on the 27th of November to explore this topic further through a panel discussion between members from the Open University.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
We hear from Dr Barbara Gale and Dr Victoria Hedges as they discuss how we can prepare for, and take control of, dying.
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Dr Caroline Tagg
Join us for a presentation with Rebecca Tipton concerning the Interpreters for Mental Health Assessment study (2020-2023).
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00
Online
Contact: Shirley Stevens
In this seminar hosted by The Open University's Children's Research Centre, we consider the impact that engagement in physical activity can have on young children and their parents/carers as well as explore what children want from their physical activity.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - 10:00
We held the first of our series of planned learning, impact and stakeholder engagement events for
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 10:00
The Ibali team met in Cape Town in October for the another storytelling workshop – this tim
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 - 12:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Dr Caroline Tagg
In this seminar we hear from Göran Eriksson, a professor of Media and Communication studies at Örebro University, Sweden as he discusses the relationship between language and food marketing.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
In this talk, we will discuss how common age-related conditions affect us and tackling ageism with Dr Catherine Pestano and Lyndsey Simpson.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 - 10:00 to 15:00
Online
Contact: WELS Student Enquiries team
You are warmly invited to the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies’ (WELS) Open Day for Postgraduate Studies.
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
Contact: CSGD team
Join us for a discussion on why it's time for a new 'human' face in policies that seek to reduce
Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 10:45
Ibali was represented at the International Conference on Education Research for Development in Af
Monday, September 11, 2023 - 12:30 to 13:30
Online - Zoom
Contact: Open Thanatology
Join us for a webinar that breaks down the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care framework, a national framework which aims to support practitioners deliver the best care in their local areas. Here we will be introducing you to our Grab and Go Guide to help you navigate and apply the framework effectively.
Monday, August 21, 2023 - 10:00 to Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 17:00
Devon, United Kingdom
Contact: Jennifer Agbaire
Thursday, July 27, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
Contact: CSGD team
Join us for an online event on 27th July 2023, where we will explore some of the practical realities of undertaking research in the field.
Thursday, July 13, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Dr Mirjam Hauck (series convenor)
In the next talk in the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures (OCLC) Distinguished Speaker Series, Dr Beverley Costa (University of London) will share how she has engaged with the concepts of equitable multilingualism and linguistic security in practice.
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for our upcoming talk in the 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore ageing, later life and caring in LGBTQ communities with Dr Joe DeLappe and Tony Collins-Moore.
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 10:00 to Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - 16:30
Hub Theatre, Juniper Room, Medlar Room. OU Campus, Milton Keynes
Contact: SHLD Conference
Presenting the latest in learning and research from the UK and internationally, this inclusive conference will hear from self and family advocates, alongside academics and practitioners. We welcome attendance from people with learning disabilities and their families.
Wednesday, July 5, 2023 - 16:00
The Open University - Milton Keynes campus
Friday, June 30, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Jim Burrow Building JB113 (and via Teams)
Guest speaker: Claudia Garcia, PhD Candidate & Clinical Psychology Trainee, Department of Psychology University of Otago, New Zealand.
Monday, June 26, 2023 - 17:00 to 18:30
Online
Join us for the last in our 2022-2023 Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies Seminar Series where we hear from Dr Aravinda Guntupalli (Senior Lecturer in Global Health, University of Aberdeen) and Sarah Champagne (PhD Researcher, University of Aberdeen) as they jointly explore the ways in which the cost of living crisis has markedly affected older people.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Elise Denis-Ramirez
Join the Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health (RSSH) research group on Wednesday 21 June to hear from three inspirational speakers who will discuss 'Reproductive Justice' in the context of feminist knowledge building and participation.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for our upcoming talk in the 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore ways to exercise while still having fun with Dr Jackie Richards and David Curry.
Monday, May 29, 2023 - 13:00 to Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 13:00
Rome, Italy
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
Online - Microsoft Teams
Contact: Centre for Literacy and Social Justice
In this presentation, the writer, teacher and lecturer Darren Chetty will look at what we can learn from the presentation of childhood through the popularity of France Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 13:30 to 14:30
Online - Zoom
Contact: Martha Nicholson
Join the RSSH research group for the next talk in their online seminar series exploring creativity and activism in sexuality education, featuring guest speakers Anne Philpott (The Pleasure Project), Laura Ramos Tomás (TabuTabu) and Justin Hancock (Bish Training).
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for our upcoming talk in the 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore health inequalities and ageing with Sonal Mehta.
Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 15:30 to 16:30
Online - Zoom
Contact: Dr Mirjam Hauck (series convenor)
Professor Roger T. Ames joins us for another public talk to discuss the shaping of Chinese modernity through cultural and linguistic translation, in this special edition of our Distinguished Speaker Series to celebrate the first anniversary of the OU's Online Confucius Institute.
Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
Online - MS TEAMS
Contact: Alice Rhodes
The Language, Literature and Politics (LLP) research group's seminar series on ‘The Critical Citizen?’ presents Dr Donna Smith, Michelle Matherson, and Dylan Moore on citizens' voices and engagement in and with the media.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 13:30 to 15:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Centre for Children and Young People's Wellbeing (CCW)
In this year's Centre for Children and Young People's Wellbeing Spring seminar, we hear from two speakers discussing participatory research and practice.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for our upcoming talk in the 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore sleep with Dr Abigail Methley.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
Contact: Martha Nicholson
Join the OU RSSH Research Group for a webinar exploring period poverty, in conversation with Rachel Grocott, Dr Mandi Tembo and Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik.
Monday, April 17, 2023 - 11:15 to Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 11:15
Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
Online - MS TEAMS
Contact: Alice Rhodes
The Language, Literature and Politics (LLP) research group's seminar series on ‘The Critical Citizen?’ presents Professor Engin Isin on the conditions that are creating planetary citizenship movements in the 21st century.
Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
Online - MS TEAMS
Contact: Alice Rhodes
The Language, Literature and Politics (LLP) research group's seminar series on ‘The Critical Citizen?’ presents Dr Tim Christiaens on how the algorithmic domination of labour limits worker autonomy and which institutions the critical citizen could use to enhance autonomy.
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Jennie Lee Building L1 Blue Ash on Milton Keynes campus (hybrid event)
Contact: CSGD team
The Centre for the Study of Global Development is delighted to commence their external seminar se
Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
Contact: Florence Nightingale Foundation
Join OU Adult Nursing student, Jade Wareham, and the Florence Nightingale Foundation for an interactive webinar on neurodiversity.
Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
Online - MS TEAMS
Contact: Alice Rhodes
The Language, Literature and Politics (LLP) research group's seminar series on ‘The Critical Citizen?’ presents Professor Quentin Williams on linguistic citizenship futures.
Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 13:30 to 15:00
Online - Microsoft Teams
Contact: Children's Research Centre
Join the Open University, Families First and Operation Paramount to hear findings from two projects that focus on the often invisible lives of families of prisoners
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:30
Online
Contact: CSGD team
At the CSW67 (2023) sixty-seventh session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for our upcoming talk in the 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore relationships and intimacy while ageing with Dr Andreas Vossler.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Mirjam Hauck
Join us for the first Distinguished Speaker Series talk of 2023, where we will welcome Professor Zhu Hua (UCL) who will reflect on the key shifts in conceptualisation and methodological positioning within intercultural communication research and discuss their implications for language learning.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 10:30 to Friday, March 24, 2023 - 10:30
Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 12:00 to 14:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Stacey Overton
Join us on University Mental Health Day to examine staff and student partnerships in relation to student mental health in higher education.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 13:00 to 15:00
Online
Contact: CSGD team
Join CSGD for an online event, taking place on International Women’s Day, where we will be bringing together leading actors from academia and the NGO sector to discuss the ways in which girls and young women are framed during adolescence. Register on Eventbrite.
Monday, February 27, 2023 - 17:00 to 18:30
Online - Microsoft Teams
Contact: Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies
Join the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies and the charity Opening Doors for a panel discussion on the inequalities faced by older LGBTQ+ people.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for our upcoming talk in our 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore what should we know about nutrition and living with Diabetes Type 2 while ageing with Dr Jitka Vseteckova and Mr Alan Hastings.
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
The Reproduction, Sexualities & Sexual Health (RSSH) seminar series continues in January with a critical conversation on digital health for communities affected by HIV.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for the next talk in our 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore General Practice 'COVID-19 and beyond' with Andrew Potter.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - 19:00 to 20:30
Online
Contact: Shirley Stevens
Launching the Empowerment Framework - a tool to assess the impact of empowerment in children's learning and development.
Saturday, January 7, 2023 - 09:00 to Friday, January 13, 2023 - 16:00
2023 started on an exciting note for us – we were in Cape Town, South Africa, from 7th to 1
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for the next talk in our 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore equality, diversity and inclusion in access and provision of care in health services with Dr Carlos Moreno Leguizamon.
Monday, December 12, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Dr Mirjam Hauck (series convenor)
Join us for the fifth talk in our Distinguished Speaker series, where our guest speaker Professor Alison Phipps (UNESCO Chair, University of Glasgow) will share the work of key research projects which have focused on the Languages of Crises.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 10:00
We were invited by the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE) at t
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 14:30 to 15:30
Online - Zoom
Contact: Martha Nicholson
The Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health (RSSH) Research Group invites you to the second talk in their online seminar series, with a conversation on trans and gender diverse people’s experiences with sexual health services.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
Contact: Dr Erica Borgstrom
Join us for an online panel discussion on bereavement, co-hosted by the Faculty of WELS and the Open Thanatology research group. To commemorate Grief Awareness Week 2022 expert panellists will share different strategies to deal with bereavement and answer your questions.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 13:30 to 15:00
Online
Contact: Shirley Stevens
The Children's Research Centre invites you to the online seminar ‘Better together: Participatory research with children and young people’ which will discuss different approaches involving children in the research process. The seminar aims to inspire and inform, as well as provide a shared space to discuss.
Monday, November 28, 2022 - 17:00 to 18:30
Online
Contact: Dr Manik Deepak Gopinath
Join us on the 28th of November to hear talks from Emeritus Professor Sheila Peace (The Open University) and Briony Latter (PhD Researcher, Cardiff University) on climate change and older people
Monday, November 21, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Dr Mirjam Hauck (series convenor)
Join us for the fourth talk in our Distinguished Speaker series where we will be welcoming Dr Heriberto Cuayáhuitl who will explore the themes in our short course AI Matters in his talk titled: Robots Interviewing Patients.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for the next talk in our 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore Memory and preserving Sense of Self while ageing and spending time outdoors with Dr Helen Joannidi and Ms Ellie Broad.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 13:00 to 15:30
Online - Microsoft Teams
Contact: Professor Joan Simons
The Centre for Children's Wellbeing invites you to their next seminar which will share the challenges and highlights of two current research studies that engage children and young people in qualitative participatory research approaches.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 16:00 to 17:00
Online - Microsoft Teams
Register online for the next talk in the Language, Literature and Politics (LLP) Liberty & Freedom series. This next session looks at the three concepts of liberty with Professor Quentin Skinner.
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 15:00 to Friday, October 21, 2022 - 19:00
Online
The Open University are co-hosting a bilingual French-English conference on the challenges and opportunities of distance education in the time of Covid-19 and its aftermath. Distance education: a brave new world? will take place online on 20 and 21 October 2022.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
We're inviting you to join us for a special public talk on Ukraine from Dr Olga Onuch and the launch of a new short course in Ukrainian language and culture. The event takes place on Wednesday 19 October, 13:00-14:00.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for the next talk in our 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore taking control of dying with Dr Barbara Gale and Dr Victoria Hedges.
Thursday, October 13, 2022 - 10:00 to 15:00
Online - MS TEAMS
Contact: WELS Student Enquiries (WELS-Student-Enquiries@open.ac.uk)
You are warmly invited to the WELS Postgraduate Research Online Open Day on Thursday 13 October, 10:00-15:00. Come along to find out more about the postgraduate research programmes we offer across the Faculty and how to apply.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 11:00 to 13:00
Online - Zoom or Stadium
Contact: Dr Jitka Vseteckova
Join us for the first talk in our 2022/23 Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) series where we will explore if we are ready to live longer with Dr Jitka Vseteckova, Lyndsey Simpson and Dr Catherine Pestano.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 - 10:00 to Thursday, September 15, 2022 - 16:00
Friday, July 15, 2022 - 10:00 to Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - 16:00
Thursday, July 14, 2022 - 09:00 to Friday, July 15, 2022 - 17:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Organising Team
The aim of this conference is to progress ideas of 'Decolonising the curriculum in Languages' by collectively reflecting on the relationship between language learning and teaching, inclusion, and social justice, from a multifaceted view.
Friday, June 24, 2022 - 09:00 to Saturday, June 25, 2022 - 17:00
The Open University, Milton Keynes - Online available
Contact: Dr Shejiao Xu
The British Chinese Language Teaching Society (BCLTS) and the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at The Open University are pleased to announce the 19th International Conference of BCLTS, Creativity in Chinese Language Teaching and Learning -- Research and Practice in Challenging Times.
Thursday, June 16, 2022 - 13:00 to Friday, June 17, 2022 - 14:00
The Open University, Milton Keynes & Online
Contact: Dr Joseph De Lappe
The OU's Open Thanatology Research Group is hosting an inaugural conference on 16 and 17 June which will comprise a face-to-face event on campus in Milton Keynes (16 June), plus an online event the following day (17 June).
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online - Zoom
Contact: Online Confucius Institute
Join us for this fascinating and interactive talk on Chinese characters as part of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures (OCLC) & The Open University's Online Confucius Institute Public Talks.
Friday, May 27, 2022 - 12:30 to 14:30
Hub Theatre, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Contact: Dr Margaret Ebubedike
‘Muriyan Yaran Lake Chad’ or ‘The voices of the children of Lake Chad’ is an exhibition of photographs taken by children and young people living in the conflict and crisis context of the Lake Chad region.