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Sophie Doherty lecturer in Law writes why TikTok users have embraced the story of Medusa. 

With 70 years between them, Kathryn O'Donnell and David Cunningham collected their degrees as the youngest and oldest graduates at The Open University in Scotland’s recent ceremony.

PolicyWISE will be the UK's first academic network to lead policy research and knowledge exchange across the four nations of the UK and Ireland which takes a deliberately comparative approach to public policy-making in post-devolution, post-Brexit UK. 

The Open University Business and Law Schools held our annual Student and Alumni Awards on Friday 21 October 2022. Awards were presented to exceptional students from the faculty, and postgraduate business alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to society. 

Dr. Olga Jurasz, Senior lecturer of Law draws on her research in online violence against women, to provide valuable insight into the prevalence of online misogyny as a barrier to the participation of women in politics in Northern Ireland.

The OU Research Excellence Awards recognised the wide range of ways research undertaken at the OU makes a positive difference to the economy, the environment, and society.

The Open University is saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and joins people across the world in expressing our condolences to the Royal Family.

Six recent graduates and Law students celebrate exciting successes. The deserving OU students and graduates come from a diverse range of backgrounds, demonstrating the legal profession's progress in diversity and inclusion.

Coinciding with the opening of the Milton Keynes branch of Stowe Family Law, the law firm has agreed to sponsor The Open University Law School’s new optional family law module, which will start in February 2023.