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An OU Law School researcher Stephanie Pywell, has welcomed a public Government consultation, which could see some of the biggest changes to weddings law in England and Wales for almost 200 years.

The blog highlights Dr Jennifer Norman of The Open University’s strong support for the Lord Blunkett-chaired Police Leadership Commission report, praising its evidence-based recommendations to strengthen leadership across all levels of policing through greater investment in professional development, lifelong learning, workforce recognition, and partnerships with higher education.

The Open University has secured £201,665 in SNSF funding to research how football crowds, police and stadium authorities interact, helping improve safety at major matches across Europe.

Three short films co-produced by The Open University and the BBC will feature on BBC One’s Morning Live programme, Misogyny in Football, Solar Panels, and Project Vigilant, and showcase the academic contribution from The Faculty of Business and Law.

The Open Justice Centre’s ‘AI, Law and Legal Training’ collaborative project has been recognised in the Digital Leaders’ AI Impact Awards.

The Centre welcomed the Government’s focus on online abuse in its VAWG Strategy but warned it treats digital abuse as secondary and relies too much on tech firms to self-regulate. It also flagged gaps in addressing adult women and racialised communities, calling for stronger accountability.

Allison Wolfreys, Lecturer in Law at OULS, examines a proposed crime and policing bill that would make failing to return a child after a holiday a criminal offence, carrying a potential prison sentence of up to seven years.

There was no mistaking the joy on the faces of Sarah Chappell and her twin daughters Megan and Abbey Douglas-Chappell when all three donned cap and gowns and celebrated their graduation from The Open University recently.

A team of researchers from The Open University has been appointed to lead a new national project mapping Scotland’s Fair Access landscape.