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PolicyWISE gains momentum

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. 

28th October 2022
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Success Celebrated at Student and Alumni Awards 2022

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. 

28th October 2022

Call for papers – Diversity, dilemmas and discoveries: Legal history in the curriculum

We invite proposals for 15-minute papers on any aspect, and particularly welcome those which address the central theme of diversity, dilemmas and discoveries.

Abstracts (not exceeding 300 words) should be submitted by email to OULS-legalhistory@open.ac.uk by Friday 11 November 2022. 

20th October 2022
Future Politics group photo

Future Politics: Delivering Effective Government Conference

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.

6th October 2022
Group photo of the winners sitting and standing

OU celebrates Research Excellence Awards 2022

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.

23rd September 2022
The Queen and children at the Milton Keynes Campus

Her Majesty The Queen, 1926 – 2022

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.

9th September 2022

Six diverse Law students and graduates celebrate recent successes

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.

1st September 2022

The Open University Law School announces a partnership with Stowe Family Law Milton Keynes

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.

24th August 2022

‘Alternative’ weddings could become legally binding – report

An Open University academic’s research has helped pave the way for the possibility of ‘alternative-style’ weddings becoming legally binding.

4th August 2022

New head of The Open University’s Law School named

The Open University has recently appointed Hugh McFaul as the new head of its Law School, the largest law school in Europe.

30th May 2022

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Law in Motion: 50 Years of Legal Change

Law in Motion book cover

This book is a celebration of 50 Years of The Open University written by members of the Law School.

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