The Open University, FASS

24/07/2025

In the Milton Keynes area tomorrow?

There's still time to register for our two exciting events for this year's Milton Keynes International Festival.

What Is Your Story? Comic's Co-Creation Workshop, Friday 25 July 11:00am
Join FASS Professor in Cultural-Development Psychology, Sarah Crafter, and illustrator Kremena Dimitrova from Oxford Brookes University, in this fascinating comic co-creation workshop inviting you to use comics to help visualise our place in the world in the midst of climate change and humanity’s impact on the world around us.

Climate World Cafe Event: Conversations for Change Friday 25 July 2:30pm
Led by Dr Trudi Macagnino and Dr Stacey Heath from our School of Psychology and in response to Mark Anderson's Warning Notes, this climate-focused world cafe event will discuss climate change openly, exploring emotional responses, societal impacts, and personal experiences.

Both events are free to attend.

Find out more and register here: https://ow.ly/CnVz50WuNhu

Led by Professor Sarah Crafter from The Open University and illustrator Kremena Dimitrova from Oxford Brookes University, this workshop invites you to map shared migrating (hi)stories through time and space. 

17/07/2025

The IF: Milton Keynes International Festival starts tomorrow!

This year's line up includes four inspiring sessions run by our arts and social sciences experts including practical sessions on creative writing, poetry and comic-book making, as well as the chance to join in community conversations around climate change.

All events are in-person and free to attend. Booking advised.

See the full list of inspiring OU events at this year's Festival and book your tickets here: https://ow.ly/Hzmf50WrjcR

15/05/2025

🎓 How did British boarding schools shape an empire?

Today at 1pm, Holly explores how 19th-c. institutions forged the minds, networks & loyalties that built the British Empire.

Last chance to sign up: https://ow.ly/bWHI50VIQQa

12/05/2025

History lovers, this week's talk is for you!

📚 Explore how 19th-century boarding school life shaped the administrators of the British Empire

Sign up: https://ow.ly/pRMX50VIMyf

08/05/2025

📣 Today!

Interested in pursuing a PhD with us? Don't miss the next set of free talks from OU PhD students.

Last chance to sign up: https://ow.ly/bWHI50VIQQa

06/05/2025

Did you catch the first of our free online talks last week?

Don't miss two more this Thursday, exploring religious studies and history.

Sign up: https://ow.ly/UYxS50VIRoI

01/05/2025

📣 Today!

Interested in pursuing a Phd with us? Don't miss the first of our free talks from OU PhD students.

Last chance to sign up: https://ow.ly/bWHI50VIQQa

30/04/2025

No plans tomorrow? You do now 👀

Join the first two of our FREE online talks from OU PhD students.

Explore how Britain’s view of China changed over a decade, and how politicians use methods of persuasion.

Sign up: https://ow.ly/pRMX50VIMyf

28/04/2025

What does studying for a PhD look like?

This week, dive into a series of free online talks hosted by PhD students from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Explore cutting-edge research in psychology, art history, politics, and more ⬇️

https://ow.ly/bG5P50VIMlb

01/04/2025

Should social media be regulated? 🤔

Professors Rose Capdevila and Lisa Lazard, psychology experts and co-leads of the Human Behaviour stream at The Centre for Protecting Women Online, explore themes from Netflix’s new show Adolescence ⬇️

08/03/2025

Dr David Scott could never have imagined that a walk in the park with his new rescue dog five years ago would lead to this ⬇️

https://ow.ly/VtuA50VcRo6

28/02/2025

What does it take to solve a murder?

Dr Jim Turner, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the OU, was a consultant on the upcoming episode of Forensics: The Real CSI, which shows the work of police forensic teams investigating a woman’s death.

Catch the episode at 9pm this Sunday on BBC Two ⬇️

https://ow.ly/G8jc50V8tW7