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The Open Psychology Research Centre is the research centre of the School of Psychology & Counselling at The Open University. The Centre represents a progressive approach to psychological research, theory and practice that is tightly connected with other social sciences and humanities disciplines. It champions creative, critical and credible psychological research that makes a difference to real social issues, that informs practice, and that inspires a positive vision for living together fairly, equitably and imaginatively. Our engaged research also feeds into scholarship for teaching at the OU.

I want the world to recognise with me the open door of every consciousness.
Frantz Fanon

The dream is the small hidden door ... which opens to that cosmic night ... long before there was conscious ego ...
Carl Jung

When we are open to new possibilites, we find them. Be open and sceptical of everything.
Todd Kashdan

Let us keep our minds open ... [but not] so open that your brains fall out! There are still things ... which are true and things which are false.
Walter Kotschnig

To pass freely through open doors, it is necessary to respect the fact that they have solid frames.
Robert Musil

Zealous conviction is a dangerous substitute for an open mind.
Elizabeth Loftus

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

OU receives £300k grant to explore legacies of colonialism in Malaysia
9th July 2024
Dr Geetha Reddy, of The Open University, and colleagues have received a £295K grant for a two-year project studying the effects of colonialism in Malaysia.
WATCH: The cultural emergence of self-harm in the 1990’s
20th June 2024
In May 2023, psychology PHD student, Nina K Fellows, delivered a talk on her PhD research, delivered to students, on the subject of self-harm, in cultural references.
Citizens in the making - Report
10th June 2024
The report presents research findings from the project 'Citizens in the making': Educating young citizens in Wales', funded by the Research Wales Innovation Fund, in collaboration with the OU in Wales.