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The Open University has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to develop an exciting new project in communities across Wales. 

A community event during the autumn has helped celebrate one of Wales’ best known communities – the Gurnos in Merthyr Tydfil. 

The Open University in Wales has welcomed a Welsh Government announcement of increased support for trainee teachers. 

A major new public policy initiative, PolicyWISE, is being developed by The Open University (OU). 

New research from the Institute of Welsh Affairs and The Open University (OU) in Wales shows that people in Wales would support funding for more and better hyperlocal news, more and better education about democracy, and more and better regulation of the media in Wales.

The Gavin and Stacey co-creator has been made an honorary graduate of The Open University in Wales. One of UK’s most senior female firefighters has also been made honorary graduate at the ceremony in her native Newport. 

Julia David discusses her work on the BG REACH project, what it means for the community of Blaenau Gwent, and the next steps for the OU.

On Thursday 29 September, The Open University in Wales was announced as the winner of the FairPlay employer award at Womenspire 2022

Welsh school children are getting in on the act, observing an asteroid in support of an exciting NASA mission, with the help of an Open University PhD student.

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.