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They are important because they likely played a significant role in the recipe for building habitable worlds, primarily by delivering water to the otherwise dry inner solar system planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars). But […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/science-mct/fossilised-water-flow-from-the-early-solar-system-found-in-an-antarctic-meteorite/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about Fossilised water flow from the early Solar System found in an Antarctic meteorite</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="1000" height="717" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GGL_0146ed-v2.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Michael wearing graduation gown and blue glasses, looking at the camera with a background of plant leaves." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GGL_0146ed-v2.jpg 1000w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GGL_0146ed-v2-300x215.jpg 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GGL_0146ed-v2-768x551.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/honorary-graduate/the-ou-gives-you-the-tools-to-embrace-who-you-are-and-how-you-connect-with-the-world/">‘The OU gives you the tools to embrace who you are, and how you connect with the world’</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-25">25 November 2024</time> </p> <p>When celebrated historian and Arts and Humanities graduate Michael, 72, received an invitation from The Open University (OU) to become an honorary graduate, he was so stunned he thought it was a prank! Now a proud Doctor of the University he regards as one of the “greatest British institutions”, Michael describes what the OU means […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/honorary-graduate/the-ou-gives-you-the-tools-to-embrace-who-you-are-and-how-you-connect-with-the-world/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about ‘The OU gives you the tools to embrace who you are, and how you connect with the world’</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="1200" height="675" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Scam-Inteceptors.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="OU / BBC content to watch during this year’s Scam Safe Week" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Scam-Inteceptors.png 1200w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Scam-Inteceptors-300x169.png 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Scam-Inteceptors-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Scam-Inteceptors-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/science-mct/ou-bbc-content-to-watch-during-this-years-scam-safe-week/">OU / BBC content to watch during this year’s Scam Safe Week</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-25">25 November 2024</time> </p> <p>Following the success of last year’s inaugural initiative, BBC Scam Safe week is back. Starting on 23 November, Scam Safe week features content from across the BBC including co-productions with The Open University (OU). With scammers growing bolder amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, experts aim to provide a timely piece of public service into the […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/science-mct/ou-bbc-content-to-watch-during-this-years-scam-safe-week/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about OU / BBC content to watch during this year’s Scam Safe Week</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="965" height="537" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/family-live-well-image2.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Researchers launch new health and wellbeing toolkit" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/family-live-well-image2.jpg 965w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/family-live-well-image2-300x167.jpg 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/family-live-well-image2-768x427.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/around-ou/researchers-launch-new-health-and-wellbeing-toolkit/">Researchers launch new health and wellbeing toolkit</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-20">20 November 2024</time> </p> <p>The Open University, in partnership with the University of Bedfordshire and the Campaign for Learning, has developed a range of resources to empower people of all ages to lead healthier and happier lives. Funded by Hallmark Foundation, the Live Well Together toolkit consists of fun activities, games and useful tips and ideas that are grouped […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/around-ou/researchers-launch-new-health-and-wellbeing-toolkit/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about Researchers launch new health and wellbeing toolkit</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="1000" height="750" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alex-6.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Young woman with shoulder-length hair, dressed in graduation robes" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alex-6.jpeg 1000w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alex-6-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alex-6-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/psychology/an-ou-degree-is-proof-you-can-achieve-if-youre-brave-enough-to-invest-the-time-and-care-into-yourself/">‘An OU degree is proof you can achieve if you’re brave enough to invest the time and care into yourself’</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-20">20 November 2024</time> </p> <p>Alex, 28, from Lincolnshire, has just graduated with a BSc (Honours) in Psychology with Counselling from The Open University (OU). Having struggled at school, she never thought she would continue studying. But now, with her degree, Alex has an exciting future ahead with plans of progressing in the care industry and starting her own business. […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/psychology/an-ou-degree-is-proof-you-can-achieve-if-youre-brave-enough-to-invest-the-time-and-care-into-yourself/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about ‘An OU degree is proof you can achieve if you’re brave enough to invest the time and care into yourself’</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="1000" height="666" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/elderly-2914879_1280-PICNIC-foto-e1732547010209.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The UK government wants to shake up pensions – but it can’t guarantee that ‘megafunds’ will want to invest in Britain" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/elderly-2914879_1280-PICNIC-foto-e1732547010209.jpg 1000w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/elderly-2914879_1280-PICNIC-foto-e1732547010209-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/elderly-2914879_1280-PICNIC-foto-e1732547010209-768x511.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/the-uk-government-wants-to-shake-up-pensions-but-it-cant-guarantee-that-megafunds-will-want-to-invest-in-britain/">The UK government wants to shake up pensions – but it can’t guarantee that ‘megafunds’ will want to invest in Britain</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-19">19 November 2024</time> </p> <p>The UK chancellor Rachel Reeves talks a lot about achieving better growth. And the latest figure – economic expansion in the last quarter of just 0.1% – suggests plenty of room for improvement, says Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Personal Finance at The Open University. The evening before that gloomy figure was announced, Reeves revealed […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/the-uk-government-wants-to-shake-up-pensions-but-it-cant-guarantee-that-megafunds-will-want-to-invest-in-britain/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about The UK government wants to shake up pensions – but it can’t guarantee that ‘megafunds’ will want to invest in Britain</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="1000" height="675" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Krishangi_OU-News_two.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Krishangi Meshram youngest OU Law graduate" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Krishangi_OU-News_two.jpg 1000w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Krishangi_OU-News_two-300x203.jpg 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Krishangi_OU-News_two-768x518.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/business-law/ou-cheers-its-youngest-ever-law-graduate-at-uk-ceremony/">OU cheers its youngest ever law graduate at UK ceremony</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-19">19 November 2024</time> </p> <p>The Open University (OU) is proud to congratulate Indian alumnus Krishangi Meshram on becoming the university’s youngest ever Law graduate. Krishangi was just 15 when she started studying with the OU and just three years later the talented teenager completed her studies to gain a First Class Honours Degree in Law at the tender age […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/business-law/ou-cheers-its-youngest-ever-law-graduate-at-uk-ceremony/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about OU cheers its youngest ever law graduate at UK ceremony</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Catriona-and-Hayley-v3.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Academic’s quest to help people with facial-recognition blindness" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Catriona-and-Hayley-v3.jpg 1000w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Catriona-and-Hayley-v3-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Catriona-and-Hayley-v3-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/academics-quest-to-help-people-with-facial-recognition-blindness/">Academic’s quest to help people with facial-recognition blindness</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-18">18 November 2024</time> </p> <p>A professor of psychology from The Open University is embarking on a quest to raise awareness of a little-known human condition that affects between 2-3 per cent of the population – facial-recognition blindness. Many people unknowingly live with the condition, also known as prosopagnosia, and shrug off the fact they can’t recognise their partner or […]</p> <p class="ou-articles__more"><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/academics-quest-to-help-people-with-facial-recognition-blindness/"><strong>Read more</strong><span class="screen-reader-text"> about Academic’s quest to help people with facial-recognition blindness</span></a></p> </div> </div>  <div class="ou-articles__article "> <div class="ou-articles__image"> <img width="1000" height="668" src="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-ivan-samkov-8963947-lilies.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Five books to help if you are dealing with death and bereavement" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-ivan-samkov-8963947-lilies.jpg 1000w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-ivan-samkov-8963947-lilies-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pexels-ivan-samkov-8963947-lilies-768x513.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </div> <div class="ou-articles__text"> <h2><a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/arts-social-sciences/five-books-to-help-if-you-are-dealing-with-death-and-bereavement/">Five books to help if you are dealing with death and bereavement</a></h2> <p class="ou-articles__date"> <time datetime="2024-11-15">15 November 2024</time> </p> <p>CONTENT WARNING: This article contains references to death, bereavement and loss Dr Bethan Michael-Fox is a Staff Tutor in English Literature at The Open University and co-host of The Death Studies Podcast. 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