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SGOU launches ‘Bibliotech’ to preserve Guru’s legacy

Sree Narayanaguru Open University (SGOU) has started Bibliotech, a book collection drive to amass works on Sree Narayana Guru.

The Hindu

Charlotte Benton obituary

Co-creator of an Open University course that had a profound effect on the study of design history in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Labour can be green, spendy and cheerful

Brief letters: Starmer, Galbraith and Dury | The Open University | Bookshelf arrangements | Tax us our fair share

The Guardian - UK

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Mercury: shrinking planet is still getting smaller – new research

Planetary scientists have long known that Mercury has been shrinking for billions of years. Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, its interior has been cooling down as internal heat leaks away. This means that the rock (and, within that, the metal) of which it is composed must have…

The Conversation

Nick Levinson obituary

Other lives: BBC TV producer who made Open University arts programming, helping to inspire public interest in art history and architecture

The Guardian - UK

An element essential to life discovered on one of Saturn's moons, raising hopes of finding alien microbes

Enceladus is the tiny moon of Saturn that seems to have it all. Its icy surface is intricately carved by ongoing geological processes. Its icy shell overlies an internal, liquid ocean. There, chemically charged warm water seeps out of the rocky core onto the ocean floor – potentially providing nourishment…

The Conversation

Watch Europe's Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft speed away from Earth in these photos by amateur astronomers

Amateur astronomers have taken images of Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE as it commenced its journey to the largest planet of the solar system.

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EastEnders icon Charlie Brooks unrecognisable after swapping Albert Square for studies

Mature student Charlie Brooks pleaded with fans to send her a new brain after falling behind on her study after heading to university as she stepped back from acting

Daily Mirror

Venus: proof of active volcanoes – at last

Venus is almost the same size, mass and density as Earth. So it should be generating heat in its interior (by the decay of radioactive elements) at much the same rate as the Earth does. On Earth, one of the main ways in which this heat leaks out is via…

The Conversation

Letter: Lady Boothroyd as OU chancellor

Gina Bridgeland writes: Betty Boothroyd brought humour and natural authority to bear as chancellor of the Open University

The Guardian - UK

Kilmarnock midfielder Brad Lyons determined to repay Derek McInnes for show of faith

The 25-year-old hasn’t always enjoyed as many first-team appearances as he would have liked and knows that when they come around, he has to take…

The National (Scotland)

Black holes may be the source of mysterious dark energy that makes up most of the universe

Black holes could explain a mysterious form of energy that makes up most of the universe, according to astronomers. The existence of “dark energy” has been inferred from observations of stars and galaxies, but no one has been able to explain what it is, or where it comes from.

The Conversation

Even pound shops don’t sell things for a pound any more. I’m juggling three jobs just to get by

I’ve always had a second job, but things are so tough now I’ve had to take another, says Sharron Spice

The Guardian - UK

‘We feel for lecturers — but we want our fees back’: what students really think about the university strikes

Lecturers, librarians and administrative staff are among the 70,000 university workers set to strike for 17 days this term — so is Generation Covid right in asking for compensation? Katie Strick reports

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Perthshire curlers representing Great Britain at Winter World University Games

Holly Wilkie-Milne, Laura Watt and Mark Watt have all jetted out to the event being held in America

The Conversation

What does Mars sound like? Rover microphone has recorded the red planet's dust devils

A dust devil looks a bit like a tornado, but is weaker and rarely lasts more than about a minute. It is a twisting column of warmed air scooting across sun-heated ground, made visible by the dust that it lofts upwards. Although usually benign, occasionally dust devils can kill.

Nottingham Post

Meet the Nottingham teacher inspiring children to pick up a book

Amy said she found reading difficult herself when she was a child

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP sponsoring Scottish Parliament exhibition for the Open University

Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson wants constituents to consider a course through the Open University

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Three individuals honoured with honorary doctorates for contributions to society

THE Open University in Scotland has awarded honorary doctorates to three individuals for their significant contributions

The Guardian - UK

Birdsong is music to my ears again

Brief letters: Bird encounters | Thérèse Coffey | Cop or Copout? | Open University | Boycotting Qatar

The Guardian - UK

Adele the academic? Why mature students are top of the swots

The pop singer has announced plans to take a mid-career break and study English literature. As I found out, there’s no better time to do it

The Guardian - UK

Derek Goldrei obituary

Other lives: Mathematician who had teaching and leadership positions at the Open University and several Oxford University colleges

The Guardian - UK

Maureen Cummings obituary

Other lives: Palliative care nurse who brought solace to many patients

The Conversation

Frank Drake has passed away but his equation for alien intelligence is more important than ever

How many intelligent civilisations should there be in our galaxy right now? In 1961, the US astrophysicist Frank Drake, who passed away on September 2 at the age of 92, came up with an equation to estimate this. The Drake equation, dating from a stage in his career when he…

Daily Mirror

Cost-of-living crisis forcing young adults to scrap university plans and use foodbanks

One in five 18-24-year-olds are rethinking going to university, as they want to go straight into a full-time job they get paid for

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