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Open University Graduate School, UK
@ougradsch.bsky.social
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Celebrates Open University PhD and Professional Doctorate students and those who support them.
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Loving autumn on campus at Walton Hall at @openuniversity.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social
A lawn in front of trees of many different colours - deep red, rust orange, yellow green, blue-green.
October 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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We're excited to welcome our Oct #OUGradSch25 PhD cohort to campus today! We can’t wait to hear about their research journeys.
On Fri, we’ll also welcome Professional Doctorate students.
Also welcome to the first PhD by Distance Learning cohort!
@oulibrary.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social
A green lawn with people sitting out on a sunny day. A stately home in the background. A green lawn with people sitting out on a sunny day. A cafeteria in the background. A crowd of around 70 people standing in the foyer of a library, looking up and smiling. A crowd of around 70 people standing in the foyer of a library, looking up and smiling. A gold tree made of Open University Shields is on the wall.
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Many congratulations to Elisabetta Geromel-Lister (and her happy supervisor Prof Séverine Hubscher-Davidson) for submitting her thesis 'Tracing controversies in medical knowledge dissemination'.

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Two smiling women stand under a gold tree made up of OU logos, one is holding a book A woman stands under a gold tree made up of OU logos, holding a book
June 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Cakes and capes to celebrate #Pride2025 @openuniversity.bsky.social
Rainbow cupcake Smiling woman in rainbow cape Smiling women with rainbow lanyards
June 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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And two last teams featuring PGRs. Well done all!
Photo of team of four people holding a baton and wearing sports clothes Photo of team of four people holding a baton and wearing sports clothes
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Postgraduate research students out in force for the @openuniversity.bsky.social running club’s annual Les Irvine Memorial Relay Race. Step forward Dashtrobiology, Lava Cryo Flow, CosmoChemSquad, BIGS & two other amazingly named teams, battling for glory on the 4 x 1.1 mile course on the River Ouzel.
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May 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2025 is currently open & the deadline extended to *16 May*!
This survey is for PhD, MPhil, EdD & DHSC students across the OU to tell us what they think about their doctoral experience. They will have received bespoke links by email - contact us if not.
May 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Catching up with Feb PhD starter Jon (project: Hydroelectric power generation) "I genuinely couldn’t be happier with how things are going. The experience so far has been incredibly rewarding. My supervisors are amazing, very helpful, approachable & always encouraging."
www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Man in the foreground with a laptop and 3D printer behind him. 3D printer, brand Ultimaker. 3D printing
May 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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"In @openuniversity.bsky.social, it's amazing how generous people are with their time & knowledge... That is a real highlight of this journey."
Holly tells fellow PhD student Laud how she plans supervisions. More on Holly's journey to mini-viva:
1 youtu.be/Tvddlp9-18Q?...
2 youtu.be/7MCK-kUgWeI?...
April 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Holly Parrott is a PhD student @openuniversity.bsky.social & recently passed her mini viva, a key stage in doctorates. Interviewed by fellow student Laud in 2 parts, Holly advises on preparing for the mini viva, managing the unexpected & keeping positive. Full videos: www5.open.ac.uk/students/res...
April 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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The Open University is open to people, places, methods and ideas. And ducks.
A photo of a duck standing outside a door labelled 'Postgraduate Student Common Room'
April 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Another beautiful day on @openuniversity.bsky.social campus: the mulberry tree, cakes (with calorie warning), a bee hotel on a wild lawn and magnolia flowers.
Mulberry tree supported by struts on a bright day Selection of cakes and a sign that says ‘Adults Only Need 2000 Calories a day’ Sunny wild lawn with a bee hotel in the foreground A white building in the background with magnolia petals in the foreground
April 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Many congratulations to @openuniversity.bsky.social research students who received their doctorates on the Barbican stage! 👏👏👏
And their proud supervisors 👏👏👏
Left to right: Phil, Pallavi, Emmeline, Sophie, Charlie, Marcus and Clare!

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#OUFamily #PhDSky
Group of seven people in academic dress standing in front of an Open University banner smiling
March 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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It's been a year since @openuniversity.bsky.social research students held a Crafternoon. From darning socks & artistic activism to the community quilt display & mini portraits, it was a day filled with imagination & connection. An opportunity to unwind, create, and come together through art. ✂️🎨💫
March 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Happy Spring Equinox! Here’s 30 seconds of our beautiful @openuniversity.bsky.social campus in Milton Keynes: the post room and Hub, the art and nature in the grounds, meetings and a craft group with research students.

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March 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Finally, we welcome Karishma Raghupati joining Computing and Communications in the Faculty of STEM,
‘Investigating the Impact of Learner Behaviour on the Outcomes of Security Awareness Training Programs among Adult Population in Work-Based Settings.’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of a world surrounded by little faces interspersed with exclamation marks in triangles and a net. Other symbols surround: a CND symbol, a surveillance camera, a computer and a phone.
February 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Welcome to Sethunyiwe Oitsile, joining the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies to work on a PhD called
‘Navigating Economic Integration in the Southern African Customs Union: An Analytical Study’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of the Africa continent labelled ‘The Quest for a United and Borderless Africa’.
February 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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The route to his Engineering and Innovation PhD in ‘Hydroelectric power generation’ took Jon Kirby via university and brewing beer #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of a stick figure with question marks above their head at a building labelled ‘School’. A dotted line links to a happier stick figure with ‘!!??’ above their head at a building labelled ‘University’. A dotted line links to a happier stick figure with ‘!!!???’ above their head next to a mug labelled ‘Beer’. A dotted line links to a series of linked tanks labelled ‘Brewing’. A dotted line drinks to a happy stick figure with ‘!!!!!?’ above their head with some graphs/charts labelled ‘Computers’ and ‘Data. A dotted line links to house with solar panels on it and a little unit labelled ‘Raspberry Pi’ inside. A dotted line links to a happy figure with ‘!!!’ above their head looking at connected tanks labelled ‘Fountain’. A final dotted line links to the words ‘What if?’.
February 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Welcome to the School of Computing and Communications, Mercy Williams! Mercy's project is ‘Business analytics as organisational problem solving’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of a computer with mouse and keyboard. On the screen there are pie charts and graphs and the words ‘Strategy’ and ‘Problem solving’ above. A figure below has two boxes coming out of their head: one with question marks, the other with scrawling shapes labelled ‘clueless’.
February 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Love this image from Rebecca Stockman, starting her PhD in Engineering and Innovation on '‘The role of communities in affordable housing provision’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of a row of houses with the sun shining above. 6 stick figures stand in front with smiles and their arms up. A thin rectangle sits underneath them and then a large question mark.
February 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Hello Kevin Amor starting a PhD in Engineering and Innovation in the Faculty of STEM with a project on ‘Applications of Agent-Based Modelling to Traffic Systems’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of a racing track surrounded by people and a rectangle indicating 2 exits. Text reads ‘164,000 people all trying to leave Silverstone at the same time’ with an unhappy face.
February 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Hello @sarahb-r.bsky.social joining the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies with her research project: ‘Is prison education in England and Wales fit for the purpose of gaining employment?’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of a person behind bars labelled ‘Prison No Hope’ with a road leading away labelled ‘way to prison education’ with a person on it holding a degree certificate saying ‘Graduation 2:1’. Then a road leading away labelled ‘way home’ going to a family group.
February 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Welcome to Neville Kent joining the Business School with a research project entitled ‘Textual Analysis in Finance and Accounting’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of an open book labelled ‘Strategy’. Lots of images and text and a magnifying glass picking out the word ‘Climate ?’.
February 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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A positive message from Fateme Filome, joining the Business School @openuniversity.bsky.social with her research project 'Innovation and Organisational Change in the advent of Artificial Intelligence’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image of a robot with a light bulb above them and the text ‘AI can help people!’
February 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Hello to Arwa Bukhtiar joining the Law School @openuniversity.bsky.social with a research project entitled ‘Justice in the Digital Age: A Comparative Analysis of Gender-Responsive Legal Approaches to Combat Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women & Girls in the EU, UK & Australia’ #OUGradSch25
Black and white pen image entitled ‘Always dream big’. ‘From Sialkot to the United Kingdom’. A star with ‘we did it abu’ inside it with an arrow pointing to a stick figure ‘Abu (grandpa)’ saying ‘my little lawyer’. On the right-hand side, a stick figure of a girl labelled ‘Little Arwa’ and an arrow labelled (Pakistan) pointing to a sad stick figure with different boxes around her labelled ‘CSS’, ‘Bio’, ‘Physics’, ‘STEM’ and ‘Math’. Then an arrow labelled with a plane and ‘UK’ pointing to a stick figure labelled ‘Brunel Uni, London, LLB’. An arrow then goes to a happy stick figure labelled ‘WvW Uni, Wolverhampton, LLM’ and then an arrow goes to another happy stick figure labelled ‘OU University, Milton Keynes (PhD)’
February 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM