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A blog post by Mark by Mark Fenton-O’Creevy on why some people wealthier and better off than others.
Research conducted by Emma Bell, Professor of Organisation and Leadership at the Open University Business School, found that the rising costs of flour and energy pose some serious challenges to bakery owners.
This blogpost explores how innovative methods are being used to help assist flood victims in Pakistan using interest-free loans.
A long awaited report by an All-Party Parliamentary Group into the menopause has finally been published and it is calling for more urgent help for women.
OUBS academic Professor Richard Blundel and other members of a multi-disciplinary research team have secured funding for a 20-month study of the governance of decarbonisation in small businesses titled GOZERO.
In the post-COVID context there is a need to embrace and adopt the digital tools and practices we have become accustomed to for the longer term.
With this in mind, the EU3Digital consortium is proud to launch A Digital Competence Framework for the Third Sector.
As the cost of living continues to rise researchers at The Open University (OU) are looking into how craft bakers are faring in an uncertain future.
The green advertising trend is growing fast. But are these ads truly reflective of improvement when it comes to production practices, or is this just another example of greenwashing?
Help us to create a better understanding of the state and needs of small bakeries in the UK
These results are a welcome acknowledgement of the impact of OU researchers’ work in transforming lives, shaping policy and tackling critical challenges across the UK's four nations and worldwide.

Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 14:00 to 15:30
Online on MS Teams
This guest lecture with Mike Haley, CEO of Cifas, will provide an overview of the types of fraud currently causing the greatest harm to society and examine how advances in AI are likely to affect fraud cases in the future.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 09:00 to Friday, September 4, 2026 - 17:00
University of Donja Gorica, Oktoih 1, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro
This academic conference hopes to draw feminist scholars, activists and communities together to consider what caring feminism across borders might mean now and for the future.