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Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📢 A quick update from the Graduate School We’ll be closing this Bluesky account shortly as we focus our social media activity on LinkedIn. You can follow us there for updates and to celebrate PGR research, achievements and milestones: 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/open... Thanks for following us here 💙

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Open University Graduate School | 847 followers on LinkedIn. Celebrating current, past and future PhD and Professional Doctorate research students at the OU. | Welcome to the OU Graduate School, the d...

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Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🎓 Excited for the OU PGR Summer Conference 2026! Two days of research, connection and creativity on Walton Hall campus, 8 & 9 June - with talks, posters, keynotes and plenty of chances to network with OU PGRs. Can’t wait! 💙 More info and sign-up: university.open.ac.uk/students/res...

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Jodie Bettis @jodiebettis.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🧐 Today I shall be mostly conducting (Phase 4) reflexive thematic analysis of parliamentary discourse around criminalising ecocide in Britain. 💚 #phd #postgradresearch @ginnybraun.bsky.social @vicclarke.bsky.social @openspaceou.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

So cute! Great to see these little guys on campus - it will make getting supplies easier for research students on site 👍

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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Thesis status: I wish to boil my head

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Jude Taylor @m1cr0-judetaylor.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

@ougradsch.bsky.social proud of our PGRs at MoonNight in Milton Keynes tonight.

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Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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.

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Happy eve of ‘Servoween’. This week I’ve been focused on, and inspired by Social Ecological Theory. This reminds us of the interplay between individuals, communities and societal systems. Have a good rest of the week everyone 🎃 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #design #research #psychology

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Service co-design practice and research week-notes 131. The one when it’s the anniversary of the birth of John Loud who was the originator of the ballpoint pen. Talking about writing it’s also Academic Writing month. Have a good week 😊 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #phd

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Tony Potter @tony-potter.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Despite my social battery running very low, I’ve had an enjoyable & engaging day at the #OOCDTP cohort event in Oxford! I’ve met some lovely people & I’m looking forward to seeing my #PhD through to completion alongside them! @oocdtp.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

At #UKCGE EDI conference. Just been hearing about Black PhD Collective which looks like a great resource for Black PGRs. @ougradsch.bsky.social www.blackphdcollective.com

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Black PhD Collective

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A big warm welcome to Thursday. This week I’ve been focused on service design, change and memory theory. It’s also the birthday 🎂 of Elizabeth Loftus who I continue to be inspired by. I wrote about her work a while back www.robertsbrain.co.uk/post/my-insp... @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design

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Tony Potter @tony-potter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This is fabulous & one of the many reasons I’m really proud to be an @openuniversity.bsky.social student! @ougradsch.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social #NeverTooOld

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Open University Music Department @oumusic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Congratulations to PhD graduate Angelo Pinto on the publication of his book The Symphony as a Novel: Mahler's Tenth. www.lim.it/en/essay/693... @ougradsch.bsky.social #PhD

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Mahler’s Tenth Preface by Robert Samuels In lingua Inglese

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Jude Taylor @m1cr0-judetaylor.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Nothing like a lunchtime walk to blow some cobwebs away and get a run up to Friday afternoon. @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Jude Taylor @m1cr0-judetaylor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

OU PGR coffee in the Common Room and online in the Community Team at 11 today ( and every Thursday). If you'd like to say hello drop by. @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Tony Potter @tony-potter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Joining my first undergraduate tutorial for the @openuniversity.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social #PhD Teaching Scheme. A happy coincidence that the module I’m assigned to is #A340 - The Roman Empire, & I’m dialling in from the Eternal City itself - a great talking point! @drginamay.bsky.social

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Service co-design practice and research week-notes 127. Today is world teacher’s day, and so to all those education heroes 🦸‍♀️ out there hope you have a particularly fabulous day 🍎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #designleadership #servicedesign #codesign #ux #cx #hcd

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Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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.

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Service Co-design week-notes 126. The one where we took a little holiday. It is also today the anniversary of the birth of John H.Harvey who gave us attribution theory. Very applicable to service design. Have a good week 😊🤩 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #design #research #psychology

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

A big warm welcome in Thursday. This week in both practice and research I’ve been thinking a lot about behavioural design in service design. When used positively it can be so empowering. Have a good rest of your week being inspiring and being inspired 😊🤩 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research

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AstrobiologyOU @astrobiologyou.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

It was an absolute joy to attend this morning's @openuniversity.bsky.social graduation! Congratulations to all who graduated - including our very own #GraceRichards We’re very proud of you! #OUFamily @ougradsch.bsky.social #SPS #OUSTEM 🍾🥂🍾

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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Did you know the Library has a dedicated common room for postgraduate researchers? Available 24/7, it’s the ideal spot to: 💻 Work in a relaxed space ☕ Recharge with a coffee (or a nap, we won’t tell)😴 ⚽️ Have a game of table football Take a look 👉 youtube.com/shorts/kW31K... @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Explore the #openuniversity PGR Common Room in the Library building #shorts #miltonkeynes #postgrad

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Service Co-design practice and research week-notes 123. Apparently it’s buy a book 📕 day, not difficult for me. It’s also the anniversary of the passing of Elton Mayo (1949). Very important study 🔬on the Hawthorne effect 😊💎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #designleadership

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Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Oh this looks amazing! @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Service co-design research and practice week-notes 115. The one where it was very warm again and definitely extremely busy. Now for a little rest 🪫 today, with a sprinkle of forward planning thrown in 😊💎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #design #servicedesign #codesign #designresearch #ux

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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Heritage Open Days return to The Open University from 17–19 Sept with campus tours, new exhibitions, a choir performance, and a brand-new Archive Cinema experience! 🤩 🎟️ Free to attend – tours require booking! 🔗 Full schedule & info: www.open.ac.uk/library/libr... #MiltonKeynes #Heritage

Black and white photo from 1975 of a television studio for an Open University programme. Text reads: 'You're invited! Heritage Open Days at The Open University. 17-19 September 2025.'

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Welcome in Thursday. This weeks inspiration is design guiding principles in the form of the double and triple diamond 💎 💎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #doublediamond #triplediamond #designleadership #designresearch #designpsychology #servicedesign #codesign #servicedesignthursday

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

A big warm welcome to Sunday 20th July for Service Co-design week-notes 116. Apparently it’s also Moon Day 🌓 and International Chess Day ♟️Hope you have a good week ahead 😊💎 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #design #designleadership #designresearch #designpsychology #servicedesign #codesign

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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 30/06/2025

Scotland could soon make history as the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide aka severe, reckless harm to nature. In our latest blog, @jodiebettis.bsky.social a Grand Union Scholar at the #OpenUniversity discusses how this bold legal move could set a global precedent:

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Will Scotland become the first UK nation to criminalise ecocide?

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Happy World Industrial Design Day for Service Co-design week-notes 113. Here’s a good week for us all 😊🎢 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #designleadership #designresearch #designpsychology #servicedesign #codesign #hcd #cx #ux #weeknotes #WIDD2025 #worldindustrialdesignday

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Leslie Mabon @ljmabon.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

More exciting news from @ougradsch.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social as Meng-Chin Tsai publishes a lead-authored paper, which explores planning + governance arrangements for greening + resilience in Taipei. This is one part of her thesis, which is taking shape! doi.org/10.1080/1523...

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Green infrastructure (GI) has emerged as a key component in urban resilience strategies for integrating ecological and social benefits. Initially driven by government bodies, GI initiatives have expanded to include different groups of participants in co-production and co-implementation. This study proposes that Taipei's GI governance is determined by formal and informal regulations and connected with other discourses. The policy arrangement approach (PAA) is therefore used to study actor roles, discourses' effects on institutional arrangements, and GI planning issues. By assessing existing strategies and interactions among key actors, the study identifies how shifts in community participation and government authority shape GI design and functionality. The use of PAA in Taipei also offers valuable insights for global cities engaged in similar initiatives and challenges encountered in GI delivery. Findings demonstrate that participatory and collaborative approaches to governance of open spaces and greenspace are aggressively promoted and support communities in developing stewardship capabilities, but also that these alone are unlikely to be transformative without alternative funding mechanisms in the future. Overall, the participatory approach emphasises transparency and accountability for residents, however, new financial schemes are required to carry on GI design and management in the long term.

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Issy Mummery @issymummery.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

On Saturday, I stood on a soapbox in Milton Keynes shopping centre and talked to the public about my research! It was great to engage with people about mending and sewing, especially the kids! @ougradsch.bsky.social @soapboxscience.bsky.social #soapboxsciMK25

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Issy Mummery @issymummery.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Interested in science? Come and hear me and other amazing female scientists talk about our research on Saturday in Milton Keynes #soapboxsciMK25 @soapboxscience.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Issy Mummery @issymummery.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This Saturday, I will be standing on a soapbox and talking about my research on mending. Come along and hear about (and see) darned socks, mending communities and more! #soapboxSciMK25 @soapboxscience.bsky.social mksoapboxscience.wordpress.com

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Welcome in Sunday for Service Co-design week-notes 111. Hope you are able to have a rest, and have a good week ahead 🌞 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #design #designleadership #designresearch #designpsychology #servicedesign #codesign #hcd #cx #ux #weeknotes

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Olivia Kelly @oliviakellyou.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I'm still buzzing from a wonderful day at the @openuniversity.bsky.social Dublin graduation ceremony on Friday to receive my Doctorate in Education. Thanks to everyone who supported me along the way #OUFamily @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Many congratulations to Elisabetta Geromel-Lister (and her happy supervisor Prof Séverine Hubscher-Davidson) for submitting her thesis 'Tracing controversies in medical knowledge dissemination'. @openuniversity.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social

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A woman stands under a gold tree made up of OU logos, holding a book

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New blog klaxon 📣 hope you like it - have a good Tuesday 😊 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #designresearch #designpsychology #servicedesign #codesign #customerjourneys #blog

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Welcome in Thursday. Apparently it’s also World Environment Day and so I will also be seeing what I can do to be beneficial. Have a good rest of your week 😊🎢 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #design #designleadership #designresearch #designpsychology #servicedesign #codesign

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Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS @rachelawood.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Service Co-design week-notes 109. As it’s #cancersurvivorsday I will be reflecting on all the amazing people who have got me where I am today (post stem cell transplant for relapsed Hodgkin’s Lymphoma). Have a good week everyone 🎢😊 @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #phdlife #design #designleadership

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🗣️ Talking Race: From Discomfort to Disruptive Action | GCSJ Research Festival ⏳4 June | 3:15–4:30PM From Grenfell to global discourse, from lived experience to academic insight - explore the work of OU's Racial Justice Working Group 👉 tinyurl.com/y2tmtcw9 #racialjustice @ougradsch.bsky.social

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Dr Willow Neal 🏳️‍🌈 @willowneal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I’ve finally submitted my #PhD thesis about urban woodland #butterflies! It has been one of the most challenging but fulfilling experience of my life. The past year being especially difficult, but I would do it over again… just so happens that I never have to!! @ougradsch.bsky.social

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PACE Graduate School Open University @pacespaceou.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The @ougradsch.bsky.social 'Position Statement and Guidance on Generative AI and Doctoral Education' is now available: www5.open.ac.uk/students/res... The advice is in the context of a fast-paced changing landscape. It emphasises openness re. #GenAI at all stages of the #thesis. #OpenUniversity

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Authors: Julia Molinari (Graduate School); Daniel Gooch (Computing); Nicoleta Tipi (FBL) Critical readers: Inma Alvarez (WELS) Approved by: Clare Warren (Director of the Graduate School); Michel Werme...

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