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Aperiodic order

Aperiodic order

Uwe Grimm's research into the mathematics behind quasicrystals.

Pharmacoepidemiology

Pharmacoepidemiology

Heather Whitaker's work on the groundbreaking self-controlled case series (SCCS) method developed at the OU, which provided the first substantive evidence to discredit the link between MMR and autism.

Spintronics

Spintronics

Andrey Umerski's predictions on quantum tunneling changed hard disks forever.

Some of our featured students and graduates

Student stories

Read about some of our students and graduates who are using their OU studies to do great things.

Infinite spider's web

Complex dynamics

Spider's webs: the beautiful new fractal structure discovered by Phil Rippon and Gwyneth Stallard while studying systems of complex numbers that evolve over time.

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Advancing women's careers

The School provides a friendly and flexible working environment and is proud to support the Good Practice Scheme - Advancing women's careers in university mathematical sciences departments.

Athena Swan - Bronze Award

Good Practice Scheme - Advancing women's careers in university mathematical sciences departments.

News

Saturday, Sep 15th 2018

£348k EPSRC Award for Uwe Grimm
Congratulations to Uwe Grimm, who has been awarded a £348k grant by the Engineering and Physical...

Seminars and Events

Tuesday, Jan 22nd 2019, Alan Turing Room 306

Petra Staynova (University of Leeds)

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Tuesday, Jan 29th 2019, Alan Turing Room 306

Vasiliki Evdoridou (The Open University)

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