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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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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...
Tuesday, Jul 3rd 2018

Jeremy Gray awarded Hirst Prize
<p>Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Jeremy Gray, who has been awarded the 2018 LMS...

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