OU WELS Praxis @welspraxis.bsky.social Open University Praxis Centre for Scholarship and Innovation bringing together academics from Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) and Institute of Educational Technology (IET) to promote and support scholarship in teaching and learning.
Richard Nurse @richardnurse.bsky.social Librarian at the Open University. Interested in archives, open research, library data, systems and metadata
Selena Killick @selenakillick.com Senior User Researcher & Strategist. PhD Researcher. Interested in evidence-led service design, institutional impact, and making research accessible.
Often found watching cricket.
Tyne Stanley @tynestanley.bsky.social Working as an Engagement and Insight Coordinator at The Open University Library. Animal lover, horror film aficionado, anxious elephant.
Helen Clough @helenclough.bsky.social Associate Director at the Open University Library interested in relationship management, strategic planning, and supporting distance and online learners in HE libraries. She/her
Emily Yossarian (she/her) @eyossarian.bsky.social Running, wild swimming, kids, cats. Graduate School manager at Open University but views my own. 
John D’Arcy @johnmorgandarcy.bsky.social Director,OU Ireland. Chair AONTAS. Vice Chair Universities Ireland. Trustee Lightbody Foundation & OCN. Founding Chair Oh Yeah.TEDx speaker.Personal views
Keren Stiles @kerenstiles.bsky.social Senior Library Manager at the Open University Library, interested in user experience, performance measurement, service development and making spaces welcoming.
Manda Laine @eldelphia.bsky.social She/her. Librarian. Senior library manager. FHEA. Often staff to cats. Lover of tech, gaming, mythology, old places, rock & trashy literature! LGBTQIA+ ally. Mental Health First Aider.
Olivia Kelly @oliviakellyou.bsky.social Open University Associate Lecturer, Doctoral thesis on Twitter communities for distance learners, Lead of OU Praxis Social Media Scholarship Hub, SFHEA
Mel Green @melalygreen.bsky.social Black matricentric intersectional feminist | Lecturer in Education Studies @OpenUniversity | Member of @radicalmothering | Co-author of Mothering at the Margins: Black Mothers Raising Autistic Children in the UK
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Sue Strad @suestrad.bsky.social Counsellor / psychotherapist, clinical supervisor. MBACP(Accred) OU Wales Ambassador and Lecturer
Rebecca Jones @remembermyhat.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing at the Open University, UK (she/her). Also often tweeting and retweeting about: academic writing | SRHR and sex ed | creative methods | Long Covid/Chronic Fatigue 
Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social Researcher of UK-EU relations, euroscepticism and learning & teaching. Open University and formerly UK in a Changing Europe. Renowned for my bubbly personality, I imagine.
Dr Anna Reeve @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social Material culture historian, exploring the history of Cypriot archaeology and ancient Cypriot collections in UK museums. Ceramics fan. Research Fellow, Institute of Classical Studies and Associate Lecturer in Classics, Open University. Views my own.
Maria Relaki @mariarelaki.bsky.social Archaeologist, islander missing sea views. Mostly Greek, lately British. Technology, materials,Crete, Bronze Age, gender, kinship. Associate Lecturer, Classical Studies, The Open University. Assist. Reviews Ed. European Journal of Archaeology
Precious Chatterje-Doody @preciouschatd.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @OUPolitics.bsky.social. SFHEA. Russian foreign & security policy, soft power, narratives, ID, religion & disinfo, conspiracy theories. Associate editor, International Affairs. UK Young Academy member. Mum of 3.
Georgina Wright (on leave) @georginaewright.bsky.social Britain, France & Brussels thinking at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Professor Elton @eltonteb.bsky.social Prof of Greek Literature & Culture at The Open University | working-class Classicist | still delighting in Homer | dabbling in the digital | grappling with the politics of form & linked data | Pelagios partnership sec | hello to Jason | love the show Steve
Claire Kotecki @klarusu.bsky.social Writer, Scientist, Educator. History postgraduate student. You can always win me over with a cat. 🐈⬛ Here be dragons 🐉
www.clairekotecki.com
OU Students Association @oustudents.bsky.social 
Robyn Wilson-Owen @robynwilsonowen.bsky.social Illustrator and author repped by Neil at Spring Literary and published by Andersen, Egmont/Farshore, Boxer and Tiny Owl
Illustration tutor at Falmouth University and The Open University.
Tutor in creativity for Cam Uni online.
www.robynwilsonowen.com
Evangelos Ntontis @evangelospsych.bsky.social Assistant Prof. in Social and Organisational Psych at Panteion University; Deputy Editor, BJSP; Amateur 📸; Posts nerdy academic stuff, political ranting & the occasional memes. Own views
Louise @louisebrown.bsky.social Lurcher feeder, allotmenteer, niche reader (Japan, Mitfords, crime), record buyer, Wycombe Wanderers STH. Not a test tube baby. I used to be a Maths HoD but now I manage university courses. Was @loumeracy on the other place. Photo by Paul Clarke.
Notorious Cath @notoriouscath.bsky.social Open University Staff Tutor. Former schoolteacher.
❤️ Maths, Chemistry, SoTL
Green, pro-EU, lefty, woke
Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social Northern, working class, queer, cis feminist academic. Lifts heavy things for fun. Personal account. Views mine.
🏳️⚧️ The only true feminism is intersectional 💜🤍💚
Learning Design team at The Open University @ou-ld-social.bsky.social Sharing the @openuniversity.bsky.social Learning Design team’s approach to designing for student success. Using evidence and #StudentVoice to enhance the learning experience.
#HigherEd #LearningDesign #EdTech #DigitalInclusion #EDIA
Tag us or use #OU_LD
Steph Lay @stephlay.bsky.social Folk horror, real ghost stories & parapsychology. I'm mapping Milton Keynes’ unlikely hauntings in my 'Revenants on the Redway' project, and I look after Content & Analytics for Into The Fog.
Links! https://linktr.ee/stephlay
MikeSharples @sharplem.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, Educational Technology, The Open University. AI & education, open science, AI and creativity. #EduSky #AcademicSky. Sailing on seascamp.org.uk
Martin Weller @edtechie.bsky.social Emeritus Prof at the Open University, living in Cardiff. Professional interests include Educational technology & open education. Fun interests include ice hockey (Cardiff Devils), vinyl, dogs, horror books, walking in Wales. 
Mark Brandon @iceymark.bsky.social Polar Oceans. Open University, UK. Londoner. Proud to work with the BBC on Frozen Planet 2, Blue Planet 2, Frozen Planet & others. Heart always in the ice. MBE. Polar Medal.
Steve Parkinson @stevepuk.bsky.social Head of Learning Systems (Platforms) at the OpenUniversity. Interested in how the future will look. Particularly learning. I'm easily distracted.
Andrew McDermott (Macca) @maccamk.bsky.social Work: Open University
From: Milton Keynes, Europe
Music: Radiohead, Talking Heads, Willy Mason, LIFE, IDLES, Gomez, Billy Nomates, BEAK>, Tom Vek
Football: Open University Vets FC, Liverpool FC, Woburn and Wavendon FC
Tech: everything
Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University | Co-artistic director of Theatre of the @GentleFuries | researching Athenian forensic oratory & theatrical receptions of myth | she/her | catposting
Nick Bingham @nickbi.bsky.social Geographer at The Open University, UK
thinking materialities :: with :: care
(not necessarily in that order)
@rosemarygolding.bsky.social @rosemarygolding.bsky.social Music historian @ Open University, research interests in health history, 19th century Britain, social and cultural history, education history. Views my own.
https://musichealthandhappiness.wordpress.com/
Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social Gender, sexuality & criminal law/history.
Early women barristers. Agatha Christie.
Professor of Feminism, Law & History, The Open University.
📚 Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent (2025)
📚 Lesbianism and the Criminal Law (2020)
#ActuallyAutistic
Emma Bridges @emmabridges.bsky.social Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Classical Studies at the Open University. Thinks a lot about making humanities education accessible.
She/her
Hilary Johnson @hilaryjohnson.bsky.social Senior Library Manager (Faculty of Business & Law) at The Open University. Leading the Learning & Teaching Librarians who specialise in curriculum production. I still miss Better Off Ted. But at least I can still quilt.
Rebecca Ferguson @r3beccaf.bsky.social Open University professor emerita, making the shift over to podcasting, audio drama and fiction.
Rashida @rashidasimpson.bsky.social Social Media Lurker by night
Open University Research Engagement (Faculty of WELS) by day
Dr. Sakura Byrne @sakurabyrne.bsky.social PhD in Bi+ wellbeing. Interested in queer wellbeing, and nature connection. Associate lecturer at the OU. Queer. #ActuallyAutistic. Views my own. She/they
Institute of Educational Technology @ietatou.bsky.social The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology (IET) is a global leader in the field of pedagogy, known for advancing open and distance learning globally since 1970.
https://iet.open.ac.uk/
Dr Gillian Jack @drgillhistory.bsky.social Historian of women in late medieval/early mod Italy. Open University. Feminist. UCUCommons & NEC. She/her. Strong words; weak tea.
Book out in October: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/prostitution-repentance-and-social-welfare-in-renaissance-florence/
Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social Astronomy Prof at Open University. 26.2. #RejoinEU, £➡️€. Views not OU’s and often not even mine. He/him
🐘 https://mas.to/@stephenserjeant
🧵 https://www.threads.net/@prof.stephen.serjeant
ORCID 0000-0002-0517-7943 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0517-7943
Open University Graduate School, UK @ougradsch.bsky.social Celebrates Open University PhD and Professional Doctorate students and those who support them.
Reposts not endorsements.
Dr Willow Neal 🏳️🌈 @willowneal.bsky.social Conservation ecologist (They/Them). Butterfly PhD.
https://sites.google.com/view/willow-neal-phd/
https://www5.open.ac.uk/scholarship-and-innovation/esteem/projects/themes/access-participation-and-success/evaluating-lgbtq-awarding-gap-and-supporting-our
Derek Jones @plug103.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Design at The Open University. EdSIG Convenor for the Design Research Society. Co-Author of Studio Properties (pub Bloomsbury, Autumn 2025).
Also: recovering architect; nihilist (pragmatic); and defender of the Nation of Hilltown.
@runningladyphotos.bsky.social @runningladyphotos.bsky.social Love running and love taking photos. Senior lecturer, SFHEA, am passionate about lifelong learning. All photos are mine, unless I’ve shared a post
Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social Professional nosy parker | Enthusiastic Glaswegian | Qual sociology & interdisciplinary repro health | Reproduction, Sexualities & Sexual Health Research Group @openuniversity.bsky.social | She/her
AzumahCarol @azumahcarol.bsky.social Professor of Education, Policy and Practice at Open University.
Writes about post-16 education. Drinks wine (occasionally). Completed C25k and still running. Likes interesting people.
Proud owner of colour coded bookshelves.
DM 📧 = instant unfollow
Keith Robson @keithrobson.bsky.social Senior Public Affairs Manager at The Open University in Scotland. Finding my way on this new space. All posts personal etc and rarely that interesting!
Debbie Parker Kinch @debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English and Staff Tutor @ The Open University. Interested in 19/20C writing by women and the history of feminism. Writing a biography of writer & feminist Bessie Parkes Belloc (1829-1925). Views my own.
Dr Amanda Sciampacone @asciampacone.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at The Open University. Art Historian interested in 19thC to 20thC British art and visual culture, disease, climate, empire, and air pollution, as well as museum studies and the legacies of empire in collections.
Mari Greenfield @marigreenfield.bsky.social Researcher, academic writer, doula, birth activist, LGBTQ activist and home educating/worldschooling parent.
Lucy Gray / Rai @lucy-gray.bsky.social Author, educator and proud mum of adult sons. Now living in Portugal but my heart also in England and Italy. Stepping into the unknown after 30 years HE teaching. Lover of music, theatre, creative writing and learning too many languages!
@drsammurphy.bsky.social @drsammurphy.bsky.social Associate Head of School at The Open University. Interested in all things death-related, sociological, cats and wine. 
Koula Charitonos @koula.bsky.social I work as a Senior Lecturer at OpenUniversity UK. Interested in learning + technology. Love #museums, #traveling, #slowfood.
Melanie Rimmer @melanierimmer.bsky.social Woman of a certain age. PhD researcher exploring discourse around learning disabilities. Open University Associate Lecturer passionate about inclusion and lifelong learning. Building knowledge & advocating for respectful representation
Paula Addison-Pettit @paulaaddisonp.bsky.social Education Studies Senior Lecturer at The Open University, SFHEA, Geographer. Views expressed are my own.
Victoria Stead @victoriastead.bsky.social Service Designer in HE, Natural Voice Leader, inclusive singing circles and workshops. 
OU Education Studies (Primary) @ou-edprimary.bsky.social The Open University degree for people interested in teaching and primary education.
Monica Grady @monicagrady.bsky.social Planetary Scientist. Combuster of meteorites. Crossword puzzler. Knitter. Cat lover. Liberal Democrat. Catholic. Trembling terf
Dan Johnson @danmjohnson.bsky.social Researcher in cardiac (electro)physiology
Lecturer at The Open University
#Springboard Academy of Medical Sciences
Chair ESC WGCCE
#SoMe @jmccplus.bsky.social
Dad
Catherine May @cmay99.bsky.social Work: comms and external affairs for @PolicyWISE @Open University.
https://www.policywise.org.uk/
comparative policy research - devolution and beyond
Live: Cardiff
Communications for social good.
Lifts weights & runs sometimes.
Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social Senior Lecturer & Staff Tutor in Art History, Open University. Museums, heritage, visual culture, Chinese things. 'Collector' of chronic illnesses. Passionate about Ipswich (football and town)! Thoughts are my own. She/her
open.ac.uk/people/ajb2863
Kate Newton Oakley @katenewtonoakley.bsky.social Lecturer and Staff Tutor @ The Open University. 
Susan Pawley @spawley.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, School of Maths and Stats, The Open University. SFHEA. Interests: SoTL in STEM distance education, supporting students with Maths Anxiety and community.
Leigh Downes (they/them) @leighdownes.bsky.social Northern, non-binary, cat companion, queer feminist, jigsaw enthusiast, peaks walker, bookworm & Juno Books volunteer.
Senior lecturer in Criminology at The Open University. Researching gender, sexuality, violence & social justice. Views my own.
Fi Daisy G @fidaisyg.bsky.social Engineering Academic, Chartered Structural Engineer, Open University Staff Tutor, global citizen living in UK, Mum, she/her.
Catherine Rolph @catherinerolph.bsky.social Lecturer Open University. Environment, waste, bioaerosols, microplastics.
Ian Macdonald @ian-mac.bsky.social Open University @ou-sport.bsky.social & Charlie Waller Trust among other things
Helen Lockett @helenlockett.bsky.social Professor of Digital Engineering at the Open University. Views my own.
PACE Graduate School Open University @pacespaceou.bsky.social Professional Academic Communication in English (PACE)
Doctoral Academic Literacies @ougradsch.bsky.social
#PACEspace
https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/mod/page/view.php?id=200086
Posts by https://profiles.open.ac.uk/julia-molinari {JM}
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Angelo Salatino @angelosalatino.bsky.social Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer - @kmiou.bsky.social from The Open University.
Research interests: #AI #KnowledgeGraphs #MetaScience #NetworkScience & #SemanticWeb.
JuveFC fan. wd:Q58225772
🌐 https://salatino.org
📍 Bletchley, Milton Keynes, UK
Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social For equality, fairness, sustainability, humanism. Opposing over-exploitation of people & planet by the super-rich. Bristol based. Open University Tutor, Environment, 26+ yrs. Green advocate 46+ yrs. https://conserverliving.blogspot.com/
Sumedh Rao @sumedhrao.bsky.social Post Doctoral Researcher at the Open University. Intergroup relations, conflict, and governance. Formerly University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, ODI, OECD and DFID.
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