Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Aug 2012 - Jul 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
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Lobbyists with EP accreditation
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High-level Commission meetings
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Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Open University (OU)
EU Transparency Register
411351510015-07 First registered on 29 Oct 2012
Goals / Remit
The Open University based in Milton Keynes is the largest university in the UK with more than 250,000 students, 1,200 full-time academic staff and 1,300 research students. As a world class distance learning university we have students based in numerous countries within and outside the European Union. The Open University (OU) is consistently ranked among the top UK universities for the quality of its teaching. In addition The OU supports a vibrant research portfolio and fosters research teams who compete with top ranked institutions in the UK and worldwide. In the latest UK Government Research Assessment Exercise the OU demonstrated real growth in research income and impact by climbing 23 places to 43rd in the rankings.
Knowledge exchange is fundamental to the OU's mission to be ‘open to people, places, ideas and methods’. We aim for all research to have a distinct and material impact across the economy, society and cultural life.
A number of recent highlights from OU research:
The OU is researching the hazards arising from persistently active volcanoes. This work is shedding light on the links between changes in the magma system deep beneath a volcano and the environmental impact downwind of the volcano. A key aspect of this research has been the involvement of volunteer citizen scientists and also the way it has engaged local communities. The research has led to the formation of an international network of collaborators working closely with local communities, government-run volcano observatories, universities and citizen scientists who undertake measurements at active volcanoes across the world.
The Open University’s Design Group has influenced the development of sustainable energy systems in the following ways:
•Examined consumer adoption and use of low carbon technologies, including photovoltaic, solar thermal, heat pump and biomass heating systems.
•Examined the effect of control design and heating behaviours on heat pump efficiency e.g. poor understanding of controls, and ‘comfort-taking’.
•Identified design and policy changes that could improve take-up and efficient use of these low carbon products and systems e.g. more user-centred controls and independent information on the suitability, performance and use of equipment.
The Open University is advising the UK's National Health Service on its service redesign.
The OU has reached millions of people through a prime time TV programme, Frozen Planet, communicating polar science.
•It was the highest rating natural history science television programme in the UK since 2001.
•As a result, 263,000 polar maps containing OU science research were requested by the UK public.
•The series prompted a public debate which influenced the passage of the UK Antarctic Bill through the Houses of Parliament.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
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People
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Lobbyists with EP accreditation
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Complementary Information
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Person in charge of EU relations
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Person with legal responsibility
Ms Sarah Gray (Research Development Manager)
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Categories
Category
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
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Academic institutions
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Networking
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Aug 2012 - Jul 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
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Communication activities
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Other activities
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- Meetings
Meetings
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The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 27 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on adult learning programmes. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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