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KMi takes centre stage at landmark Milton Keynes event
Wednesday 3 Dec 2025
On 28 November 2025, Unity Place hosted the signing of the Milton Keynes Civic University Agreement, a milestone in fostering collaboration for inclusive growth and innovation at the heart of the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. The event brought together anchor partners including The Open University, Cranfield University, and Milton Keynes College, alongside other signatory organisations, such as...
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KMi and Springer Nature renew their partnership for another two years
Thursday 27 Nov 2025
We are very happy to announce that KMi has secured a new two-year contract with Springer Nature (SN), which will continue the long-established strategic partnership until December 2027. This marks the continuation of an exceptional collaboration that has now spanned more than 11 years and represents a strong example of how academia and industry can...
Dr. Tracie Farrell delivers keynote on the ethics of consent at OU GenAI Conference
Monday 24 Nov 2025
On Thursday, November 13th, 2025, KMi’s Dr. Tracie Farrell gave a keynote address to a global audience (both online and offline) at a conference on Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI. Dr. Farrell is the Principal Investigator on a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship exploring intersections of Artificial Intelligence and justice through...
Breaking barriers: Teresa Sides explores AI adoption in primary care
Thursday 20 Nov 2025
Teresa Sides has successfully defended her PhD viva on 6th November 2025. Her thesis, “Understanding the Barriers to AI Adoption Within Primary Care: A Novel Model for Acceptance and Resistance,” offers a timely investigation into why AI uptake in UK primary care remains limited despite growing policy support and technological capability. Teresa developed the Acceptance–Resistance...
Celebrating KMi’s 30th Birthday
Tuesday 18 Nov 2025
In 1995, two truly visionary academics from The Open University (OU); Prof Marc Eisenstadt from Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Prof Tom Vincent from the Institute of Educational Technology, were matched together by another visionary OU staff; Lady Kitty Chisholm who was OU’s Development Director – now back in KMi...
KMi was proud to see Prof John Domingue an invited panelist at the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) Annual Conference 2025, held at County Hall, London on 10–11 November. The conference focused on “Strategic Issues Shaping the Future of Business and Management Education”, and the panel explored the theme: “Developing Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations.” The...
Shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Graphs: KMi at ISWC 2025Last week, many researchers from around the globe gathered in Nara (Japan) for the 24th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC). Dr. Angelo Salatino, Prof. John Domingue, Dr. Alba Morales Tirado, Prof. Harith Alani, and Dr. Gregoire Burel represented KMi at the prestigious event. Crucially, Dr. Francesco Osborne and Prof. Miriam Fernandez also contributed to the...
