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Join the OU Environmental Sustainability Society (OUESS) and the Women in Computing Club as they welcome two guest speakers.

We'll hear from Dr Gavin Harper, Critical Materials Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, about the environmental and social impacts of electric vehicle batteries and learn about sustainable web design from OU Computing lecturer and environmentally responsible software engineer Andrea Davazano. You'll also hear about how to get involved with Women in Computing, OUESS, and other sustainability initiatives at OpenSU.

Links to join all Welcome Week events will be available in the Welcome Week chat on OU Students Connect - the chat platform for OU students - from Friday, 23 January 2026. You don't need to create an account to access this platform, you'll be redirected to log in with your OU credentials. The link to join will also be posted here on the day of the session.

Our online events are intended to be welcoming and friendly spaces. Please read our Code of Conduct before joining this session and keep this in mind when taking part.

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